Speaker, Author, Designer
The power of Augmented Reality (AR) resides in its capacity to amplify human possibility: creative expression, knowledge, and connection, says DR. HELEN PAPAGIANNIS, a pioneer and world-leading expert since 2005. With AR and Spatial Computing rapidly advancing, we must ask: how can we design experiences to enhance and enrich a user’s life and extend our humanity in unprecedented ways? Best-selling author of Augmented Human, Dr. Papagiannis’ talks and work explore what AR and Spatial Computing do best, highlighting ways that emerging technologies can serve to expand human intelligence. Listen to her NEW podcast series RealityPl.us with co-host Avi Bar-Zeev.
Helen is an invited member of The World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Future Council on Augmented and Virtual Reality and is a WEF Metaverse Initiative Partner working on defining and building these immersive technologies as a transformative medium for society and business. Her clients and commissions include Louis Vuitton, Adobe, Snap, Microsoft, Google, and Zoom. She has been featured in WIRED, Fast Company, The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, The Atlantic, and Adweek.
NEW: Experience Helen’s latest AR commission for Louis Vuitton.
Dr. Helen Papagiannis has been working with AR for over 18 years as a designer, researcher, and consultant. In her cutting-edge talks, Dr. Papagiannis takes audiences through the present and future realities that AR and Spatial Computing both invent and manifest. These technologies are not a replacement for our current, tangible reality. Rather, Dr. Papagiannis shows all the ways that AR and Spatial Computing can amplify human intelligence, focus our engagement with real spaces, and extend our creativity in new ways. Dr. Papagiannis was named among the NEXT 100 Top Influencers of the Digital Media Industry and as an influential pioneer shaping the next wave of computing. She is the former Chief Innovation Officer at Infinity Augmented Reality Inc. (acquired by Alibaba) and Senior Research Associate at York University’s Augmented Reality Lab. Dr. Papagiannis is the founder of XR GOES POP, a consulting firm focused on AR, XR, and immersive technologies across retail and popular culture. Her AR artwork was recently featured across multiple billboards in Times Square, New York City and in Louis Vuitton store windows worldwide.
Dr. Papagiannis has presented her interactive work and Ph.D. research at global conferences and invited events including TEDx (Technology, Entertainment, Design), SXSW (South by Southwest), ISMAR (International Society for Mixed and Augmented Reality), AWE (Augmented World Expo), and ISEA (International Symposium for Electronic Art). Her TEDx talk was featured among the Top 10 on Augmented Reality and Gamified Life. Prior to her augmented life, Dr. Papagiannis was a member of the internationally renowned Bruce Mau Design studio where she was project lead on “Massive Change: The Future of Global Design”, an internationally touring exhibition and best-selling book examining the new inventions, technologies, and events changing the world.
As a subject matter expert and keynote speaker on AR, Spatial Computing, and emerging technologies, Dr. Papagiannis works with the world’s leading corporations, investment firms, and professional services firms advising on competitive landscape, product development, technical requirements, trends, future outlook and applications, and the impact of these technologies on business, society, and culture. Her book Augmented Human is available worldwide in 5 languages and was named the best Augmented Reality book of all time by Book Authority.
