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Kipman was born in Curitiba in 1979 and grew up in [[Natal, Brazil]]. <ref name="Two"/><ref name="One"/><ref name="Four"/> When he was seven or 8, he learned how to program the Atari 2600.<ref name="VEJA">{{cite web |last1=Honorato |first1=Renata |title='Kinect é só o primeiro passo', diz o brasileiro que está revolucionando o mundo dos games |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121030001/http://veja.abril.com.br/noticia/vida-digital/%E2%80%9Cdesenvolvi-o-primeiro-prototipo-em-dois-meses%E2%80%9D-diz-criador-do-kinect |website=veja.abril.com.br}}</ref> Later on he would go to RIT University, graduating in 2001 with a degree in [[software engineering]] and joined Microsoft that same year,<ref name="Five"/><ref name="Six">{{Cite web |title=Alex Kipman (Brazil) |url=https://www.epo.org/news-events/events/european-inventor/finalists/2018/kipman.html |access-date=2020-07-05 |website=www.epo.org |language=en}}</ref> starting development on Microsoft's integrated development environment ([[Integrated Development Environment|IDE]]) [[Visual Studio]]. Starting 2005, he helped in the development of [[Microsoft Windows]], until joining the Xbox department in 2008,<ref name="Seven">{{Cite web |last=Eadicicco |first=Lisa |title=Meet The Man Behind Microsoft's Ambitious Vision For The Future Of Computing |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-alex-kipman-hololens-kinect-2015-1 |access-date=2020-07-05 |website=Business Insider}}</ref> where he came up of the idea of creating the [[Xbox Kinect]] in just two days. He proved to Microsoft he could develop a prototype for the Kinect in two months, and then the product was finished two years later.<ref name="VEJA"/> In his career at Microsoft, his experience has lead to him issuing over one-hundred patents, for technologies such as the [[Hololens]] and [[Xbox Kinect]]. He is known at Microsoft as a "Technical Fellow". In a 2011 interview with [[Fast Company]], he said "Software is the only art form in existence that is not bound by the confines of physics."<ref name="Fast Company">{{cite web |title=19. Alex Kipman |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3018425/19-alex-kipman |website=Fastcompany.com |publisher=Fast Company}}</ref><ref name="Seven" /> In 2016, he gave a [[Ted Talk]] on mixed reality, titled "A futuristic vision of the age of Holograms".<ref name="Four"/><ref name="Eight">{{cite web |last1=Hussein |first1=Al |title=Top 5 AR TED Talks You Must Watch |url=https://www.augmania.com/ar-ted-talks/ |website=augmania |publisher=Augmania |accessdate=July 11, 2020}}</ref><ref name="TED">{{cite web |last1=Kipman |first1=Alex |title=A futuristic vision of the age of holograms |url=https://www.ted.com/talks/alex_kipman_a_futuristic_vision_of_the_age_of_holograms#t-49055 |accessdate=August 29, 2020}}</ref> In a 2017 interview with [[Alice Bonasio]], he emphasized his passion for mixed reality, stating how it gives him a sense of "displacement superpowers".<ref name="10-06-17">{{cite web |last1=Bonasio |first1=Alice |title=Is Mixed Reality The Future Of Computing? |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/40470073/is-mixed-reality-the-future-of-computing |website=fastcompany.com |publisher=Fast Company}}</ref> During the Hololens 2 reveal at the [[Mobile World Congress]] in 2019, Alex Kipman talked about how the Hololens 2 would be the "next era" of [[mixed reality]], making it more culturally relevent.<ref name="Verge">{{cite web |last1=Warren |first1=Tom |title=Microsoft’s new open model for Windows and HoloLens 2 impresses Epic’s Tim Sweeney |url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/25/18238508/microsoft-hololens-2-open-principles-tim-sweeney-interview |website=theverge.com |publisher=Vox Media, LLC}}</ref |
Kipman was born in Curitiba in 1979 and grew up in [[Natal, Brazil]]. <ref name="Two"/><ref name="One"/><ref name="Four"/> When he was seven or 8, he learned how to program the Atari 2600.<ref name="VEJA">{{cite web |last1=Honorato |first1=Renata |title='Kinect é só o primeiro passo', diz o brasileiro que está revolucionando o mundo dos games |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121030001/http://veja.abril.com.br/noticia/vida-digital/%E2%80%9Cdesenvolvi-o-primeiro-prototipo-em-dois-meses%E2%80%9D-diz-criador-do-kinect |website=veja.abril.com.br}}</ref> Later on he would go to RIT University, graduating in 2001 with a degree in [[software engineering]] and joined Microsoft that same year,<ref name="Five"/><ref name="Six">{{Cite web |title=Alex Kipman (Brazil) |url=https://www.epo.org/news-events/events/european-inventor/finalists/2018/kipman.html |access-date=2020-07-05 |website=www.epo.org |language=en}}</ref> starting development on Microsoft's integrated development environment ([[Integrated Development Environment|IDE]]) [[Visual Studio]]. Starting 2005, he helped in the development of [[Microsoft Windows]], until joining the Xbox department in 2008,<ref name="Seven">{{Cite web |last=Eadicicco |first=Lisa |title=Meet The Man Behind Microsoft's Ambitious Vision For The Future Of Computing |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-alex-kipman-hololens-kinect-2015-1 |access-date=2020-07-05 |website=Business Insider}}</ref> where he came up of the idea of creating the [[Xbox Kinect]] in just two days. He proved to Microsoft he could develop a prototype for the Kinect in two months, and then the product was finished two years later.<ref name="VEJA"/> In his career at Microsoft, his experience has lead to him issuing over one-hundred patents, for technologies such as the [[Hololens]] and [[Xbox Kinect]]. He is known at Microsoft as a "Technical Fellow". In a 2011 interview with [[Fast Company]], he said "Software is the only art form in existence that is not bound by the confines of physics."<ref name="Fast Company">{{cite web |title=19. Alex Kipman |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3018425/19-alex-kipman |website=Fastcompany.com |publisher=Fast Company}}</ref><ref name="Seven" /> In 2016, he gave a [[Ted Talk]] on mixed reality, titled "A futuristic vision of the age of Holograms".<ref name="Four"/><ref name="Eight">{{cite web |last1=Hussein |first1=Al |title=Top 5 AR TED Talks You Must Watch |url=https://www.augmania.com/ar-ted-talks/ |website=augmania |publisher=Augmania |accessdate=July 11, 2020}}</ref><ref name="TED">{{cite web |last1=Kipman |first1=Alex |title=A futuristic vision of the age of holograms |url=https://www.ted.com/talks/alex_kipman_a_futuristic_vision_of_the_age_of_holograms#t-49055 |accessdate=August 29, 2020}}</ref> In a 2017 interview with [[Alice Bonasio]], he emphasized his passion for mixed reality, stating how it gives him a sense of "displacement superpowers".<ref name="10-06-17">{{cite web |last1=Bonasio |first1=Alice |title=Is Mixed Reality The Future Of Computing? |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/40470073/is-mixed-reality-the-future-of-computing |website=fastcompany.com |publisher=Fast Company}}</ref> During the Hololens 2 reveal at the [[Mobile World Congress]] in 2019, Alex Kipman talked about how the Hololens 2 would be the "next era" of [[mixed reality]], making it more culturally relevent.<ref name="Verge">{{cite web |last1=Warren |first1=Tom |title=Microsoft’s new open model for Windows and HoloLens 2 impresses Epic’s Tim Sweeney |url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/25/18238508/microsoft-hololens-2-open-principles-tim-sweeney-interview |website=theverge.com |publisher=Vox Media, LLC}}</ref> |
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Born | 1979 (age 44–45)[1][2] |
Other names | Technical Fellow |
Education | Rochester Institute of Technology |
Employer | Microsoft |
Alex Kipman is Brazilian engineer. He is the lead developer of the Microsoft Hololens and helped develop the Xbox Kinect. He was born in Curitiba in 1979,[3][1][2] and grew up in Natal, Brazil.[4]
Biography
Kipman was born in Curitiba in 1979 and grew up in Natal, Brazil. [2][1][4] When he was seven or 8, he learned how to program the Atari 2600.[5] Later on he would go to RIT University, graduating in 2001 with a degree in software engineering and joined Microsoft that same year,[6][7] starting development on Microsoft's integrated development environment (IDE) Visual Studio. Starting 2005, he helped in the development of Microsoft Windows, until joining the Xbox department in 2008,[8] where he came up of the idea of creating the Xbox Kinect in just two days. He proved to Microsoft he could develop a prototype for the Kinect in two months, and then the product was finished two years later.[5] In his career at Microsoft, his experience has lead to him issuing over one-hundred patents, for technologies such as the Hololens and Xbox Kinect. He is known at Microsoft as a "Technical Fellow". In a 2011 interview with Fast Company, he said "Software is the only art form in existence that is not bound by the confines of physics."[9][8] In 2016, he gave a Ted Talk on mixed reality, titled "A futuristic vision of the age of Holograms".[4][10][11] In a 2017 interview with Alice Bonasio, he emphasized his passion for mixed reality, stating how it gives him a sense of "displacement superpowers".[12] During the Hololens 2 reveal at the Mobile World Congress in 2019, Alex Kipman talked about how the Hololens 2 would be the "next era" of mixed reality, making it more culturally relevent.[13]
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Time's Top 25 Nerds of the Year, 2010[14][4] |
TIME Magazine's 2011 100 People of the Year.[6] |
2012 National Inventor of the Year, Intellectual Property Foundation[6] |
Smithsonian American Ingenuity Awards 2019[15] |
References
- ^ a b c "alex kipman - 283 Palavras". www.trabalhosfeitos.com. Trabalhos feitos. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
- ^ a b c Ridolfi, Edoardo (2015-05-05). "Alex Kipman, il papà di Kinect e HoloLens". Cultora. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
- ^ "Alex Kipman". awexr.com. AWE 2020. Retrieved May 26-29, 2020.
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(help) - ^ a b c d Heyn, Beth (2017-10-03). "Alex Kipman, Microsoft HoloLens Inventor: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". Heavy.com. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ a b Honorato, Renata. "'Kinect é só o primeiro passo', diz o brasileiro que está revolucionando o mundo dos games". veja.abril.com.br.
- ^ a b c "RIT Innovation Hall of Fame". www.rit.edu. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
- ^ "Alex Kipman (Brazil)". www.epo.org. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
- ^ a b Eadicicco, Lisa. "Meet The Man Behind Microsoft's Ambitious Vision For The Future Of Computing". Business Insider. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
- ^ "19. Alex Kipman". Fastcompany.com. Fast Company.
- ^ Hussein, Al. "Top 5 AR TED Talks You Must Watch". augmania. Augmania. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
- ^ Kipman, Alex. "A futuristic vision of the age of holograms". Retrieved August 29, 2020.
- ^ Bonasio, Alice. "Is Mixed Reality The Future Of Computing?". fastcompany.com. Fast Company.
- ^ Warren, Tom. "Microsoft's new open model for Windows and HoloLens 2 impresses Epic's Tim Sweeney". theverge.com. Vox Media, LLC.
- ^ Kedmey, Dan. "Meet the Inventor Behind Tech's Weirdest New Product". Time. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ "Smithsonian American Ingenuity Awards 2019: Alex Kipman". Smithsonian Magazine. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved July 11, 2020.