Aroaro Lab
The Team
Our distributed mixed-reality environment, Aroaro (Presence) enables decision-makers to interact simultaneously over a common visual display of abstract data while providing each participant with their own perspective of the dataset. The ability to “move” (walk or fly) through the data coupled with a query filtering and highlighting enhances a user’s perception of the information that can be revealed and used in analysis and deliberation. This is possible thanks to an excellent team. Human power is powerful.
Here’s the team:
David White
David is a cool guy. When he is not playing his electric bass guitar or swimming in the Hauraki harbor, he is planning the next cool thing in data visualisation. Heaps of experience and lots of hard work have made David the leader of Aroaro. We are happy he is showing us the way forward to make our system a top immersive analytics tool.
David White
Aroaro Project Lead, Developer
Fernando Beltrán
Aroaro Project lead
Fernando Beltrán
Fernando has been working on networks for a long time. Network optimisation, network pricing and more recently modelling network evolution. When he is not riding his bicycle up and down the Waitakeres, he can be found trying hard to make us understand what network data visualisation is and why it could become a strategic decision-making tool for business managers.
Daniel Richards
He was born and raised in the beautiful land of Aotearoa New Zealand. Currently, He is finishing his conjoint Bachelor’s Degree in Science and Commerce (Computer Science and Information Systems).
He sees technology as the most important and interesting medium to help people by making their lives easier and more fruitful.
Daniel Richards
Developer
Aidan Quayle
Developer
Aidan
Cool guy with extraordinary developing skills. Love Coke.
June
A reliable and easy-going individual who is major in the information systems of the University of Auckland. June always staying positive to take challenges. She enjoys working in a team environment and is eager to learn new things. She loves food and outdoor activities such as hiking and playing badminton.
Yijun (June) Lin
Research Assistant
Jing Geng
Research Asistant
Jing Geng
Jing majors in Infosys, Business Analytics and Statistics. She’s passionate about the application of data, and technology to business, and she’s so curious to learn new knowledge and pick up things fast. Her self-defence training experience taught her “Never give up, and never say never.” Jing enjoys thinking and working with this talented team.