Brian Pene
Distinguished Research Scientist
Americas
Biography
Brian Pene is a Distinguished Research Scientist at Autodesk Research. Since joining Autodesk in 2001 he has held variety of roles from Director of Emerging Technology, Sr. Principal Engineer, Sr. Product Designer, Customer Solutions Expert and Technology Evangelist. Brian’s current role explores the intersection of emerging technologies and market trends to provide Autodesk with potential directions for innovative design, business, and technology solutions. Brian has more than 20 years of professional design and software engineering experience with research and projects including applications in AI, augmented, mixed and virtual reality, real-time 3D visualization and simulation, virtual worlds, games-based learning tools, algorithmic design, and data visualization. For all his job responsibilities at Autodesk, Brian believes that technology is just a tool; something that helps us get to where we need to go quickly and with more options to make better informed decisions.
Projects (11)
2023
Project Reframe: Recording and Editing Motion in Virtual Reality
In a world where content creation has evolved dramatically, Autodesk…
2022
3D User Interfaces: Human Experience in 3D Environments
Designing user interfaces for interacting with 3D data involves a…
2022
Building Simulation
With simulation results in hand, an architect can better predict the…
Publications
2024
TimeTunnel Live: Recording and Editing Character Motion in Virtual Reality
An animation authoring interface for recording and editing motion in…
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