Jeremy Kenisky (VP, Merge Labs)

Yifan Yang (Principal Engineer, Merge Labs)

Merge, creators of the Merge Cube and Merge AR/VR Goggles will present a short course on getting started with development for the Merge Cube. Jeremy Kenisky, VP at Merge will describe the product roadmap, best practices for interactions, UX insights, and more. Yifan Yang, principal engineer will describe the SDK and how it works, with a short course on building out a working mobile app for the Merge Cube. Users who have never developed for Augmented Reality should be able to deploy an application for Merge Cube within an hour or less.

Jeremy Kenisky (VP, Merge Labs)

Jeremy Kenisky spent 13 years leading an award winning visual effects and post production company in the US focused on high end animation and VFX for broadcast television, film, and IMAX. Clients include National Geographic, Coca Cola, and P&G amongst others.

For the past 7 years, Kenisky has focused on building Augmented and Virtual Reality experiences, pushing the limits of interactivity for agencies, institutions, theme parks, museums, science centers, zoos, and aquariums. Zoo-AR is an education and technology company Jeremy founded in 2011 with the idea that we can positively change the way kids learn while also creating compassion for the living world around them.

In 2016, one of Jeremy’s companies was acquired by Merge VR, where he sits as Vice President of Creative, directing content development, outreach strategy, and helps influence new product design, among a variety of other technology and design related tasks. Jeremy's team helped launch Merge's latest award winning product, Merge Cube, the first augmented reality product in the world available to general consumers.

Jeremy brings a unique blend of art and creativity combined with science and technology to develop compelling products, tell engaging stories and bring delight to customers.

Yifan Yang (Principal Engineer, Merge Labs)

Yifan Yang is a principal software engineer with over 10 years in software development and administration of development teams. He has expertise in embedded systems, mobile applications, kiosk systems, 3D applications, Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality applications and games.

Yifan is principal engineer on the Merge Cube, and has lead the teams developing several of the most heavily downloaded Merge Cube apps. Previously, Yifan helped deploy augmented reality games to over 20 different zoos and museums around the world.

Yifan is an expert in several programing languages and game engines. He has a B.S. in Computer Science from The University of Texas at San Antonio, where he worked at the AR/VR research lab focused on building applications to help the disabled. Yifan also has published to IEEE and MINI-Micro Systems, and owns two patents in China.