Research Labs
Academic and open-source research partners
OPTX collaborates with academic and open-source research groups advancing the foundations of gaze tracking, augmented reality, and spatial computing. These are unofficial partnerships rooted in shared research interests and open-source contributions.
JEO Research
Jason Orlosky — Augusta University, School of Computer and Cyber Sciences
Innovative research at the intersection of AR, eye tracking, and computer vision. JEO Research builds software and DIY projects spanning virtual reality, computer vision, and artificial intelligence — with a mission to change the world through education and helping people understand each other.
Background
- B.S. Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Technology Engineer in Healthcare IT
- Japanese Language studies, University of Georgia
- PhD and Researcher, Osaka University
- Professor, Augusta University
Relevance to OPTX
JEO Research's work on real-time gaze extraction, AR overlay systems, and computer vision pipelines directly informs the OPTX gaze biometric stack — from MediaPipe iris tracking in the browser to on-device inference on NVIDIA Jetson edge devices and other agentic GPUs.
Center for Biomedical Data Science
Knight Campus — University of Oregon & Oregon Health & Science University
A collaborative research center applying machine learning, AI, and big datato detect and treat diseases earlier and more effectively. CBDS bridges biomedical research across UO and OHSU — spanning genetic data analysis, medical imaging, cancer research, and immunotherapy.
Leadership
- Bill Cresko — UO Director
- Sadik Esener — OHSU Interim Director
Relevance to OPTX
CBDS's expertise in biomedical ML pipelines and large-scale data science aligns with OPTX gaze biometric processing — particularly real-time signal classification, neural pattern recognition, and privacy-preserving inference on edge hardware.
Additional research partners will be announced as the OPTX ecosystem grows.