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      Louis Rosenberg is CEO and chief scientist of Unanimous AI, a company developing AI algorithms modeled on biological swarms. After creating the first interactive augmented-reality system for the U.S. Air Force in the early 1990s, Rosenberg founded the early virtual-reality company Immersion, the 3D-digitizer company MicroScribe, and the early augmented-reality company Outland Research. Rosenberg has been awarded over 300 patents worldwide for his work in VR, AR, AI, and human-computer interaction. He lives with his family on a 40-acre animal sanctuary along with hundreds of chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, cows, pigs, goats, and sheep (real sheep, not virtual).

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        Louis Rosenberg

        Louis Rosenberg is CEO and chief scientist of Unanimous AI, a company developing AI algorithms modeled on biological swarms. After creating the first interactive augmented-reality system for the U.S. Air Force in the early 1990s, Rosenberg founded the early virtual-reality company Immersion, the 3D-digitizer company MicroScribe, and the early augmented-reality company Outland Research. Rosenberg has been awarded over 300 patents worldwide for his work in VR, AR, AI, and human-computer interaction. He lives with his family on a 40-acre animal sanctuary along with hundreds of chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, cows, pigs, goats, and sheep (real sheep, not virtual).

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