About Harald Haraldsson

Harald Haraldsson is an interaction designer and software engineer based in New York City. Harald is the Director of the XR Collaboratory at Cornell Tech, where he also teaches courses on virtual and augmented reality, 3D user interfaces, and interaction design.

With his staff, students, and faculty collaborators, Harald’s work at Cornell Tech involves designing and implementing exploratory, high-fidelity AR/VR prototypes for application domains such as 3D design, healthcare, human-robot interaction, and architecture.

Outside of academia, Harald has worked on a range of creative technology projects with clients and collaborators, including interactive installations, TV commercials, and other commissioned work for brands and agencies.

Harald was an inaugural member at NEW INC, New Museum’s design incubator, and an artist-in-residence at Mana Contemporary and Kitchen Budapest. Harald holds a master’s degree from Tokyo Institute of Technology where he was a Monbukagakusho scholar at the Okutomi Laboratory, focusing on computer vision and computational photography.