Arindam Dey
Research · Build · Teach

Adaptive extended reality,
grounded in human signals.

I’m Arindam Dey — a research scientist, builder, and educator working on multimodal XR systems that sense and adapt to how people perceive, feel, and respond. Most recently Staff Research Scientist (IC6), Meta Reality Labs (2022–2024).

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Applications I’ve shipped across AR, VR, and mobile — products grounded in research.

→ Research

Physiological computing, presence, cybersickness, and empathic extended reality.

→ Teach & speak

Courses, supervision, invited talks, and media — 30+ students graduated.

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Empathic VR (demo)

2019
Research demo

A collaborative VR experience that shares players' physiological states to build empathy.

VR headset
#VR#empathic#physiological#collaboration

BrowsAR

2010
Prototype

A mobile augmented-reality browser for exploring the web in the space around you.

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#AR#mobile#browsing#HCI

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Journal 2025

Differentiating presence in VR using physiological signals

A. Dey , and collaborators

Pervasive and Mobile Computing

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Why I'm starting this blog

A place for longer-form thinking on extended reality, physiological signals, and building research-grounded products.

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Introducing this site

A new home for my research, the things I build, talks, and what I'm working on now.

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Collaborations, talks, advising, or just to compare notes on XR and physiology.

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