Carrie Roy, Ph.D. is a Senior Product Designer with a focus on emerging technology. In her TEDx talk “When Art Collides with Data,” she explains how her post-doctoral work in a VR lab and data-inspired art exhibitions, offers a humanist’s perspective on how we engage with data and information. In the corporate world, she has focused on leveraging emerging technologies for gathering data (from gamification to AR) and visualizing data and information (VR/MR), to reveal new insights. Dr. Roy holds a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, a M.A. from the University of Iceland and a B.A. from Harvard in Visual and Environmental Studies.
Charts and graphs are the default for data analysis, but some data sets require a little more humanity. What do you call a hairpiece worn by a man? How southern was William Faulkner? Carrie Roy answers these questions and more though sculpture, woodwork, fiber arts, photography, and even virtual reality.
What made Bayer turn to voice and smartglasses for data collection? Read our interview with Bayer’s Michael Calvillo and Carrie Roy.
