Aaron Koblin

Aaron Koblin
Aaron Koblin in 2013
Born (1982-01-14) January 14, 1982 (age 42)
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Known forDigital art

Aaron Koblin (born January 14, 1982) is an American digital media artist and entrepreneur best known for his use of data visualization and his work in crowdsourcing, virtual reality, and interactive film. He is co-founder and president of virtual reality company Within (formerly Vrse[1]), founded with Chris Milk. The company created the popular virtual reality fitness app Supernatural, which was acquired by Meta in 2023.[2] Formerly he created and lead the Data Arts Team at Google in San Francisco, California from 2008 to 2015.[3]

  1. ^ Watercutter, Angela (2016-06-16). "The VR company Vrse is changing its name to Within, and about to spend $12.56 million of VC money". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  2. ^ "Meta Completes Acquisition of VR Fitness Company Within". CNET. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  3. ^ Hoffman, Jascha (2012). "Aaron Koblin Q&A: The data visualizer". Nature. 486 (7401): 33. doi:10.1038/486033a.