Barry Silverstein
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Barry Silverstein
(former) CTO & Sr Director of Optics & Display Products | Meta Reality Labs
About the Speaker
Barry Silverstein joined the University of Rochester faculty in 2026 as director of the Center for Extended Reality after having served as the senior director and chief technology officer of optics and display in Meta’s Reality Labs.
While leading optics and display at Meta for seven years, Silverstein’s research focused on creating the world's smallest and most efficient visual imaging systems including uLED, LCoS, and laser scanning engines, novel lightweight high index of refraction materials, waveguides using volume holography, polarization volume holograms and surface relief gratings. Between his time at Meta, IMAX, and Kodak, Silverstein is a seasoned expert research, development, and commercialization of optical systems, laser projection, sensing, imaging/printing, space imaging, and optical recording.
Silverstein is a 2024 winner of an Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Scientific and Engineering Award for contributions to the design and development of the IMAX Prismless Laser Projector. He is responsible for 100 awarded US patents as well as multiple successful patent and technology license transfer programs.
