David Jia

Senior Manager, Software Engineer, Walmart

My name is David Jia. Currently, I am a Senior Software Engineering Manager for Walmart. I am an accomplished leader and programmer. I enjoy using my skills to contribute to the exciting technological advances that happen every day at Walmart.
I graduated from the University of Toronto with a Master's degree in Computer Science. My career focuses on big data, cloud computing, and AR. I also worked for other other companies such as Microsoft (SQL Azure), Amazon (AWS), and Grab.

 

Sub Stage 2:

Day 2 (August 31), 11:00 AM-11:25 AM

Architectures for Retail Industry AR/VR Projects

We will discuss common system architecture patterns of AR service/digital twin for the retail industry. These architectures will combine the strength of big data, AI, USD, and Nvidia Omniverse. We first examine the big data ETL system. Second, we explore how trends in AI in speech recognition, NLP, and Computer Vision will shape system architectures for AR in the retail industry. Next, we discuss how Universal Scene Description (USD) may help us solve the 3D world puzzle. Finally, we examine how the Nvidia Omniverse platform may simplify collaboration and unlock other functions in creating and deploying XR projects in the retail industry.