Do you feel this is a risk for you to leave your secure job in academia and become CTO of 3DIcon – a development stage technology company?  Why did you decide to join 3Dicon?
Actually, I think of it as a great opportunity. With 3DIcon, I have the opportunity to build and grow the technologies that I started. That is personally very important to me as an inventor and technologist. 

Also, as part of 3DIcon, I am able to participate in the commercial and financial potential of my work. Much of my potential compensation is based on my meeting certain technology development and commercialization milestones. I’ve decided to join 3DIcon at this time because I’m pretty confident about those goals and timelines. Our research has come a long way. As a result, I personally feel that there is lot less risk and lot more opportunity!

Your bio states that in addition being a scientist, you’ve had prior entrepreneurial experience heading up an international electronics company. How do you feel your business experience will support your mission in bringing 3DIcon technologies to market? 
Ultimately, we have to be a successful business. My entrepreneurial experience keeps me connected with the reality of business –that things like costs, profits, time-lines and results are crucial to business success.

My prior business experience in electronics is valuable because it gives me a wider perspective, when it comes to sourcing, out-sourcing, purchasing, build vs. buy decisions etc. We must  look beyond what we can build internally. We can  leverage and use global resources. The iPhone is a great example of a fantastic product built using multiple technologies, using components that have been globally sourced and put together.

As the inventor of 3DIcon’s flagship technology CSpace™, please tell us what do you think is the future of this technology.
On one hand the amount of information and data available has and is increasing exponentially. On the other hand our ability to visualize and interpret the data is still limited by 2D displays. The combination of ever increasing information coming faster at us and the limited ability to visualize it is a huge problem. Think of it as a road built 20 years ago that now has to carry 1000 times the number of cars. As we move forward, this will only get more clogged.

Scientists all over the world agree that true 3D visualization is the only real answer to this. CSpace will be the first technology that can be applied to 3D visualization across multiple industries. In addition it will open up a whole new dimension for entertainment, person-to-person communications and displays,  

What are the advantages of CSpace™ over other 3D imaging technologies?
When we started out on this, we wanted to make sure that whatever we develop will be commercially and technically viable. Like the modern computer, we also wanted to build a platform that will continuously get better, faster and cheaper. The fundamental building blocks of CSpace have been chosen and designed to have a long life-cycle that benefits from continuous improvements.

For example: DLP/DMD technology is one of the fundamental building blocks of the CSpace system. In the last few years DMDs have improved from 800x600 resolution to 1920x1080 resolution. As a result CSpace will offer very high resolution. The refresh rates have improved from 9,800 frames/sec to 32,000 frames/sec. That means CSpace will be able to provide full motion video instead of just static images. The size of the DMD has become so small that a projector is now the size of a pack of cards. This in turn gives us the ability to scale the system to large sizes by using multiple DMDs.   Also, CSpace is a static volume display system – it does not have any moving parts and the advantages of that are obvious.

 How will your role in the development of 3DIcon’s technologies change now that you are with 3DIcon instead of OU?  Initially, I see my role as driving three key areas:

 1. Accelerate the development of the technologies by including other research resources like government labs, scientists and universities with complementary expertise, expanding the research at OU. 
2. Move the technologies from the lab to specific commercial applications.

 And equally important,  
3. Continue to grow the IP portfolio of 3DIcon, individually as a scientist and by directing the other researchers.

 Do you feel this will accelerate the rate of technology development?
Yes. Let's also keep in mind that as this industry starts off, a whole system will emerge around it. People and companies will start to develop new applications, content will get created and hardware will start to get built/optimized for such systems.

 What is your vision for leading technology development at 3DIcon in terms of 3D technologies and byproduct technologies?  
Lead the world in developing a commercially exciting 3D Technology Portfolio.