Dr. Jon Peddie is a recognized pioneer in the graphics industry, president of Jon Peddie Research, and named one of the world’s most influential analysts. Jon is an ACM Distinguished Speaker and is an IEEE Distinguished Visitor and named an IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Contributor and Charter member. He lectures at numerous conferences and universities on topics about graphics technology and the emerging trends in digital media technology. Former president of Siggraph Pioneers, he serves on the advisory boards of several conferences, organizations, and companies, and contributes articles to numerous publications.
In 2015, he was given the Lifetime Achievement Award from the CAD Society. Jon has published hundreds of papers, co-authored a half-dozen technical books, and written 10 technical books (including “Augmented Reality: Where We All Will Live,” “Ray Tracing: A Tool for All,” and his latest, the three-book series “The History of the GPU”, and this 2nd edition of Augmented Reality: Where We All Will Live,”) as well as two fictional titles.