Augmented Reality, science fiction is now science fact | Ryan Groom | TEDxMoncton
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 Published On Jul 17, 2017

Augmented Reality is the ultimate in merging the physical world and the digital world. This futuristic technology is now making what we see in the movie reality today.

Ryan has over 29 years in the information technology sector. Ryan's core background is in software development and information security.

His previous company, CyberSecure, won the 2004 Microsoft Canada Impact Award for Excellence in Security Solutions for the work done with the Toronto Police Department.

The company was acquired in 2004. Ryan has two books published on application development, one has been translated into Korean. Ryan also co-holds U.S. Patent 7,506,163.

In 2015 Trekk.it Corporation under Ryan's direction became a member of Microsoft's Cloud Society for cloud innovation.

In Ryan’s spare time he produces a show called Trekkit for Bell Aliant TV1 where he gets office workers into the great outdoors and has visited Iceland, Norway and the Highlands of Scotland to film for the show. The summer of 2017 Ryan's first documentary "Maritimes from Above" will air on CBC.

Ryan now devotes most his energy on Kognitiv Spark to help augment everyone’s reality.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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