Jason Morphett
Jason has been at BT Research for over twelve years. He currently works in the Devices Research Group as a Chief Research Professional where he has been looking at Broadband Games Consoles. In particular, he has been working closely with the platform holders to co-develop leading edge technologies to improve BT customer experiences (both UK and global) and provide improved access to broadband and services from these devices over fixed and mobile networks. In addition, Jason has been responsible for providing consultancy into BT on areas like Placeshifting (moving content out of the home and onto other devices over broadband and Wi-Fi) using devices like Sony LocationFree and Sling Media's Slingbox.
Jason is responsible for setting direction and accelerating the time to market for IP and technology. This can be through a variety of channels, namely internal venture, internal and external start-up, licensing and partnerships. Bridging the commercial and technical divide, he manages a small team consisting of internal researchers and engineers along with managing external contracts with developers and potential partners.
Qualifications
Jason has a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Nottingham and a first class honours degree in Software Engineering from the University of East Anglia.
Publications
Jason has previously published many papers in the field of virtual reality, virtual environments and mixed reality (e.g. Computer Vision) and has filed numerous patents in a range of areas including massively multiplayer gaming, content delivery networks and computer vision.
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