Nonvisual Computing
Nonvisual Computing (NVC) is a research initiative I created and led within Meta to pioneer interaction patterns for emerging technologies. Our mission was to develop new interfaces that help people sense data without sacrificing focus on real-world surroundings.
As technology moves beyond screens into wearables, spatial computing, and everyday environments we need interaction languages that don’t just visualize data but embed it in lived experience. NVC is an effort to chart that terrain: building prototypes, methods, and tools that make invisible information feel natural, grounded, and human.
What We Explored
Our research focused on multidisciplinary explorations into sonification, haptics, and multimodal experience design. We investigated how sound and touch can communicate information in ways that are intuitive, subtle, and human-centered.
This work spanned both internal teams at Meta and academic collaborations with six external research institutions, bringing diverse cross-disciplinary perspectives to challenging questions in human-computer interaction.
What We Built
We designed and built hardware and software prototypes that made new interaction concepts tangible and testable. These prototypes were not ends in themselves, but tools for research that helped us see what works, what doesn’t, and why.
The NVC Platform is the result: a modular collection of hardware and software that enables researchers to create, run, and share experiments in nonvisual information design. It provides the foundation for developing and evaluating new sensory interaction patterns at scale.
Find documentation and project details at nvc-platform.com.