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Andrew Kirmse

Andrew Kirmse

American computer programmer

Andrew Kirmse is an American computer programmer. He was a co-creator of Meridian 59, the first 3D massively-multiplayer online game.[1] While an engineer at Google, he co-created Google Now, a predictive search engine.[2]

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Early life

Andrew Kirmse attended Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.[3]

Video games

Andrew and his brother Chris developed the code for Meridian 59 in their parents' basement while they were in college.[4] Meridian was the first online game to include 3D graphics. After a beta period, it was published by The 3DO Company in 1996, where it ran until 2000. Meridian's code was open-sourced in 2012,[5] and it continues to run for free today.

While at LucasArts, Andrew served as graphics programmer on the PlayStation 2 game Star Wars: Starfighter.[6]

Andrew contributed to the first four volumes of the Game Programming Gems series of books about video game development. He was the editor of Game Programming Gems 4.[7]

Google

Andrew began working at Google in 2003, where he managed the Google Earth team.[8] He later started and led Google Now,[9] which was named Innovation of the Year by Popular Science in 2012,[10] and won the Grand Prize at the 2013 User Experience Awards.[11] He gave an invited talk on Google Now at the 2014 WWW Conference.[12]

References

  1. [1]
    Olivetti, Justin (December 13, 2011). "The Game Archaeologist crosses Meridian 59: The highlights". Archived from the original on April 19, 2014. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  2. [2]
    Sullivan, Danny (April 29, 2013). "The Amazing "Google Now" — When Google Searches Before You Think To". Search Engine Land. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  3. [3]
    "What Makes You So Smart, Computer Programmer?". Pacific Standard. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
  4. [4]
    Parkin, Simon (May 12, 2014). "The Last Survivors of Meridian 59". The New Yorker.
  5. [5]
    "Meridian 59 : Open Source Released!".
  6. [6]
    "Star Wars: Starfighter Credits".
  7. [7]
    "Game Programming Gems 4".
  8. [8]
    "MIT Class of 1994 Alumni Notes" (PDF).
  9. [9]
    "Android Google+ post". Nov 21, 2012.
  10. [10]
    "Innovation of the Year: Google Now".
  11. [11]
    "Google: Google Now Grand Prize, Best Everyday Utility". May 21, 2013.
  12. [12]
    "WWW 2014 Industry Track".
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