Zhiqing Rao

Zhiqing Rao is an accomplished graphics software and system engineer with extensive experience in the technology sector. Currently employed at Meta since July 2018, Zhiqing Rao drives the graphics system for Metaverse AR glass products, overseeing various elements from use case to system architecture. Prior to Meta, Zhiqing Rao worked at Qualcomm from March 2013 to July 2018 as a GPU architect, focusing on product planning and optimization for the Adreno series of GPUs. Zhiqing Rao's career began at Changyou.com (China) as a lead game programmer from December 2009 to March 2013 and included a stint at NVIDIA from July 2007 to December 2009 as a graphics architect, where critical work was done in GPU texture architecture and DirectX tools development. Educationally, Zhiqing Rao holds a master's degree in system engineering with a specialization in virtual reality from Xi'an Jiaotong University.