Jon Wiley

Jon Wiley is a Director of AR/VR at Google, working on product design and strategy for immersive computing.

Jon is a native of Austin, where he received a degree in Theatre from the University of Texas. While performing improv and sketch comedy on Austin's famous Sixth Street, instead of waiting tables he honed his web design skills. Eventually that paid the bills better than comedy and, following several years of professional design experience, he joined Google in 2006.

He was the first designer for Google Autocomplete (predictive search queries), was the instigator for Google Instant (search results as you type), and led the Search design team through three redesigns, the transition to mobile, and the addition of new features such as the Knowledge Graph and voice search. Jon was also the instigator for Material Design, Google's design language for all applications and the Android platform.

In 2014, Jon joined the Google AR/VR team. The team has been working hard to make immersive computing a reality through projects like Google Cardboard, Daydream, Tilt Brush, JUMP, Google Expeditions, Earth VR, ARCore, Poly, Blocks, VR180, AR Stickers, and more. Under Jon's design leadership the team has won numerous awards, including the Lumiere Century, Cannes Lion (Gold and Silver), IF Design, Red Dot, UX Awards (Gold and Silver), Proto, MWC Global, and more.

Jon occasionally returns to his acting roots, usually around April Fools. You may remember him as The Autocompleter.