Work

From computer vision research to running an XR company.

An engineering background in computer vision, a product record in dental imaging and mixed reality, and an operating role across European and North American markets.

Chief Operating Officer

2021 to present

FifthIngenium · Milan

FifthIngenium builds extended reality solutions for manufacturing, healthcare, education and cultural heritage, active since 2016.

  • Business development strategy and commercial pipeline
  • International partnerships across EMEA and North America
  • Delivery oversight for XR programmes
  • EU-funded research and innovation projects under Horizon and the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)
Roberto Mangano with a mixed reality headset, FifthIngenium

Products and platforms

Selected contributions

ObiScanner facial scanner on a tripod next to its retail box

2016 · Co-inventor

ObiScanner

One of the first facial scanners designed for dentistry. Exports textured 3D face models for use with CAD, CBCT and intraoral scan data.

Two clinicians wearing mixed reality headsets review 3D dental models and a remote colleague's avatar in a shared HoloDentist session

Mixed reality · Healthcare

HoloDentist

Overlays 3D anatomical data in the clinician's field of view on HoloLens 2 for diagnosis, planning, remote consultation and training.

Technician in a safety helmet with a head-mounted mixed reality display operating an industrial machine

Platform · Engineering

XRV platform

The extended reality platform powering all FifthIngenium solutions. Developed its frontend and backend.

Roberto Mangano wearing HoloLens during a congress session

Clinical research

AR dynamic navigation

AR software linking a dynamic navigation system to HoloLens, evaluated in clinical implant cases (BMC Oral Health, 2019).

Timeline

Career milestones

  1. 2016

    Co-inventor of ObiScanner, one of the first facial scanners designed for dentistry

  2. 2019

    Co-author of a pilot clinical report on augmented reality in implantology, BMC Oral Health

  3. 2024

    Co-author of a clinical report on mixed reality implant placement, Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry

  4. 2025

    Panellist at the European Commission CEF Conference, Brussels

  5. 2025

    Pitch on the META stage at MWC Barcelona

  6. 2026

    Co-author of a pilot study on mixed reality learning in the dental curriculum, Journal of Dentistry

Publications

Peer-reviewed articles

2026

Evaluation of student attitudes in adopting mixed reality-based learning (MRBL) approach in dental curriculum: a pilot study

Marton S, Mangano R, Leles CR, Srinivasan M. Journal of Dentistry. PMID 42419680.

DOI 10.1016/j.jdent.2026.106885

2024

Dental implant placement with immersive technologies: a preliminary clinical report of augmented and mixed reality applications

Engelschalk M, Al Hamad KQ, Mangano R, Smeets R, Molnar TF. Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry. PMID 38480015.

DOI 10.1016/j.prosdent.2024.02.017

2019

Augmented reality for dental implantology: a pilot clinical report of two cases

Pellegrino G, Mangano C, Mangano R, Ferri A, Taraschi V, Marchetti C. BMC Oral Health 19:158. PMID 31324246.

DOI 10.1186/s12903-019-0853-y