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Vancouver, British Columbia, CA

New York, New York, US

• Developed VR, AR, and flat screen experiences for pharmaceutical clients to promote brand engagement at medical conferences
• Programmed systems to simulate involuntary movement, ocular impairment, and fatigue disease states to foster patient empathy
• Created interactive visual effects depicting disease states at varying intensity levels to illustrate disease range and progression
• Developed leaderboards and analytics systems to monitor conference booth engagement, enhancing client advertising strategies

Vancouver, British Columbia, CA

• Working with a team creating performant stylized shaders and visual effects for a rhythm rouge-lite skiing VR game
• Designing dynamic tools and systems for audio-driven visuals that react to tempo and pacing of the player
• Developed core gameplay loop systems including a endless player runner system and procedural level generator
• Architected modular gameflow data structures and custom editor for level design

Vancouver, British Columbia, CA

• Working with a large team developing systems and effects for multiplayer location based entertainment VR experiences
• Created dynamic hand snapping interaction system for player avatars with Leap Motion hand tracking
• Developed VR toolsets for precise aligning of digital environments to custom workshop fabricated playspaces
• Graphical optimizing and profiling the art pipeline for HTC Vive and the Steam VR platform

• In a team of 3, concepted and developed an Oculus Quest narrative short debuting at 2022 SXSW XR Film Festival
• Internationally featured in 2022 at Busan International Film Festival, Sandbox Immersive Festival, B3 Biennale, and Siggraph
• Programmed all aspects, architecting highly decoupled systems for rapid iteration cycles of storytelling elements and gameplay
• Authored stylized master shaders with custom dynamic lighting that are highly optimized for mobile VR
• Worked on all visual effect elements for scene transitions, interactions, and environmental ambience

• Led a team of 4 using Unity's AR Foundation to develop an iOS and Android mobileaugmented reality adaptation of a children's book
• Designed and developed multiple placeable living 3D dioramas with interactivecharacters and environments capturing key moments in the book's story
• Authored stylized shaders and particle effects to match the book's original art style

Vancouver, British Columbia, CA

• Worked in a team of 5 and in collaboration with UBC Emerging Media Lab, usingvolumetric video and IBM Watson voice recognition to create a virtual cardiovascular casestudy to train 2nd year medical students
• Conducted usability testing with medical students, faculty, and doctors
• Aided in designing the underlying scriptable object data architecture
• Designed and implemented a tutorial/tool-tip system and analytics system for scoring

New Westminster, British Columbia, CA

• Worked in a team of 4 in collaboration with the New West Business ImprovementAssociation, using Lens Studio to develop a public AR Mural activation to promote theCity's new initiatives in technology sector and in.
• Aided in design of main animation loop concept and 3d modeled key city landmarks
• Created material animations for transitions and supporting visual effects

Ar/Vr Design And Development

Bachelor'S Of Science, Information Systems