About

Hi, I’m Lucas.

I design and build immersive experiences, dream up beautiful futures, research across disciplines, deep-think and free-write, and dabble far and wide.

As a graduate of NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP), I co-founded an interuniversity, interdisciplinary digital health research nonprofit (Neurohue). I also teach and freelance as an XR consultant (clients include OneSource, Sarah Drury, inCitu). 

I’m passionate about exploring the health and education applications of XR UX design and engineering.

I have proficiency throughout the end-to-end ecosystem of the experience design process, thrive in collaboration with diverse teams, and strive to integrate holistic perspectives and contexts in my work.
Experience

Immersive Design Lead & Co-Founder Neurohue (Jan 2022 - Present)

AR UX Co-ideator/Designer/Engineer, Sarah Drury (Jan 2023 - Present)

AR Interaction Architect, inCitu (Jun 2023 - Aug 2023)

AR UX Co-ideator/Designer/Engineer, Researcher, & Project Lead, Neurohue x CUNY CIMH (Jan 2022 - Aug 2023)

Digital Innovation & Health Services Consultant, OneSource (June 2022 - Mar 2023)

Teaching Assistant, Temple University Department of Film & Media Arts (Mar 2023)

AR Workshop Curriculum Designer & Facilitator, DIVAS for Social Justice (Oct 2023 - Nov 2023)

XR Consultant & Teaching Assistant, Sarah Drury (May 2019 - Aug 2022)

XR Healthcare Innovation Consultant, NYU Langone Health (June 2021 - Nov 2021)

Course Assistant, NYU Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences (Sept 2020 - Dec 2020)
Education

New York University, Master of Professional Studies in Interactive Telecommunications (2022)

Temple University, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film & Media Arts, Minor in Philosophy (2019)
Skills

3D & Immersive
Unity (AR/VR) | Unreal Engine | Blender | Maya | Substance Painter | Photogrammetry
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Coding
C# | Swift (SwiftUI/RealityKit/ARKit) | Python | C++ | HTML/CSS/Javascript | Arduino | Git | Cloud Services | SDKs

2D Design
Premiere Pro | After Effects | Photoshop | Illustrator | Figma | Webflow

Research
Healthcare | Psychology | Neuroscience | XR | AI | BCI | Ethics | Policy | Philosophy | Anthropology | Governance

Strategy
Digital Innovation | Project Management | Recruiting | Fundraising | Entrepreneurship

Hobbies
‍Meditation | Yoga | Spanish (CEFR: B2) | Piano | Ableton Live | Art | Reading | Biking | Soccer | Backpacking | Volunteering
Press / Presentations

CMU Neuroscience Institute: BrainPlay Conference, Pilot Study of an Audio Augmented Reality Intervention for Cognitive Reframing Training among Patients with Anxiety Disorder (Nov 2022)
I gave a 20-minute talk with fellow Neurohue member Yashwanth Maddipatla on design considerations for one of our current research projects

VRARA: Healthcare Forum, Immersive Mental Health Innovation Research, Design, and Implementation (Oct 2022)
I organized and facilitated a panel discussion, enlisting Payal Ghatnekar (Technology Research Lead @ NHS), Anne Bailey (Clinical Tech Innovation Director @ the VA), Amir Bozorgzadeh (CEO @ Virtuleap), and Julia Scott (Brain and Memory Care Lab Director @ Santa Clara University)

FAYD Digital, Forage-AR (Sept 2022)
Henry Wang and I collaborated on a feel-first AR installation that was selected for Issue 002 of FAYD Digital's Online Magazine, with the theme of Lexis Axis: Language Is a Tool That Determines Thought, Entrenches Meaning, and Consciously Controls
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Unity's Metaverse Minute, 6th Sense (Aug 2022)
Unity covered my XR Brain Jam team's AR simulation that aims to educate first responders, mental health professionals, and family members on some of the most challenges aspects of schizophrenia in their Metaverse Minute on "7 ways mixed reality is reshaping training and education"
Awards

MIT Reality Hack: Grand Finalist, Experiential Artistry Prize, Freemixr (Jan 2023)

NextJump Human Performance Hackathon: Most Forward-thinking Idea, mhARs (Jun 2022)

NYU Prototyping Fund I & II, Xtendicare (May 2022)

NYU Innovention: Finalist, strongr (Apr 2022)

NEWVIEW AWARDS: Finalist, Ambient Divergence (Nov 2021)

Best Undergraduate Media Arts Award, Common Groundlessness (May 2019)
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Symposium for Undergraduate Research and Creativity, Inhabiting World Stories (Apr 2019)