SPATIAL COMPUTING DESIGN | VISUAL SYSTEMS & PRODUCT CRAFT
SELECTED SPATIAL COMPUTING WORK
Featured Systems Case
Spatial Input & Interaction Systems
How I define multimodal input, translate research into OS and SDK capabilities, and scale interaction quality across products and developer ecosystems.
At Meta Reality Labs, I lead platform-level spatial input and interaction design across Meta Quest and Horizon OS. My scope spans the general-purpose computing input stack, including hands, eyes, voice, controllers, stylus, keyboards, gamepad, mouse, and microgestures. I focus on how these modalities work together as one coherent system.
I turn emerging research into shippable platform capabilities by aligning design, research, engineering, product, and partner teams. The work connects OS-level consumer experiences with developer-facing SDKs, UI frameworks, and guidelines, establishing principles and patterns that scale across products and the wider ecosystem.
Focus Areas
• Spatial input & interactions for Meta Horizon OS / Quest products
• Interaction SDK / Presence Platform
• Peripherals / 3rd party input modalities
• Meta Horizon OS UI Set
• MR / Input & Interaction Design Guidelines
• Experimental Input Modalities
Note: Links point to public pages reflecting shipped outcomes. Detailed design work is confidential and not shown here.
Surface Keyboard & Touchpad
An innovative input modality that allows users to type or interact using any physical surface as a virtual keyboard or trackpad. Drove the productization of this research-stage technology, transforming early prototypes into consumer-ready capabilities that significantly improve text-entry speed and high-precision targeting for productivity scenarios. Shipped as an experimental feature for Meta Quest 3 v85 public release.
2025 – Present
Input Ranking and Interaction Hierarchy
Established foundational principles for how multiple input modalities should be prioritized and combined across the Meta Quest platform, enabling more predictable and usable interaction experiences in spatial contexts.
Sep 2024 – Present
Meta Horizon OS UI Set
Initiated and shaped Meta’s first public UI component set and design resources for the Meta XR Interaction SDK and Spatial SDK. This work provided foundational UI elements with theming system that support consistent experience construction across applications and platforms.
Sep 2024 – Present
Mixed Reality Design Guidelines
Led and authored comprehensive spatial computing and interaction design guidelines for the Meta Horizon developer ecosystem, capturing both core principles and practical patterns that help developers and designers build high-quality mixed reality experiences.
May 2023 – Present
Shipped H/W Products
At Microsoft, I led design for the developer and creator ecosystem across HoloLens, MRTK, and Microsoft Mesh. I defined reusable spatial interaction patterns, UI controls, and platform guidance that helped teams and external developers build consistent mixed reality experiences.
Working across design, engineering, research, documentation, and open-source communities, I translated emerging interaction concepts into production-ready systems. The work ranged from design language and UX building blocks to partner guidance, prototyping tools, tutorials, and public documentation.
Focus Areas
• Mixed Reality Toolkit (MRTK)
• Mixed Reality Design Labs
• Mixed Reality Documentation
• Common UX building blocks
• Mixed Reality Tutorials
• Design/Developer Evangelism
• Partner Company Engagement
• Internal & External Tools Design
MRTK – Mixed Reality Toolkit
Led the design of a foundational spatial UX system providing cross-platform interaction patterns and UI controls for mixed reality. MRTK became a widely adopted open-source toolkit and earned the AWE 2021 Auggie Award for Best Developer Tool.
2018
Microsoft Mesh & MR Design Language
Led the spatial design-language organization that unified UX across Microsoft Mesh and MRTK, setting the standard for spatial UI across Microsoft’s ecosystem.
May 2022 – Feb 2023
HoloLens 2 Developer Experience
Drove the end-to-end developer platform strategy for HoloLens 2, defining UX, tooling, and documentation that shaped how spatial applications were built across the ecosystem.
2018-2022
HoloLens 2 Launch Partner Projects
Directed UX guidance and interaction standards across multiple HoloLens 2 launch partners, defining spatial patterns showcased globally at the product announcement.
Feb 2019
MRTK3 Public Preview
Shaped the next-generation mixed reality toolkit built on modern Unity systems, advancing modular UX building blocks, theming, and pattern reuse. This work provided a scalable foundation for future spatial experiences.
May 2022
MRTK Figma Toolkit & Bridge for Unity
Created a design-time tooling system that translates core spatial UI components into Figma and bridges layouts into Unity. This toolkit enables designers and developers to explore, collaborate, and prototype spatial interfaces earlier in the workflow.
May 2021
Mixed Reality Documentation
Authored and structured comprehensive documentation covering spatial interaction fundamentals, best practices, case studies, and technical guidelines. Designed modular layouts and visual assets to support varied learning paths and reduce onboarding friction in a nascent design space.
May 2016
Shipped H/W Products
INDEPENDENT PRODUCTS & EXPERIMENTS
Cosmic XR
A passion project combining my love for space, data visualization, and spatial interaction. This Mixed Reality experience allows users to explore, touch, and interact with the cosmos and celestial objects at various scales. It has been featured in the Top 50 Apps, earning a Top Rated badge and a 4.8★ rating.
“Every once in a while I stumble across an experience that makes me pause and say “Wow”. Cosmic XR is one of those rare gems.” – Review article by UploadVR
The Polys 6th Annual Immersive Awards, Education Experience of the Year
May 2025 | Available on Meta Quest Store
K-Pop Atlas
K-Pop Atlas is an interactive explorer that helps you discover K-pop groups, generations, and timelines visually. Instead of browsing through pages, you can navigate connections, follow how groups evolved, and explore the structure of K-pop in one place. Whether you’re new to K-pop or looking to go deeper, it offers a more intuitive way to explore.
Mar 2026
Type In Space
An experimental spatial text layout app for HoloLens 2, rebuilt from the ground up using MRTK v2 to explore fully articulated hand-tracking interactions. The project investigates how typing and text manipulation can adapt to direct, spatial input in mixed reality.
Dec 2019, Aug 2017 | Available on Microsoft Store in HoloLens