XR Developer · HCI Researcher · Game Designer

Amit Ghimire

Combining 5+ years of Games, AR/VR design and development with graduate research in Human-Computer Interaction. I build high-performance immersive experiences that put human needs and comfort at the center of the design.

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Experience

Where I've Worked

Sep 2024 — Present

Senior Software Engineer

Blackbox Technologies|MersivX

Building a SaaS platform, focusing on its 3D editor, for ecommerce merchants to create and manage web based 3D storefronts for their online stores
Developing and optimizing 3D eCommerce experiences for end users using Unity (WebGL) and threejs focusing on immersive store browsing, product exploration, gamifications and interactive user interfaces
Troubleshooting WebGL rendering performance, asset loading, and memory usage for desktop/mobile browsers
Developing and maintaining a cloud native service for real-time data synchronization between merchant's ecommerce platforms and our 3D storefronts
Developing and maintaining native ecommerce platform apps for wix, shopify and woocommerce to provide gateway for integration with our 3D storefronts

May 2022 — Dec 2023

Graduate Research Assistant

University of British Columbia

Collaborated with Korea Institute of Science and Technology on the Meta-Humanoid Project combining humanoid robots and AR avatars for telepresence
Developed a Mixed Reality simulation framework to prototype and experimentally evaluate the Meta-Humanoid concept
Designed and conducted mixed-method user studies with qualitative and quantitative analysis
Authored a research paper on the Meta-Humanoid concept and its evaluation, published in the proceedings of CHI 2023

Sep 2021 — Dec 2023

Graduate Teaching Assistant

University of British Columbia

Actively assisted in delivering lectures, tutorials and quizzes forIntroduction to Computation in Engineering Design (APSC 160), and Internet Computing (CPSC 317)

Jan 2020 — Aug 2021

Game Developer & Designer

Danson Solutions

Designed and developed 2D, 3D, and XR K-12 educational games for the Chimpvine e-learning platform
Collaborated with teachers to translate course syllabi into game-based learning experiences
Worked with data analysts to create an instrumentation system to track student performance through in-game interaction recording for data-driven design improvements

Jan 2017 — Dec 2019

Software & Usability Engineer

Paracosma, Kathmandu

Designed, developed, and usability-tested single and multi-user XR applications and training simulations
Built automation tools and Unity editor extensions to streamline development pipelines and reduce timelines
Profiled application performance, identified bottlenecks, and implemented optimizations for XR software