My Work

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XRCC hackathon finalist. Created a Mixed Reality travel guide that lets you walk in your friend's footsteps and discover their social media memories at the locations they were posted.

Designed an AI-enabled chatbot with edge computing functionality at Everbridge, resulting in a published patent for dynamic alert-information systems.

An advanced climbing wall platform integrating LED-guided routes, force sensors, motion capture, and projection mapping for real-time data analysis and interactive feedback.

Master thesis exploring interactive pose tracking as an in-action training tool for climbing, including a gamified warm-up prototype on an interactive climbing wall.

Design & maintaining a Figma design system.

Won second place at the XRCC automotive track in Berlin, creating an XR application for Cupra car accessories using Meta Quest 3.

Created a physical Blue-Green Roof demonstrator combined with AR/VR for Dutch Design Week, aiming to encourage discourse on urban sustainability through citizen science design research.

Designed and developed a self-service kiosk with a touch interface for the University of Twente Interaction Lab, including 3D printed housing and Flutter app.

Built a full-stack web platform for Spain's Civil Protection Department to catalog all active and past emergency ES-Alert messages, running in production since December 2022.

Built a Unity interactive installation for an EU research project, gamifying healthy food choices for children aged 3-7, demonstrated at Jumbo Leussink supermarket.

Designed and developed an AI-powered chatbot for active disasters, integrated into Everbridge's Public Warning System. EU-funded and validated during a large-scale Red Cross exercise.

Consulted and developed on the VR Steam experience CLOUDED with UNI_VERSE studio. Selected for the Dutch Film Festival in the Digital Culture category.

Built a Twitter bot using Machine Learning and NLP to mimic COVID-19 misinformation spreaders, analyzing Dutch tweets with Python for a Natural Language Processing course.

Placed #220 of 1700 entries in the Brackeys Game Jam 2021.2. A meta 2D platformer where dying breaks the screen and sucks you into reality.

Built a VR training simulation for KCS/KLM maintenance employees to practice recognizing and solving factory breakdowns without shutting down the production line.

Created and published a Unity plugin with EU XR4ALL funding that makes VR applications compatible with touch devices, enabling cross-platform XR and mobile builds.

Built a custom watercooled workstation PC for Machine Learning and development, featuring an RTX 3080 and custom loop cooling.

Co-authored a research paper on SpiroPlay's breathing games for spirometry, published at ACM. Describes 11 interactive metaphors tested with 30 asthmatic children.

Co-authored a research paper on Virtual Reality for Virtual Rowing Training, presenting three design iterations of an interactive rowing system using HTC Vive and a dynamic ergometer.

Lead developer of an AR mobile app that transforms a historic graveyard in Enschede into an interactive museum, with voiced 3D animations of buried persons' stories.

Created a polished, stylized Minesweeper game for Android with smooth animations, a unique soundtrack, custom-shaped levels, and an X-ray ability.

Co-authored a research paper on serious game design approaches, identifying four types of design methodologies spanning goal-oriented and entertainment- oriented strategies.

Completely rebuilt the PlaygroundVR website with focus on design, responsiveness, performance, SEO, and interactive 360-degree content.

Lead developer of SpiroPlay, a multi-year collaboration creating breathing games that motivate children with asthma to take spirometry tests at home using interactive metaphors.

Bachelor thesis on using Virtual Reality to improve indoor rowing technique, combining VR motion tracking with an ergometer. Awarded a 9.

Co-Owner and Lead Developer of PlaygroundVR, the virtual playground for children in hospitals where they can play and socialize while stuck in bed.

Created a complete game from scratch for the Creative Technology curriculum, including modeling, animation, interaction code, and sound engineering. Awarded a 9.

Created a short film about the rising number of atomic weapons using data visualization and 3D animation techniques. Awarded an 8.5.

Created a detailed 3D replica of the fictional 'Wunderwaffe' weapon in Autodesk Maya, learning industry techniques like modelling, texturing, lighting and rendering.

Attended a digital photography course at ArtEZ University of the Arts, learning DSLR camera techniques, composition, lighting and photo editing.

Produced two professional volunteer recruitment videos for foundation Zozijn during an internship at Weevers Grafimedia, working with high-end cameras and professional voice-overs.