Yaya Veerasilpa
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Yaya is a Thai technical artist with a specialization in virtual and XR content development. Yaya has completed a Master's degree in Interactive Media and Games program from the USC's School of Cinematic Arts where she was awarded the International Artist Fellowship throughout the entire program. She has a passion for marrying innovative technologies and art to create compelling experiences that elicit empathy and improve people's mental/physical wellbeing.
She worked Sony Innovation Lab within Sony Pictures Entertainment as a content developer. Here she coordinated between Sony executive producer, Ghost Corps producers, and hardware development team in Tokyo to game design and engineer a 3-level projection mapping game for the Ghostbusters IP with object and gesture recognition features. She joined Technicolor - MPC ’s virtual production team as a Unity FX TD on a show where she designed and previsualized the VFX and shader using Unity timeline and particle system. She currently works at an AR startup company called Octi as a technical artist and manager, helping to build a performant AR product ecosystem and augmented reality environments. She is in charge of rapid-prototyping, VFX/3D Scans integration, as well as building Python tools in Maya to improve artist workflow. Development Tools:
Design | UX/UI, Usability Research, VR/AR/XR Programming | C#, JavaScript, HTML, CSS Game Development | Unity, Processing, Arduino Graphic Design | Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Light Room Film Editing | Final Cut, DaVinci Resolve, Soundtrack Pro, Reaper 3D & Animation | Maya, ZBrush, Substance Suite, SketchUp, OptiTrack Motive, MotionBuilder Version Control | Git, Perforce Languages: Python, C#, JavaScript, CSS, HTML Course Completed: 3D Modeling · Embodied Interactions · Business and Management of Game · Cinematography · Design for Interactive Media · Design Technology · Experiments in Interactivity · Interactive Design and Production · Motion Capture Fundamentals · Themed Entertainment Design · Transmedia Entertainment · Usability Testing for Games · Unity · Worldbuilding |