Hello, I'm Wade Gushikuma

XR Engineer, Game Developer & Interaction Designer

I create digital experiences that combine beautiful design with robust functionality. Passionate about building solutions that make a difference.

Career

HTC Vive Logo

Senior XR Engineer

HTC Vive Creative Labs

2019 - 2025

Led integration of AI APIs such as Tripo3D, ComfyUI, and OpenAI. Managed sprint planning and streamlining design-to-engineering pipelines. Developed and tested multimodal UI systems leveraging hand, eye, gesture, and voice input, along with building AR passthrough tools for interactive object detection and manipulation. Shipped features for 4 headsets, optimizing performance through analytics and memory profiling.

Unity3D AI Development UGC VR XR
Hyperspace XR Logo

XR Developer

Hyperspace XR

2018 - 2019

Designed and implemented player gameplay mechanics and sequence events using Unity’s VR Toolkit. Integrated art and dev assets end-to-end, including 3D, audio, VFX, and SDKs. Managed peer-to-peer multiplayer with synced, instanced data across devices. Improved workflows with custom tools like a node-based event system and AI pathing.

Unity3D LBE Ultraleap Microsoft Mixed Reality
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Game Developer

Hashbang Games

2019 - 2020

Managed PlayFab data with server updates, cloud scripts, and analytics tracking. Built UI for menus and profiles, displaying user data like match history, stats, and cosmetics. Collaborated on multiplayer lobby data syncing using Photon Networking. Queried game and player stats from mLab’s cloud database and integrated a location-based map using the Google Places API.

HTML/CSS JavaScript Git

Professional Projects

HTC OS HTC OS

HTC OS

XR Engineer for Vive Cosmos, Focus 2, Pro 2, and XR Elite

XR UI/UX Prototyping Ultraleap
HTC AI HTC AI

HTC Vive Creative Labs

R&D XR technologies with generative AI

AI XR
Wonderfall Logo Wonderfall Logo

Wonderfall: A Tale of Two Realms

Fantasy walkthrough VR experience with heat, wind, smell and touch.

LBE Microsoft Samsung HP Ultraleap Multiplayer
Expedition Titan Expedition Titan

Expedition Titan

Education walkthrough VR experience on Saturn's moon titan including XR effects.

LBE Microsoft Samsung HP Ultraleap Multiplayer
Primal Carnage Primal Carnage

Primal Carnage Assault

3v3 Class-based MOBA letting you play as dinosaurs or humans

Microsoft Playfab Multiplayer
FirstNet Logo FirstNet Logo

FirstNet

Ohio's next generation command simulator for first responders showcasing how new technology can improve efficiency in different situations.

VR Simulation

Personal Projects

XR Dance Experience XR Dance Animation

XR Dance Experience

Interactive dance experience in virtual reality with motion tracking

Unity3D Google AI
XR Music Visualizer XR Music Animation

XR Music Visualizer

Immersive music visualization synchronized with spatial audio

Meta Scene Graph Quest 3 Unity3D
Gaussian Splat Gaussian Splat Animation

Gaussian Splat & Photogrammetry

3D reconstruction of real spaces using advanced scanning techniques

Gaussian Splat Photogrammetry Scaniverse
Shift Project Shift Animation

Shift

2D & 3D Puzzle Dungeon crawler game

Unity3D

Get In Touch

Wade Gushikuma

Let's Connect

I'm always interested in new opportunities and interesting projects. Feel free to reach out!

wade.gushikuma@gmail.com
+1 (808) 781-0794
Lynnwood, Washington