Prototype to learn
Turns ideas into working systems early, then uses testing and feedback to make experiences clearer and more reliable.
Technical Lead · XR / AR / VR
Nandita Venkat
Technical Lead, XR / AR / VR at Nivas AI — Spatial Computing Engineer
An XR engineer with an MS in Extended Reality and a foundation in digital media and design. Nandita builds spatial applications for Apple Vision Pro using Swift and Metal — spanning hand and image tracking, multi-user sessions, sensor integration, immersive training, and hands-on hardware prototyping. She leads the studio's spatial-computing direction, where XR, thoughtful interaction design and emerging technology meet.
MS, Extended Reality
Apple Vision Pro
Hardware & sensors
Apple Vision ProImmersive TrainingMulti-user SystemsSensor IntegrationHardware Prototyping
Role at Nivas AI
Leading the
spatial frontier.
Nandita drives Nivas AI's XR / AR / VR direction — bringing spatial computing into the studio's products and prototyping what immersive AI can become.
Design across disciplines
Translates between domain experts, engineers and users so decisions stay grounded in real workflows.
Think in systems
Attends to dependencies, state and edge cases — especially when many interactive components respond at once.
Selected work
Spatial ideas,
made tangible.
From immersive medical training to robot perception and educational VR — work built at the intersection of code, design and human needs.
Code Blue Simulation
FeaturedImmersive CPR training on Apple Vision Pro
A working Vision Pro prototype for cardiac-arrest training that assesses a clinician's technique in real time — CPR quality across compression rate, depth, hand placement and hands-off interruption time — with image tracking and SharePlay for shared sessions. Delivered in three months and presented at the 2025 MDIC conference.
Immersive Systems Lab
HardwareHaptics, LiDAR & live sensing
Built a haptic-feedback glove from circuit layout through testing; improved UX and onboarding for LiDAR robot vision on Vision Pro; and integrated live ultrasonic sensing — then demoed to visiting teams and stakeholders.
Solar Energy VR
VR LearningTeaching K–12 through play
A fully functional VR game prototype that teaches K–12 students about solar energy through an interactive experience for VIVE and Oculus.
Beyond the Headset
Software & CloudServerless & data tooling
Maintained AWS Lambda functions and CloudFormation infrastructure, and built a Windows Forms utility that transformed raw data strings into readable, multilingual tables.
Experience
Building across
disciplines.
Engineering depth paired with a designer's eye — from spatial software and sensing to cloud systems and educational VR.
2025 — Present
Technical Lead, XR / AR / VR
Nivas AI
Leads the studio's spatial-computing direction — bringing XR, AR and VR capability into Nivas AI's products and prototypes.
Jun 2026 — Present
Engineering Intern
Noblis · Immersive Systems Lab
Built a haptic-feedback glove prototype, improved UX and onboarding for LiDAR robot vision on Apple Vision Pro, integrated ultrasonic sensing, and presented lab projects to stakeholders.
Mar 2025 — Present
Apple Vision Pro Developer
MedVR · Code Blue Simulation
Building a clinical training simulation with real-time hand-tracked CPR assessment, image tracking, and SharePlay-enabled multi-user sessions.
Jul 2024 — May 2026
Software Engineering Intern
SWBC · Rails / Swivel Division
Maintained AWS serverless infrastructure and built a Windows Forms tool to parse raw data into readable, multilingual tables.
Jul 2022 — May 2023
VR Game Developer Intern
UConn · Center for Clean Energy Engineering
Developed a C# and SteamVR educational game for VIVE and Oculus and translated requirements into a functional prototype.
Capabilities
A toolkit for
immersive systems.
Core XR Development
Swift · C# · C++ · visionOS · Metal · SteamVR · Hand Tracking · Image Tracking · SharePlay · Multi-user · VR Game Dev
Languages & Frameworks
Python · Java · Rust · JavaScript · Node.js · React · HTML/CSS · SQL · Bevy
Sensors & Hardware
LiDAR · Ultrasonic Sensing · Circuit Layout · Electronics Prototyping · Wiring · Soldering · Bench Testing · Haptics
Cloud, Data & Quality
AWS Lambda · CloudFormation · MySQL · Windows Forms · Git · Tableau · QA & Unit Testing
Design & Media
UX/UI Design · Game Design · Adobe Premiere Pro · Adobe Audition · Adobe Creative Suite
Education
Master of Science · Extended Reality
Northeastern University
Bachelor of Fine Arts · Digital Media & Design
University of Connecticut
Additional training · Data Analytics Certificate, UT Austin (2023) · Coding Bootcamp, General Assembly (2020–2021)
Let's build what's next in spatial computing.
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