Zach Deocadiz is an XR designer who dreams about creating more inclusive virtual worlds
Other Work
SELECTED WRITING
2023 - Virtuality as Becoming, Container Magazine
2023 - Social VR and Gender Explanation, Medium
2019 - How to Design Social VR Spaces, Virtual Reality Pop
2019 - Identity and Community in Virtual Reality, Virtual Reality Pop
2019 - The Internet Saved My Life, Urgency Reader
SELECT SPEAKING (MORE)
2023 - Designing Equitable VR Experiences, Northeastern University, Games@Northeastern Lecture Series
2022 - Designing for Immersive Media, Brown University, CS1300 UI Boot Camp
2022 - Building an Equitable XR Ecosystem, University of Oregon, XR for Social Change
2021 - Social VR and the Design Process, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, EMAR 291 Special Topics in Emerging Media Arts
2020 - Design Ethics, Product Classroom
2020 - In Defense of Bad Design, UCLA, DMA Network Media
WORK EXPERIENCE
2023-present - WaveXR
2022-2022 - FitXR
2022 - Maloka (Contract)
2020-2022 - Vicarious Surgical
2019 - Oculus (Contract)
2016-2020 - Within (Supernatural, Wonderscope)
AWARDS
2020 - Oculus Launch Pad
2020 - IGDA Foundation Next Gen Leaders
Group: Tribeca 2018 (Lambchild Superstar), BAFTA Children’s Award (Wonderscope), App of the Day (Wonderscope)
EDUCATION
2017 - BFA Graphic Design - Rhode Island School of Design
2015 - Brown University (classes in Computer Science)
Certificates: Useful School Advanced Product Design, XR Terra Design Foundations
ABOUT ME
I’m an XR designer with 5+ years of experience in the industry who is passionate about digital selves and identities, design ethics, and designing for the edge cases. I believe that we must include diversity as a key building block in the creation of virtual reality spaces.
AFFLIATED ORGS
Boston Design Queers (founder and host)
Out in Tech (mentor)
Limit Break (ex-mentor)
Queer Design Club (ex-leadership team)
Hack@Brown (ex organizer)