Product Development Developer
Resume:
WILFRID NGO
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www.wilfridngo.com
VR Developer Senior 3D Designer
OBJECTIVE
Seeking a virtual reality (VR) development position to utilize my experience in developing VR content and expertise in 3D workflows to change virtual reality in a big way.
SKILLS SUMMARY & TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
Produced four VR experiences on the HTC Vive and launched a successful VR escape room on Steam
Languages & Technologies: UNITY, C, C++, C#, Python, JavaScript, Linux, Postgresql, Nodejs, socket.io
Expert user of 3D software (Maya, Zbrush, Mudbox, Modo, Blender, Rhino3D + Grasshopper, Solidworks to name a few)
Experience in image processing and machine learning
Strong experience in rapid prototyping and product development TECHNICAL PROJECTS
Alcatraz: VR Escape Room
Co-Developed “Alcatraz: VR Escape room”, a HTC VIVE virtual reality escape room in Unity and C#.
Programmed game logic and puzzles using class inheritance and interfaces. Integrated VIVE controllers, locomotion, and menu system.
Modeled and textured the environment, furniture, and puzzle assets. Spin the Boat (Multiplayer) – Global Game Jam 2017
Collaborated with 4 others to develop a multiplayer “air console” type game where any number of players can influence the fate of the boat through their mobile phone.
Developed the game using UNITY and the backend using Nodejs, and Socket.io to capture and process events from mobile devices connected to the web app.
Implemented networked game logic through socket callback functions on client and server. Self-Balancing Robot (Control System)
Built and wrote the firmware for a two wheeled self-balancing robot using two motors with quadrature encoders, MPU-6050 IMU, Arduino and a HC-05 Bluetooth module.
Tuned two PID control loops to stabilize the pitch and position of the self-balancing two wheeled robot.
Developed the firmware to control the pitch, and rotation of the self-balancing robot via Bluetooth. Energy Harvesting Belt
Designed, engineered, and prototyped a Peltier belt to convert temperature differentials between the human body and the air into electrical current via the “Seebeck Effect” to trickle charge a battery. Small Energy Harvesting Pendulum
Prototyped a miniature pendulum to harvest rotational motion into electrical potential via magnetic induction for charging super capacitors in wearables.
EDUCATION
University of Waterloo ’13 BASc Mechatronics Engineering w/ Biomechanics Option Relevant Courses: Data Structures and Algorithms, Digital Image Processing, Control Systems, Autonomous Mobile Robotics, Calculus I, II, III
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www.wilfridngo.com
VR Developer Senior 3D Designer
WORK EXPERIENCE
Technical Design Specialist Think2Thing Inc. Apr’ 14 – Current
Developed “Burning of the Ivory Tusks” and “The Last Northern White Rhino” HTC Vive VR experiences for Ed Burtynsky’s documentary “ANTHROPOCENE”, and a VR museum to house rare 3D scanned artifacts: o Used UNITY and C# to script VIVE controller events, menu system, game logic, AI behavior, and special effects.
o Used photogrammetry and structured light technologies to capture major assets and developed retopology workflows to convert them into low poly, fully textured models for real-time applications. o Modeled Sudan, and other assets using organic and hard surfacing techniques.
Programmed a semi-automated color management system for color 3D printing, in Python and Photoshop: o Reduced a laborious 4-hour color matching process down to a click of a button o Produced highly accurate and realistic color 3D prints at a significantly reduced overhead cost. o As a result, enabled Think2Thing to win big clients like Autodesk, Bombardier and Bata Shoe.
Wrote the firmware to process digital signals, and motorize a myoelectric prosthetic arm, as part of a project with Hands for Kids, to increase the accessibility of this technology for disabled kids in developing countries.
Key contributor in producing an algorithmically-generated, architectural, 3D printed canopy for NOTA BENE.
Reproduced rare artifacts (like HMS Erebus Bell) for the Royal Ontario Museum, and Museum of Vancouver using 3D scanning and 3D printing technologies. Work involving First Nation artifacts exhibited at "the city before the city", won the Governor General's History Award. Co-Founder & CEO Sentry Scientific Inc. Apr’ 13 – May’14
Developed a smart walker to help improve the quality of life for seniors
Collaborated on firmware of electronic braking system for obstacles avoidance, increasing stability descending ramps, and an injury preventative braking system when sitting on an unlocked rollator.
Raised over $110,000 through business competitions to fund core activities.
Wore multiple hats to battle the flood of marketing, sales, legal, hiring and product development activities. Electro-Mechanical Designer Freelancer Apr’11 – Apr’13
Designed, engineered, and managed manufacturing, for a client, RigRap, a simple plastic fishing lure retainer system. RigRap is now mass produced and sold on Amazon, and fishing stores within North America.
Designed a vertical farming and aquaponics system. AWARDS
Governor General History Award ’15 1st LaunchPad50k ’13 1st SEB Fellowship ’13 3rd Deloitte Bus. Acceleration ‘13 3rd Ontario Eng. Competition ’10 1st Waterloo Eng. Competition ‘09
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