Yannie Tan
yannietan.work@gmail.com

Software & Mixed Reality

Programming, AI, AR/VR, Unity, Filming, Graphics (OpenGL), Design Research

Software Engineer @ Disney

Worked on developing a matte tracking tool for the post-production and lighting teams with Moana 2 assets. Focused on using full-stack React Javascript, FastAPI, and PostgreSQL.

Interactive Miss Minutes
Personal Project

Using the Apple Vision Pro's to develop a spatial experience with 11Labs and Loki's character, Miss Minutes.

Creating a Musical with a 360° Camera

Working on a musical that uses Oculus VR and Insta360 to develop a rotational 3D experience on stage. Directed and composed the music for COLORS, a new song cycle.

Children's Toy

This designed wooden toy helps children (2 years and older) with their gross motor skills. Children will move the two marbles around the infinity sign track.

Sand Lamp

Inspired by the documentary, "Black Out" directed by Eva Weber and filmed in Conakry, Guinea, I was determined to create a solution to help students like those in the documentary.

Guided Creativity, LEGO DESiGN

Building LEGO bricks all day.

Droplet, An Audio Social Media App

Short-form audio: 15-30 seconds (unlike Spotify and podcasts), audio only (unlike TikTok). We want to be the sweet spot between audio and short-form content.

Children's Toy

This designed wooden toy helps children (2 years and older) with their gross motor skills. Children will move the two marbles around the infinity sign track.

Sand Lamp

Inspired by the documentary, "Black Out" directed by Eva Weber and filmed in Conakry, Guinea, I was determined to create a solution to help students like those in the documentary.

Guided Creativity, LEGO DESiGN

Building LEGO bricks all day.

Droplet, An Audio Social Media App

Short-form audio: 15-30 seconds (unlike Spotify and podcasts), audio only (unlike TikTok). We want to be the sweet spot between audio and short-form content.


Disco Spotlight Shader

I learned how material pattern logic, material BRDFs, and lighting are combined to compute surface reflectance.

Explorative Sonification

Collaborating with the SHAPE Lab at Stanford University on a new audio experience for iOS devices for blind smartphone users.

Hi! I’m Yannie. I’m a prototyper and designer. Recent graduate from Stanford, currently at LEGO DESiGN in Denmark.

Prototyping

UIUX, CAD, 3D Modeling, Design Sketching, Soft Robotics, Arduino

Children's Toy

This designed wooden toy helps children (2 years and older) with their gross motor skills. Children will move the two marbles around the infinity sign track.

Sand Lamp

Inspired by the documentary, "Black Out" directed by Eva Weber and filmed in Conakry, Guinea, I was determined to create a solution to help students like those in the documentary.

Guided Creativity, LEGO DESiGN

Building LEGO bricks all day.

Droplet, An Audio Social Media App

Short-form audio: 15-30 seconds (unlike Spotify and podcasts), audio only (unlike TikTok). We want to be the sweet spot between audio and short-form content.

HaptiKnit
Stanford Mechanical Engineering: CHARM Lab

The CHARM Lab team implemented this strategy in designing a sleeve for social touch, that could transmit a series of signals. I developed a new GUI to transfer information from the interface to the physical sleeve.


PiliBot Soft Robot

Developed a foldable robot that uses mountain and valley crests from the water bomb origami shape and magnets to grip objects.