Sam Mendoza

Contact

The Pilot: Sam Mendoza
Visit me at: liooil.space

Albuquerque, New Mexico
USA

Curriculum Vitae

Achievements

  • - Director of the Mixed Reality Lab at Portland Community College
  • - MIT Civics WebVR 1.0 and Data visualization in Virtual Reality
  • - Awarded the Houseguest Residency to present VR installation 'You Are Here' in Downtown Portland, OR
  • - IndieCade Finalist: Portland Immersive Media Group, VR Spa
  • - Special effects artist on the television series GRIMM.

Professional Experience

  • Portland Community College
    2018-2022
  • Portland Immersive Media Group
    2016-2018
  • Hive FX
    2015
  • Camp TechWise
    2015
  • Wonder-Space Technology Camp
    2015

Education

  • The University of Oklahoma, BFA in Art and Technology
    2011-14
  • Houston Community College, Associates in 3D Design
    2009-10

Skills

Virtual Reality
  • Unity 3D
  • C#
  • WebVR
  • Immersive UI/UX
  • 3js
  • HTC Vive/SteamVR
3D Pro Tools
  • Autodesk Maya
  • 3D Studio Max
  • Cinema 4D
  • Blender
  • Substance Designer/Painter
  • Mudbox
Web Development
  • HTML5/CSS3
  • Javascript/JQuery
  • Bootstrap/Semantic/Foundation
  • Git/Unix/Vim
  • Node.js
  • Python
Adobe Suite
  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator
  • InDesign
  • After Effects
  • Premeire Pro
  • Light Room

Events

Talks
  • Design Reality:
    Free VR
  • University of Oregon:
    Shapeshifter Culture
  • MIT Media Lab Web 1.0 Conference:
    Meinong's Jungle
  • WIT Winter Gathering:
    HyperCognition
Workshops
  • PNCA Make+Think+Code: WebVR, WebAR, SocialVR (web based)
  • MIT Media Lab: Data visualization in Web VR using A-frame and d3js
  • ToorCamp: Sharks in Space (A-Frame, 3js)
  • CT: Highschool Tech Afterschool (A-Frame)

Contracts and Projects

  • Primitive Space, Open Signal (Night Lights), VR Design & 3D Modelling
    2017
  • pdximmersive.media, Portland Immersive Media Group, WebVR UI/UX Design & Development
    2017
  • VeoCities.com, Neocities-Mozilla, WebVR UI/UX & Design
    2016
  • Tequila Mexhicah Packaging and product design
    2014-16
  • up+dn presents: Junksleep (@pdxHackerspace), Web Design
    2016

Residencies

  • Ontology of Objects, IRL Residency, The Museum of Human Acheivment, Austin TX
    2018
  • You Are Here, Portland Immersive Media Group/Houseguest, Portland OR
    2017

Virtual Reality

Web VR
Unity 3D

3D

2D