Telepresent Media develops VR immersive experiences that enable meaningful human connection. I’m one of two developers working on Club Aloha, a experimental VR music platform featuring real studio musicians and live audiences.

Imagine a virtual city where professional live musicians from around the world are performing. All you have to do is choose a venue and enjoy. That’s our vision.

Entryway to the club

Case Study: User Experience Features

After consulting our user data, we determined that ~25% of users were engaged for less than a minute. Because our VR stage only features live performances twice weekly, many users will passively find us and join while the stage is empty. Our challenge was to convince these users to rejoin during the next live show.

To solve this problem, I led the strategy and implementation of 3 major initiatives:

1. Make the initial visual experience as compelling as possible.
2. Encourage exploration with an in-situ tutorial and onboarding experience.
3. Integrate with our artist scheduling system to display an up-to-date show calendar and show countdown in the app. Funnel users into a registration flow to get show-time notifications.

Visual overhaul with light mapping, texture refresh, and new scenery.

Case Study: Platform Improvements

1. Designed and developed a realistic concert lighting system in C# optimized for mobile hardware.
2. Built realistic 3D models in Blender designed for physically based rendering.
3. Implemented UX optimizations resulting in improved user onboarding and experience flow.

Stage lighting rig for VR live music venue.