Lingyi Zhou
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All My Works

Ex. AR Engineer @ Snap Inc.
Ex. Unity Engineer @ Unity

MFA Design and Technology @ Parsons
MA Game Design & Development @ Columbia
XR Developer
AR Development in Lens Studio & Effect House.
VR Development in Unity for Oculus Quest and Apple Vision Pro
Game Developer
Unity Development for desktop and mobile games
Shader knowledge and development experience
3D Designer
Blender and Maya for stylized and realistic modeling and rendering  
Cinema4D for animation and procedural modelling  
Full Stack Engineer
React front end + FastAPI Backend + Postgre database
Graphic Designer
Adobe Indesign, Adobe Illustrator

01 Hardware Store Smart Search


              When I worked for a hardware manufacturer, we were looking for a better way to find targeted customers (hardware stores) to purchase our stock. We built a smart search tool to crawl Google Maps business data and help identify store leads around the world.

Tech Stack:


  • Frontend: React
  • Backend: FastAPI
  • Languages: JavaScript, Python

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02 AR Drawing Tool


             During my internship at Snapchat in 2022, I had this crazy idea nobody had done before. I integrated procedural mesh generation with hand tracking, enabling users to draw dynamically in 3D space.

Tech Stack:


  • Platform: Lens Studio
  • Languages: JavaScript

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03 Personal Schedule Assistant


             A drag-and-drop schedule builder that supports offline editing and syncs automatically across devices. Designed for productivity addicts who want control over time and print-ready exports.

Tech Stack:


  • Frontend: React, @dnd-kit, Tailwind
  • Backend: FastAPI, Supabase
  • Languages: TypeScript, Python

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07 Task Tracker App


              A full-stack to-do and task tracker with login authentication, database sync, and mobile-first UI. Built for productivity enthusiasts.

Tech Stack:


  • Frontend: React, Tailwind

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10 Creative Coding Experiments


               This is a collection of my creative coding sketches built with p5.js. Each piece explores different generative or interactive ideas—from visual patterns to playful simulations.

Tech Stack:


  • Library: p5.js
  • Languages: JavaScript

Experiments Include:


  • 🌀 Procedural Pattern Generators
  • 🎲 Randomized grid-based art
  • 🌈 Color palettes & rotation animations

More sketches coming soon