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James Smyth

Senior XR/Unity Developer specializing in VR training SDKs and immersive tooling

Immerse Learning LimitedUniversity of YorkBromley, London9 Years ExperienceSenior Level

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Unity/XR engineer from Immerse Learning’s SDK team who shipped Meta Quest training experiences by building the underlying Unity libraries and editor extensions used by both internal developers and external SDK licensees. Has hands-on experience solving hard multiplayer/physics authority problems with a custom WebSocket relay approach, and is independently building a Unity management/puzzle prototype featuring a runtime level editor and multithreaded, tile-based pathfinding.

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Key Strengths

  • Shipped Unity XR training content targeting Meta Quest 1 & 2
  • Built and maintained Unity SDKs and editor tooling used by internal teams and external licensees
  • Cross-platform XR foundation work across Android, standalone PC, and WebGL
  • Deep practical experience with evolving XR standards/APIs (early OpenXR, changing Unity XR preview packages)
  • Designed reusable, low/no-code Unity components to speed developer workflows and parallelize teams
  • Implemented multiplayer via custom WebSocket-based infrastructure and extensible messaging for custom netcode
  • Strong troubleshooting/architecture skills for networked, physics-heavy interactions (authority handoff between clients)
  • Solo development of a Unity project featuring a runtime level editor and custom multithreaded pathfinding
  • Uses AI tools effectively for architecture exploration while validating/reworking generated code

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Experience

XR DeveloperImmerse Learning Limited · Sep 2019 – Jun 2025
Contract Unity EngineerMesmerise Global · Aug 2018 – Jun 2019contract
Junior Software DeveloperADS Reality (GAME Digital) · Sep 2015 – Apr 2018

Education

University of Yorkbachelor, Music Technology (2014)

Skills

UnityAndroidC#JavaCC++HTMLCSSJavaScriptPythonGitVisual StudioAPI DesignPerformance OptimizationUnreal Engine 4

Languages

English

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James SmythSenior XR/Unity Developer specializing in VR training SDKs and immersive tooling