Bringing Minecraft to Life in Mixed Reality

Overview

Led UX and interaction design for the world's first public hands-on HoloLens experience, defining foundational interaction patterns that introduced mixed reality gaming to a global audience.

What I Owned

• Defined the core spatial interaction model for Minecraft in mixed reality.
• Invented the Magic Window interaction, a patented spatial affordance for viewing holographic worlds embedded in physical space.
• Directed UX and interaction design across voice, gaze, gesture, and spatial input systems.
• Led design execution in partnership with engineering and production to deliver a stage-ready public demo.
• Shipped from concept to global launch in under three months.

Outcomes

• First time press and public experienced live holographic gameplay on HoloLens.
• Established expectations for mixed reality gaming at platform launch.
• Generated record global media coverage for the HoloLens reveal.
• Interaction patterns reused across early first-party HoloLens experiences.