Lu Zhao, Developer in London, United Kingdom

Lu Zhao

Software Developer

Location
London, United Kingdom
Toptal Member Since
March 9, 2016

Lu Zhao has worked as a Unity developer for more than three years. She especially likes to make mobile games. She has good knowledge and experience on both AR and VR and she is a good, clear communicator as well as a dedicated, creative programmer.

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Portfolio

Lu's Studio
C#, Unity3D
Skills2Learn
C#, Unity3D

Location

London, United Kingdom

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Xcode, Unity3D, MacOS

The most amazing...

...project I've worked on is a VR multiplier board game which allows people to play a VR game as a team instead of alone.

Work Experience

2014 - PRESENT

Game Developer

Lu's Studio
  • Created an AR app for architecture design display.
  • Created an arcade game and published it to the App Store.
  • Created a VR multiplier game.
  • Invested in AR and VR technologies.
Technologies: C#, Unity3D
2013 - 2014

VR Developer

Skills2Learn
  • Created 3 interactive sessions for virtual training products.
  • Worked with different teams, like the modelers' team and the multimedia team.
Technologies: C#, Unity3D

Experience

Unity Certified Developer

Certificate No. 201708UCD2410

"The Unity Certified Developer Exam was designed to provide a credential that validates foundational skills for making a game with Unity, spanning key concepts in both technical art and programming. In addition to breadth, it also has depth: the feedback we’ve received is that it is a challenging exam, even for those with some experience under their belts, and that a passing score is a good indicator that an individual has the core skills required for successful game production in Unity."

JustSee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9qJ51EETpE
An augmented reality project demo made for architecture design display.

IHouse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-pi_I-ZLYg
An AR demo: The new way to show a property to potential buyers and a preview of the customized decoration.

My Storybook Pirate - Interactive Book Creator

My Storybook Pirate is an interactive book creator for children in a pirate theme. There are no in-app purchases or advertising; parents can be assured that children to play this app alone, although we encourage parents to play with your children together.

The delightful and colorful graphics were carefully designed especially for children.

With this app, children can create their unique characters and scenarios and make amazing stories. It combines a traditional sticker drag-and-drop book creator with a properly designed code module system which introduces endless possibilities for storytelling. So children can not only make a good looking scenario as most book creators do but also be able to interact freely with the characters and items inside the scenario while playing their story. This app is ideal for ages 5 to 11. For younger children, this is a simple dress-up and scenario making game, but for advanced children, it is an object-oriented programming learning tool, a properly interactive book creator. There are also some hidden interactable objects in the backgrounds and a library to surprise your children.

Skills

Frameworks

Unity3D, Unity

Languages

C#, C++, Java

Libraries/APIs

Game Center, Facebook API

Tools

UnityScript, Xcode

Platforms

MacOS, iAd, iOS

Other

AdMob, Unity Game Assets, Unity3D Native Plugin Interface

Education

2011 - 2012

Master's Degree in Computer Graphics, Vision, and Imaging

University College London - London

2009 - 2011

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Queen Mary, University of London - London