Role: Lead Development Engineer
Technology: Unity, Virtual Reality, Timeline Animation, Particle Systems, Motion Platform Integration, Wind Simulator
Keywords: VR, Education, Interactive Learning, Hardware Integration, Qatar History
Magic Carpet – Explore Qatar is a first-of-its-kind immersive educational experience designed for school programs. It takes students on animated journeys through Qatar’s cultural and environmental history, blending storytelling, interactive learning, and real-time physical effects in a captivating VR environment. As Lead Development Engineer, I architected and implemented the interactive system, collaborated closely with the hardware team, and led technical coordination across content, design, and integration to bring the experience to life.
Core Responsibilities & Technical Highlights:
🎬 Timeline Programming & Animation Sync
Developed and synchronized multiple Unity Timelines for orchestrating animations, audio cues, visual transitions, and user interactions, ensuring a cohesive and cinematic learning experience.
🕹️ Interactive Experiences
“Find the Pearl” Mini-Game: Designed and developed an interactive pearl-diving simulation where students search for hidden pearls in oysters.
Animated Questions: Implemented clickable animated question prompts that engage learners with story-based choices.
Scene-Based Triggers: Built trigger-based logic that responds to user movement and choices, activating voiceovers, animations, and environmental effects in real time.
⚙️ Hardware Integration & Collaboration
Worked directly with the hardware team to ensure flawless communication between Unity and the physical simulation systems.
Motion Platform: Engineered real-time synchronization between Unity and the ride platform to reflect virtual movement physically.
Wind Simulator: Integrated Unity with the wind simulator to produce dynamic wind bursts matching in-game moments such as sandstorms or deep-sea scenes.
✨ Visual Effects
Designed and implemented custom particle systems to bring environments to life like magical transitions, and glowing artifacts.
🌐 Bilingual Accessibility
Delivered the experience in both Arabic and English, ensuring inclusivity for local and international audiences.
📚 Educational Objectives:
MC01: Explore how Qatar’s harsh natural environment and history helped shape its innovation and development.
MC02: Discover Qatar’s marine life and pearl diving heritage through an interactive underwater journey.