SPOTLIGHT: Jasmine Roberts, AR/ VR Software Engineer on developing for AR and how beginners can succeed in immersive tech

Stepping into the spotlight is Jasmine Roberts, an accomplished software engineer who has worked at pioneering companies including Unity, Sony Playstation and Google Creative Lab in New York City where she developed and launched, Lines of Play, a Google experiment AR app highlighting the features of Google’s new AR Core Depth API. 

Jasmine was a 2017 Oculus Launch Pad fellow and in 2020 Forbes recognized her on their Games 30 under 30 list. 

On this episode of Zero to Start Jasmine shares her insights about developing with the latest AR APIs, a mini-dive into SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping), what she wished she knew when she started in the industry and tools beginners should explore as they start their journey.

Plus Jasmine's quarantine playlist and more!

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FEATURED LINKS

• Lines of Play - Google Play
• Google Creative Lab launches Lines of Play - An Open-Source Experiment To Showcase ARCores's Depth API - Forbes
• Waves of Grace, Gabo Arora + Chris Milk - Within
• Oculus Start Developer Program

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TUTORIALS

• Quick VR prototypes - Josh Carpenter, Mozilla Blog
• Design, Develop, and Deploy for VR - Unity Learn
• Unity Roll-a-Ball Tutorial - updated for 2020!

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JASMINE'S QUARANTINE PLAYLIST

• Earth Wind & Fire 

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