# Jim O'Donnell

> UX Engineer

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/jimodonnell

Industry veteran specializing in AR/VR and UX design prototyping. Supported launches of Meta Quest, Quest 2, and Quest Pro on the Inputs team in the Oculus Design org.

Unity 3D
C#
ARKit
Xcode
Adobe CC (Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop, InDesign)
Figma

Patents: 
3589-0260US01 Intent-Based User Interface Modifications in an Artificial Reality Environment
3589-0261US01 Gesture-Engaged Virtual Menu for Controlling Actions on an Artificial Reality Device
3589-0263PV01 Simultaneous Controller and Touch Interactions
3589-0263US01 Simultaneous Controller and Touch Interactions
3589-0263US02 Simultaneous Controller and Touch Interactions
3589-0360US02 Passthrough Window Object Locator In An Artificial Reality System

## Work Experience
### UX Engineer @ Niantic Spatial, Inc.
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States

### UX Engineer @ Niantic, Inc.
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco, California, United States

### Product Design Specialist @ Oculus VR
Jan 2018 – Jan 2023 | Menlo Park, California

### Product Design Prototyper @ Meta
Jan 2018 – Jan 2023 | Menlo Park, California, United States

### Unity Developer @ NonLinear Creative
Jan 2010 – Jan 2018
Unity3D - Augmented Reality - iOS/Android, Oculus Rift, Dive VR, Google Cardboard.

### Video Editor @ NonLinear Creative
Jan 1998 – Jan 2011
Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro 7, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects.

### Director of Emerging Technologies @ Jackson Dawson
Jan 2011 – Jan 2018
Unity3D - Augmented Reality - iOS/Android, Oculus Rift, Dive VR, Google Cardboard.

### Lead Developer @ Jackson Dawson
Jan 1999 – Jan 2018 | Dearborn, Michigan

### Video Editor @ Forest Post Productions
Jan 1994 – Jan 1999
Avid Media Composer editor.


## Education
### Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Video Game Production
International Academy of Design and Technology (IADT)


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jim-o-donnell-6dof

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Last updated: 2026-04-13