{"id":35,"date":"2015-09-11T08:41:11","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T08:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/graphicboxlab.com\/amhashemian\/wordpress\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2026-02-03T15:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T20:02:11","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hashemian.ca\/","title":{"rendered":"Abraham M. Hashemian"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Game Engine Systems, <\/strong><strong>Game Developer and Researcher, XR<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-449 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/hashemian.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Profile-Photo-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"257\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hashemian.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Profile-Photo-3.jpg 322w, https:\/\/hashemian.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Profile-Photo-3-250x300.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><!-- \/wp:image --><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h3>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.ca\/citations?user=EXF-MOwAAAAJ&amp;hl=en&amp;oi=ao\">Google Scholar<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/abraham-m-hashemian\">Linkedin Profile<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">s.e.hashemian at gmail.com<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">With a Ph.D. from Simon Fraser University in VR user interfaces, I am interested in the future of games and interactive experiences. <!-- wp:image {\"id\":445,\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->After finishing my M.Sc. in Artificial Intelligence (AI) in 2003, I taught for 12 years as a university instructor, while focusing on game design (for the first 5 years) and Holographic interface design (for the next 5 years) as my field of research. For my Ph.D., I focused on designing a user interface for traveling (walking, driving, and flying) in Metaverse (Virtual Reality) applications. Since 2017, I have been developing commercial games across platforms.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!-- \/wp:image --><\/h3>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hashemian.ca\/index.php\/xr-industry\/\">2017 &#8211; now: XR Industry<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-355\" src=\"https:\/\/hashemian.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/library_capsule_english-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hashemian.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/library_capsule_english-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/hashemian.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/library_capsule_english.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-356\" src=\"https:\/\/hashemian.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/verticalgamecover6x9-03-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hashemian.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/verticalgamecover6x9-03-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/hashemian.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/verticalgamecover6x9-03.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hashemian.ca\/index.php\/game-design-experiences\/\">2015 &#8211; 2022: VR Research<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/graphicboxlab.com\/amhashemian\/wordpress\/index.php\/game-design-experiences\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-332\" src=\"https:\/\/hashemian.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/VR.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"404\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hashemian.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/VR.png 495w, https:\/\/hashemian.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/VR-300x175.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<hr \/>\n\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hashemian.ca\/index.php\/research-projects\/\">2010 &#8211; 2014: Holographic Interface Design<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/graphicboxlab.com\/amhashemian\/wordpress\/index.php\/research-projects\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-250 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/hashemian.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Holographic10.jpg\" alt=\"Holographic10\" width=\"410\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hashemian.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Holographic10.jpg 410w, https:\/\/hashemian.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Holographic10-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/a>\n\n<hr \/>\n\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hashemian.ca\/index.php\/teaching-experiences\/\">2004 &#8211; 2009: Game Design<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/graphicboxlab.com\/amhashemian\/wordpress\/index.php\/teaching-experiences\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-260 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/hashemian.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Game-Design.jpg\" alt=\"Game Design\" width=\"410\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hashemian.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Game-Design.jpg 410w, https:\/\/hashemian.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Game-Design-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/a>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1wb0HKi6jkE05447Jmblz1oHZI6UCSUR-\/view?usp=sharing\">My Detailed Resume<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Game Engine Systems, Game Developer and Researcher, XR Google Scholar\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Linkedin Profile s.e.hashemian at gmail.com With a Ph.D. from Simon Fraser University in VR user interfaces, I am interested in the future of games and interactive experiences. &hellip; 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