About Me

I am a body moving through the world— sensing, adapting, and shaping the spaces I inhabit. 

My work lives from this embodied experience—an exploration of how emerging technologies, like Extended Reality, AI, and Augmented Environments, can hold space for neurodivergent ways of knowing, socio-emotional dialogue, remembrance, and connection. 

Guided by the principles of magical realism, I treat technology as both a material and a mythology—an extension of our lived realities where the extraordinary is seamlessly woven into the everyday. I design hybrid (digital-physical) playgrounds where technology, storytelling, and embodied experience converge to invite curiosity, connection, and new ways of sensing the world. My projects span VR/AR experiences, games, AI-embedded environments, interactive installations, animations, and tangible interfaces. 

By embracing the fluid, dynamic nature of human experience, I approach technology with the same mindset I apply to watercolor—layering, softening boundaries, and allowing moments to unfold organically. My work embraces the unpredictable and the transient, where narratives and interactions flow and evolve in response to their context.

In this space, I design for the in-between—where the boundaries between body and mind blur, where movement and stillness invite reflection, and where technology serves as a means to facilitate connection and meaning-making.

In my free time, I mentor high school and undergraduate students through their journey in STEM or give tech literacy workshops at international and government organizations. Otherwise, you can find me immersed in the magical worlds of books, video games, and watercolor painting.

I am currently based in Atlanta GA, where I continue to weave new stories.

Check out my CV here.

Email: thais[at]gatech.edu