Our Team

Lenticulus Lab is developing immersive interactive experience for the Looking Glass Display, a holographic screen enabling 3D gaming without VR headsets. By integrating advanced mechanics, gesture controls, and real-time 3D rendering, we aim to create engaging, volumetric gameplay, pushing the boundaries of interactive entertainment and redefining the future of holographic gaming.

Cassie Lin

UI/UX Designer, Co-Producer

Cassie is a versatile UI/UX and graphic designer, aiming to use her creativity to solve problems.

Esther Pan

Producer

Esther is a game producer/project manager specializing in games and interactive experience design fields. She loves her mini-bernedoodle, Jarvis.

Lydia Wei

Game Designer

Jimmy Wu

Role

Arthur Zhang

Tech Designer, Gameplay programmer

Richie Zhu

Artist

Instructor

Derek Ham

Derek Ham is the Director of Carnegie Mellon University’s Entertainment Technology Center, where he leads innovative research and collaborative projects at the intersection of technology, design, and storytelling. With a deep commitment to fostering creativity and advancing the future of interactive entertainment, Derek brings a wealth of experience as a designer, teacher, and leader in the fields of virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and immersive media.

Prior to joining CMU, Derek served as the Head of the Media Arts, Design and Technology department at North Carolina State University’s College of Design. There, he led the department’s transition to an emphasis on cutting-edge technologies, such as game based learning, algorithmic thinking, and immersive storytelling. He also founded the College of Design’s Mixed Reality Lab, where he worked with students to find new ways to utilize VR & AR technology and expand the possibilities of interaction design.

In 2017, he completed the VR project “I Am A Man.” Set during the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike and the last days of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., “I Am A Man” makes the history of the Civil Rights Movement alive and present by immersing users in the period. The project won multiple prizes, including the Perspectives Award for Immersive Storytelling at the 42nd Cleveland International Film Festival, VR Best of Show at the 2018 Nashville Film Festival, and the 2018 FoST Prize in the category “Bridging the Divide.” In 2022, his interactive VR experience “Barnstormers: Determined to Win,” which places users on the baseball field in the Negro Leagues, was shown at the Cannes Film Festival.