Ben Huss-Smickler

Immersive Technologist

Experiments with VR, Electronics, AI and little Code


  • Meta Quest: Nightvision Goggle hack

  • Building a Gizmo in VRchat

  • Creating VR Experiences with AI Assistance

  • VR Nerfs: Tips for a Better Experience

  • Creating a Virtual Venue for 360 Projection Mapping in Unity

  • Top no-code tools for VR Prototypes

  • creating an AR Tea Timer app

  • Digital Foraging

  • Hacking a Smart Telescope in VR

  • How to build a SeedBomb Drone

  • Mindful SmartWatch

  • Indoor AR Map

  • Taken Hostage in VR

  • Building an LED status indicator for VR Exhibitions

  • Hacking a wireless adult toy

  • 3D Scanning my Toy Poodle Nettle

  • Building NarratiVR with NoCode (Pt1. Pt2. Pt3)

  • Origin Story


Adventures and Experiences revisited


  • Silverstone racetrack filming 360 video

  • Creating the Anti-Gravity illusion at Virgin Spaceport (New Mexico, USA)

  • 360 Livestreaming Greta Thunberg (Trafalgar Square, London)

  • Building & Flying Giant Human Shaped drones over London landmarks

  • Anechoic Chambers, Ambisonic Arrays and HRIF scanning. (Denmark)

  • 360 Video Post-Production Pipelines and Automation

Tech Musings


  • Hands on with HTC Vive Elite Focus

  • Niantic Lightsail First Impressions

  • XR Interaction Toolkit just set the benchmark

  • VRBuilder - The Low-Code VR extension someone beat me to it, How good is it?


Academic Citations & Work


About Ben Huss-Smickler