Vian Esterhuizen

@heyvian
Calgary
He/him

Student

Creative Technologist

Artist

Web Developer

Augmented Reality

3D printing

Early Adopter

Currently an art student that's been building websites since the 90s and exploring how my web knowledge can be combined with the physical world through augmented reality and object design.

I'm open to

participating in user research,

giving resume feedback,

volunteering,

advising companies,

mentoring,

speaking on podcasts,

activism,

talking to journalists,

partnering on side projects,

beta testing new products,

freelance roles,

brainstorming,

and part time roles.

Contact Me

Resume

Jun 2008 - Present

Creative Technologist, Heyvian Inc.

Sep 2021 - Present

Student, Alberta University of the Arts

Portfolio

People online seem to love word games lately so I made a really challenging one! Inspired by exploring the crypto community and seeing some pretty toxic discourse between people in the community an...

I'm excited to see what Polywork becomes

Mixed Reality

I made a little augmented reality toy, I guess you can call it. Not quite a game but something you can play. It's for one of my classes this semester at AUArts where the first project is exploring ...

Courses

Houdini Essential Training https://www.linkedin.com/learning/houdini-essential-training

Introduction to Web Accessibility https://www.edx.org/course/web-accessibility-introduction

Group Shows

My photography in the 2022 Hear/d + Exposure "Rewinding the Tape" show. https://www.marionnicollgallery.ca/exposure2022-exhibition/vian-esterhuizen

My 2021 Highlights

Rhino 7 Essential Training https://www.linkedin.com/learning/rhino-7-essential-training

National Gallery of Contemporary Fibre Art

AUArts Film Festival - Is This Cubism?

Capture One Course: Road to Mastery https://www.udemy.com/certificate/UC-8fc9586a-2608-4baa-9d69-79a3769f2985/

Things I’ve built

See this 125 year old Elm tree in your environment using WebXR. https://heyvian.com/elm-xr/

My pseudo multiplayer WebXR augmented reality game https://heyvian.com/web-xr/find-the-doughnut/