MIKE COLOMBO
Design Portfolio
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Make a Dark Room Bright: Human Authorship with AI Assistance
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This Is Why We Don’t Have Group Chats: Adventures in AI Communication through Multiple
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AI-informed process of creating a screencast to teach Python: Navigating Jupiter Notebooks
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Playthrough of a VR Career Exploration Simulation for Elevator Mechanics
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I served as Creative Director in spearheading this educational experience to make students excited about a career in the skilled trades.
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Playthrough of "Hoists and Cranes" VR Training Simulation
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This is a VR experience completed after a site visit and needs analysis with a large high voltage power transformer company. The proper and safe usage of hoists and cranes was essential to their operation.
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Consumer Training Guide in Articulate Storyline
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This was created for retail workers in a location-based VR experience, from standard customer care to specialized training in the VR experience itself.
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Functional Specifications document for a VR Menu System
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This was prepared as part of a VR product, aimed to introduce and train a new user in as efficiently a way as possible. Prepared for a team who would implement this in 3D space.
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Sim Design and Development end-to-end Flowchart
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A comprehensive, cross-functional visual guide to the production process for an educational VR sim.
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Storyboard for a Healthcare VR Training Simulation
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A document designed for multiple audiences: clients, subject matter experts, peer reviewers, and VR developers.
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Style Guide for Instructional Design in VR
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Excerpt of a custom-made document to capture the needs and requirements of instructional VR content, tailored specifically for Instructional Designers.
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Wiring Diagram for a Location-Based VR System
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This served as a touchstone for multiple departments to understand a complex system that consisted of low voltage, high voltage, and network signals that worked in concert to create an immersive VR experience.
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Technical Overview Document for a Location-Based VR System
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A "quick-start" guide for new employees, potential investors, and more.
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Instructor Curriculum Guide for a FAANG Company
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This was delivered at retail stores worldwide and in nearly 100 languages by "experts" in their audio and visual fields.
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Instructional Video for Consumer Donning and Doffing of a VR Headset and Backpack Computer
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Through expert input, I wrote, storyboarded, filmed, and edited this video as part of an overall training effort.
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Spatial Ape Virtual Roundtable/Q&A about Instructional Design in VR
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In-VR interview on my work at Transfr and the future of educational VR
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Public-Facing Pieces
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Public-facing Photo Walk promotional material + process breakdown
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What does this 2×6 have to do with Father’s Day? - MAKE Magazine
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How to Make a 0 - 24 Volt Bench Top Power Supply - MAKE Magazine
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Hardware Hacking for Zevs' "Hip to be Square" - Push the Other Button
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An Heirloom Guitar Weaves its Way Through a Musical Family - Medium.com
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Interview with Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips - Push the Other Button