MIKE COLOMBO
 

Design Portfolio

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• Make a Dark Room Bright: Human Authorship with AI Assistance

  • Screencast

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• This Is Why We Don’t Have Group Chats: Adventures in AI Communication through Multiple
  Devices

  • Summary

 

• The Drive (AI informed musical composition)

• This was created using an AI engine from an old demo. The track was reiterated 8 times in different genres, then beat-matched in a DAW and remixed. The resulting track has AI elements, but with the compositional and editorial tool marks of a human.

 

• AI-informed process of creating a screencast to teach Python: Navigating Jupiter Notebooks

 

• Bespoke AI prompt used to create content prior to vetting by Subject Matter Experts

  • Resulting storyboard

  • Screencast as final product

 

• Playthrough of a VR Career Exploration Simulation for Elevator Mechanics

  • I served as Creative Director in spearheading this educational experience to make students excited about a career in the skilled trades.​​​

 

• Playthrough of "Hoists and Cranes" VR Training Simulation

  • 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.

 

• Consumer Training Guide in Articulate Storyline

  • This was created for retail workers in a location-based VR experience, from standard customer care to specialized training in the VR experience itself.

 

• Functional Specifications document for a VR Menu System

  • 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.

 

• Sim Design and Development end-to-end Flowchart

  • A comprehensive, cross-functional visual guide to the production process for an educational VR sim.

 

• Storyboard for a Healthcare VR Training Simulation

  • A document designed for multiple audiences: clients, subject matter experts, peer reviewers, and VR developers.

 

• Style Guide for Instructional Design in VR

  • 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

  • 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.

 

• Technical Overview Document for a Location-Based VR System

  • A "quick-start" guide for new employees, potential investors, and more.

 

• Instructor Curriculum Guide for a FAANG Company

  • This was delivered at retail stores worldwide and in nearly 100 languages by "experts" in their audio and visual fields.

 

• Instructional Video for Consumer Donning and Doffing of a VR Headset and Backpack Computer

  • Through expert input, I wrote, storyboarded, filmed, and edited this video as part of an overall training effort.

 

• Spatial Ape Virtual Roundtable/Q&A about Instructional Design in VR

  • 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

• What does this 2×6 have to do with Father’s Day? - MAKE Magazine

• How to Make a 0 - 24 Volt Bench Top Power Supply - MAKE Magazine

• Hardware Hacking for Zevs' "Hip to be Square" - Push the Other Button

• An Heirloom Guitar Weaves its Way Through a Musical Family - Medium.com

• Interview with Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips - Push the Other Button

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