Jacki Chen

XR Technical Director & Creative Technologist

I build multi-user XR and live-performance systems designed to stay reliable when the audience is already in the room.

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Founder, Ankh Interaction Design · Based in Taiwan, working internationally

Participants in Shifting Connections wearing VR headsets beneath orange light and projected geometric connections — Shifting Connections · Photo: 楊惟中 · Very Theatre

Selected Work

Three immersive works connecting people through shared virtual worlds, movement and live performance.

Shifting Connections

2026 · Collective XR / Mixed-Reality Installation

VR Interaction Design & 3D Art — Ankh Team

Festivals, Tours & Awards

2026Taipei Fine Arts MuseumEntanglements: The Rhythm of Being — Exhibition
202683rd Venice International Film FestivalVenice Immersive — In Competition

Participants in Shifting Connections wear headsets in a blue gallery surrounded by projected points and lines — Shifting Connections · Photo: 楊惟中 / Very Theatre

Beastosis: Call of the Skull

2026 · VR, MR & Live Performance

VR Technical Direction

Festivals, Tours & Awards

2026NTT Arts NOVA, National Taichung TheaterPerformance at the Black Box
2026Taiwan International Festival of Arts (TIFA)Performance at the NTCH Experimental Theater

A Beastosis participant wearing a VR headset raises both hands in the dark performance space — Beastosis · Photo: 林峻永 · House Peace

Traversing the Mist

2023 · Multi-user 6DoF VR

XR Technical Direction & System Development

Festivals, Tours & Awards

2026WorldPride AmsterdamXR Presentation at Podium Mozaïek
2025Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting (YPAM)YPAM Fringe — Japan Premiere
2025ESPRONCEDA, BarcelonaTRES FREQÜÈNCIES — Spanish Premiere
2025Annwn PrizeInaugural Edition — Nominated Work
2024NewImages FestivalGrand Prize — XR Competition
2024Festival de CannesImmersive Competition — Official Selection
2024ACM SIGGRAPHVR Theater — Official Selection
2024Kaohsiung Film FestivalXR Competition — Asia Premiere
2023International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)DocLab Competition for Immersive Non-Fiction — World Premiere
2022Taipei Huashan Fruit Wine Factory TheaterWork-in-progress Presentation
2022Kaohsiung VR Film LABOpen Studio — Work in Progress

Participants wearing VR headsets inside the purple exhibition space of Traversing the Mist — Traversing the Mist · On-site experience · Very Theatre

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What I Do

XR System Architecture

Multi-user networking and shared state
Spatial calibration and anchors
Quest, PC and venue network design

Live Performance Technology

Show control, OSC and cue integration
Headset and audience operations
Pre-flight, fallback and recovery

Technical Production

Feasibility and risk breakdown
System integration and core development
Touring documentation and remote handover

XR Operations Products

DeviceHub Pro
XR licensing and delivery systems
Repeatable performance infrastructure

Working Principle

The hardest part of XR performance is not making it work once. It is making sure the technology does not betray the performance.

Stability over spectacle after doors open
Systems operators can understand and take over
Touring means transferring a working method

Where to start

Ankh Interaction Design

XR production, interactive systems and project collaboration.

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DeviceHub Pro

Fleet operations and show control for Meta Quest-based live XR.

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Jacki Chen

Speaking, media, advisory and creative collaboration.

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About

Jacki Chen is an XR technical director, creative technologist, and founder of Ankh Interaction Design. For more than a decade, his work has connected real-time systems, immersive media and live performance—turning creative intent into systems that can be operated, toured and handed over.

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Let’s make the system hold.

Share the context, constraints and goals. I’ll help map the path forward.

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