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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
  • Venice International Film Festival
  • Festival de Cannes
  • International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)
  • ACM SIGGRAPH
  • NewImages Festival
  • Kaohsiung Film Festival
  • Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF)
  • Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF), Mexico
  • Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN)
  • SONA Immersive Storytelling Festival
  • Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting (YPAM)
  • ESPRONCEDA, Barcelona
  • WorldPride Amsterdam
  • Festival der Zukunft, Munich
  • We TAIWAN, Osaka
  • Taiwan International Festival of Arts (TIFA)
  • NTT Arts NOVA, National Taichung Theater
  • Taipei Fine Arts Museum
  • Digital Art Center, Taiwan
  • VR FILM LAB, Kaohsiung
  • Kaohsiung VR Film LAB
  • Taipei Huashan Fruit Wine Factory Theater

Selected Work

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

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Shifting Connections

2026 · Collective XR / Mixed-Reality Installation

VR Interaction Design & 3D Art — Ankh Team

Festivals, Tours & Awards

  • 202683rd Venice International Film FestivalVenice Immersive — In Competition
  • 2026Taipei Fine Arts MuseumEntanglements: The Rhythm of Being — Exhibition
Participants in Shifting Connections wear headsets in a blue gallery surrounded by projected points and lines
Shifting Connections · Photo: 楊惟中 / Very Theatre
02

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
03

Traversing the Mist

2023 · Multi-user 6DoF VR

XR Technical Direction & System Development

Festivals, Tours & Awards

  • 2024NewImages FestivalGrand Prize — XR Competition
  • 2024Festival de CannesImmersive Competition — Official Selection
  • 2026WorldPride AmsterdamXR Presentation at Podium Mozaïek
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  • 2025Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting (YPAM)YPAM Fringe — Japan Premiere
  • 2025ESPRONCEDA, BarcelonaTRES FREQÜÈNCIES — Spanish Premiere
  • 2025Annwn PrizeInaugural Edition — Nominated Work
  • 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

01

XR System Architecture

  • Multi-user networking and shared state
  • Spatial calibration and anchors
  • Quest, PC and venue network design
02

Live Performance Technology

  • Show control, OSC and cue integration
  • Headset and audience operations
  • Pre-flight, fallback and recovery
03

Technical Production

  • Feasibility and risk breakdown
  • System integration and core development
  • Touring documentation and remote handover
04

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.

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

Where to start

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Jacki Chen

Speaking, media, advisory and creative collaboration.

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About

I’m an XR technical director, creative technologist, and founder of Ankh Interaction Design. For more than a decade, my 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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