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Microsoft · Mixed Reality · 2019–2026
Mixed Reality
Client
Microsoft
Direction
3D Art Direction · Visual Development
Software
Cinema 4D · Octane · After Effects
Scope
HoloLens · Xbox · Surface
Overview
A long-running body of work developing and implementing the overall artistic vision for Mixed Reality at Microsoft — 3D art and visual direction spanning HoloLens, Xbox, and Surface hardware storytelling.
The work moves between exploded product renders, environment builds, and prototyping footage — always in service of making complex hardware feel tactile, precise, and real.
01 — Iteration, In Hand
The first three pieces here were produced around Microsoft's expanded partnership with Meta, announced at Meta Connect 2022 — bringing Teams, Windows 365, and Microsoft 365 to the Quest Pro and Quest 2 headsets.
Prototype Study
02 — Prototype Study
Prototype Study
03 — Prototype Study
Working at Desk, Shadows
Tabletop Study
04 — Tabletop Study
HoloLens Tabletop
05 — HoloLens Tabletop
AR App Mockup, Cinema 4D
06 — AR App Mockup, Cinema 4D
AR App Mockup, Cinema 4D
07 — AR App Mockup, Cinema 4D
AR App Mockup, Cinema 4D
08 — AR App Mockup, Cinema 4D
AR App Mockup, Cinema 4D
09 — AR App Mockup, Cinema 4D
Desk Study
10 — Desk Study
Title Slide, Dark
11 — Title Slide, Dark
Title Slide, White
12 — Title Slide, White
Xbox VR Headset Prototype
13 — Xbox VR Headset Prototype
Xbox Room, Alt
14 — Xbox Room, Alt
Xbox Room
15 — Xbox Room
Xbox Room, Wide
16 — Xbox Room, Wide
Xbox, Latest Pass
17 — Xbox, Latest Pass
18–20 — Bondi Studies
Y Bondi Connect — Mixed Reality Y Bondi Side — Mixed Reality Auckland, Fall
Auckland, Fall
21 — Auckland, Fall
Auckland, Edge
22 — Auckland, Edge
Auckland, Tilt
23 — Auckland, Tilt
24–26 — HoloLens Poster Series
Hololens Posters4 — Mixed Reality Hololens Posters3 — Mixed Reality Hololens Posters2 — Mixed Reality
27–30 — Accessory Studies
1050px Controllers — Mixed Reality 1050px Controllers2 — Mixed Reality Headset Reveal Headset Reveal
31 — Headset Reveal
Headset Macro
32 — Headset Macro
Headset Macro, Detail
33 — Headset Macro, Detail
IVAS, Integrated Visual Augmentation System
34 — IVAS, Integrated Visual Augmentation System
Photorealistic renderings of iterations of the US Army's Integrated Visual Augmentation System headset, produced for the military's design evaluation and feedback.
35–37 — IVAS Field Studies
Helicopter — Mixed Reality IVAS, Snipers IVAS, Snipers
IVAS, Snipers
38 — IVAS, Snipers
Credits
Shamus Johnson
3D Art Direction · Visual Development
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