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Hi, I'm Antonis Savvidis, a senior XR engineer and Unity expert who loves turning bold ideas into immersive realities. Over the years I've led cross-disciplinary teams to deliver more than 35 VR simulations and a broad range of mobile apps, always focusing on performance, scalability, and polished user experiences. I believe in sharing knowledge and lifting others as I lead, mentoring teams and documenting our processes to enable faster future work. My passion for collaboration and hands-on coding has earned recognition, including an award for fostering camaraderie in the team, and I thrive on solving complex problems with practical, repeatable solutions.…Hi, I'm Antonis Savvidis, a senior XR engineer and Unity expert who loves turning bold ideas into immersive realities. Over the years I've led cross-disciplinary teams to deliver more than 35 VR simulations and a broad range of mobile apps, always focusing on performance, scalability, and polished user experiences. I believe in sharing knowledge and lifting others as I lead, mentoring teams and documenting our processes to enable faster future work. My passion for collaboration and hands-on coding has earned recognition, including an award for fostering camaraderie in the team, and I thrive on solving complex problems with practical, repeatable solutions.

Antonis Savvidis

3D Designer, Game Designer, Game Developer, +2

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Hi, I'm Antonis Savvidis, a senior XR engineer and Unity expert who loves turning bold ideas into immersive realities. Over the years I've led cross-disciplinary teams to deliver more than 35 VR simulations and a broad range of mobile apps, always focusing on performance, scalability, and polished user experiences. I believe in sharing knowledge and lifting others as I lead, mentoring teams and documenting our processes to enable faster future work. My passion for collaboration and hands-on coding has earned recognition, including an award for fostering camaraderie in the team, and I thrive on solving complex problems with practical, repeatable solutions.…Hi, I'm Antonis Savvidis, a senior XR engineer and Unity expert who loves turning bold ideas into immersive realities. Over the years I've led cross-disciplinary teams to deliver more than 35 VR simulations and a broad range of mobile apps, always focusing on performance, scalability, and polished user experiences. I believe in sharing knowledge and lifting others as I lead, mentoring teams and documenting our processes to enable faster future work. My passion for collaboration and hands-on coding has earned recognition, including an award for fostering camaraderie in the team, and I thrive on solving complex problems with practical, repeatable solutions.

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Hi, I’m Antonis Savvidis, a senior XR engineer and Unity expert who loves turning bold ideas into immersive realities. Over the years I’ve led cross-disciplinary teams to deliver more than 35 VR simulations and a broad range of mobile apps, always focusing on performance, scalability, and polished user experiences.

I believe in sharing knowledge and lifting others as I lead, mentoring teams and documenting our processes to enable faster future work. My passion for collaboration and hands-on coding has earned recognition, including an award for fostering camaraderie in the team, and I thrive on solving complex problems with practical, repeatable solutions.

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Work Experience

Solo Freelancer - Project Architect / Lead Developer / Researcher at Various Clients (Ministry of Education & Sports; Moptil; Projologic)

December 1, 2024 - Present

Fully analyzed a PoC puzzle game architecture and designed an effective modular restructuring using Dependency Injection (DI) in 3 phases, so that we can expand it with new features & backend services. Web AR research evaluating 15 Web AR tools and designing my custom workflow for appealing museum experiences.

Senior VR Interactions Developer at Near.io

June 1, 2023 - September 1, 2024

Rapidly prototyped & implemented a VR interaction system under a tight deadline. This was a 2-month contract that was extended due to coding performance. Improved & implemented intuitive networked interactions via Photon PUN 2. Implemented a very performant moving grass solution by skipping Update() methods. Integrated Cognitive3D Analytics into the project. Created a modular/state-machine tutorial for the app. Boosted performance by 17% through targeted optimizations.

Transfr XR Tech Lead (Unity) at Transfr XR

August 1, 2021 - May 1, 2023

Award-winning work for building camaraderie (“Lights Up the Room” award). Onboarded & mentored the growth of 9 outsourced development teams to produce 35 VR training simulations. Performed code reviews on GitHub and succeeded in debugging many issues to ensure on-time releases. Onboarded XR tech leads into the proprietary Unity framework and best practices, achieving high feedback from trainees. Documented the entire process for future needs.

Head of VR & AR Development / Lead Developer at Digital Innovations

February 1, 2020 - July 1, 2021

Led VR/AR development (Caves 3D AR Sights engineering app). Trained installation and provided 7 more proof-of-concept prototypes (XR location-specific). Co-designed applications with the lead designer. Benchmarked and selected technologies/methodologies for each project. Implemented all Unity tasks with modular C# code, optimized for scalability and maintainability; performed 3D model modifications and wrote tech specs for asset creation.

Udacity VR Mentor (Unity) at Udacity

March 1, 2017 - December 1, 2019

Trained and practiced pedagogy methods for effective VR development teaching. Reviewed 200+ Unity, C#, and 360 video projects and earned a 4.93 score (out of 5). Delivered targeted 1:1 student support on Unity (297 appointments, 99.66% confirmed success rate).

Solo Freelancer - Unity Dev / 3D Designer / Tech Advisor at Various Clients

June 1, 2012 - February 1, 2017

Developed Unity apps/games for mobile, desktop & XR; produced 3D renders. Worked with FORTH-ICS Research Center, EXEO, Axinar. Participated in archaeological research with a 3D recreation based on historical photo sources and point clouds; built AR experiences with facial expressions and ARCore; used tools including Git, Jira, Linux, Unity, Blender, and more.