Paul Merritt graduated NYU in 2018 and began working at NIST in the PSCR division. He has completed several projects in Augmented Reality as part of the UI/UX portfolio. They're simulations intended for firefighters, bomb squads, and police officers: for the Microsoft Hololens, the Magic Leap One, the Vuzix Blade, and WebXR. He co-led and judged the CHARIoT Challenge, bringing together industry and academia to create innovations in HUDs. After, he completed a AR freelance contract with Bolder Games for The Walt Disney Company. He went on to work as a Technical Artist at Meta for 2 years before returning to NIST PSCR to continue supporting first responders through advancements in XR technology. He is currently an XR Developer at Tuesday Labs, where he is building a Unity-based XR experience from the ground up, with a focus on multiplayer synchronization, high-fidelity animation blending, and seamless transitions between AR and VR.…Paul Merritt graduated NYU in 2018 and began working at NIST in the PSCR division. He has completed several projects in Augmented Reality as part of the UI/UX portfolio. They're simulations intended for firefighters, bomb squads, and police officers: for the Microsoft Hololens, the Magic Leap One, the Vuzix Blade, and WebXR. He co-led and judged the CHARIoT Challenge, bringing together industry and academia to create innovations in HUDs. After, he completed a AR freelance contract with Bolder Games for The Walt Disney Company. He went on to work as a Technical Artist at Meta for 2 years before returning to NIST PSCR to continue supporting first responders through advancements in XR technology. He is currently an XR Developer at Tuesday Labs, where he is building a Unity-based XR experience from the ground up, with a focus on multiplayer synchronization, high-fidelity animation blending, and seamless transitions between AR and VR.WWWW…