AI
Searchable.City
A searchable visual index of New York City, created by running a Vision Language Model on millions of images. To appear at SIGGRAPH 2026.
AI
Human Operator
A human augmentation tool that allows an AI to control your body with EMS, helping you learn new physical skills. Winner of MIT HARD MODE.
AI
Minecraft to 3D
A pipeline that converts any Minecraft world into a high-quality polygonal scene for major 3D engines. Presented at SIGGRAPH 2025.
Computer Vision
StreamTwin
A decentralized digital-twin framework that uses public webcams and browser-based edge computing to visualize real-time traffic conditions.
AI
Friend Compass
A pair of hardware compasses that point to each other using relative RF signal strength and sensor fusion, fostering a sense of presence and…
AI
SequorRT
A small companion robot that uses real-time computer vision and a remote PC "brain" to intelligently follow people around.
AI
Truman Agents
A "Truman Show" style Minecraft simulation where a human player is immersed in a world of AI agents, testing the boundaries of social illusi…
AI
Visum Dei
An experimental device that explores contextual privacy by using real-time facial recognition to identify and personally address users, spar…
AI
Vision Language Time
An experimental clock that uses a Vision-Language Model on a Raspberry Pi to perceive and interpret the time of day from a live camera feed.
AI
Agentic Exploration
A real-time world-modeling system for games, where agents reconstruct their environment like tiny autonomous vehicles.
AI
Mirror World
A "visual transformation game" that turns a Raspberry Pi into a window to a parallel dimension, re-imagining friends into fantastical avatar…
AI
OpenCityAI
The first large-scale chatbot using city data (March 2023), trained on over 200,000 open city datasets for optimized question answering.
Computer Vision
Feature Detection
A feature detection and matching pipeline that can reliably compare two images even when the camera shifts position, rotates, or the lightin…
Computer Vision
Hybrid Images
A recreation of the classic optical illusion where a single image changes interpretation based on viewing distance, built from first princip…
Data
Functional Heatmap
A real-time visualization system for conditioned time-dependent functions that represents their movement in heatmaps.
AI
SafeMate
A RAG chatbot developed for a $100k UT Austin & City of Austin grant to provide citizens with factual information during climate and weather…
Data
OpenCityCorpus
A large‑scale urban data corpus (~200 GB) harmonized from over 200 cities to provide a unified, searchable repository for AI and urban resea…
Data
SmartCityData
A platform for accessing and visualizing smart city data in real-time, helping urban planners make informed decisions.
Data
UT Photogrammetry
With a small grant and a DJI drone, we captured high-resolution images of iconic UT Austin landmarks to produce detailed, geolocated 3D mode…
Web
Laurel Co-op Website
A comprehensive website developed for the Laurel Cooperative in Austin, showcasing community life and streamlining member operations.
Web
NY Nonprofit Search
A free, open-source search engine and API for all IRS-registered nonprofits in New York, built with fuzzy search for easy discovery.
Web
translate.love
A free, open-source machine translation API supporting over 30 languages, born from a desire to make translation universally accessible.
Games
Godot Websockets
A template for a 3D multiplayer game in Godot Engine using Websockets, featuring player customization and a basic multiplayer structure.
Games
Python Minesweeper
A classic logic puzzle game, rebuilt from scratch in Python with SDL by a team of four students at Texas A&M University.
Games
Patchwork Beast
The first ecocentric game from Aspen Games, a not-for-profit game development startup. Selected for "Best Art" at SXSW GDC² 2025.
Games
Fishori
A peaceful idle fishing game where you recruit shipwrecked heroes, explore a mysterious island, and fish your way from rags to riches.
Games
OpenGL Minecraft
An implementation of a Minecraft-inspired scene using OpenGL, featuring instancing and animation techniques to create a dynamic 3D environme…
Games
Mists of Grianan
An open-world, multiplayer Action RPG set on a mist-shrouded isle, rebuilt in Unreal Engine 5 from its origins as a 3-year Minecraft world.