Andy Biar
Software Architect, XR at Unity
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAndy Biar is an award-winning software architect specializing in XR with a decade-plus of hands-on Unity and C# experience across entertainment and theme-park studios. Currently leading AR Foundation and OpenXR efforts at Unity, he blends API design, open standards engagement, and developer experience work to ship platform-level XR tooling. His background spans leading fast-paced creative teams and high-profile projects—from Hitman Sniper and a Dillon Francis virtual concert to Mario Kart: Koopa's Challenge™—and includes a patent and presentations to industry luminaries like Shigeru Miyamoto and Steven Spielberg. Known for raising team culture through onboarding, code review, and documentation, he pairs product-focused engineering with proven operations and live-event delivery skills. Based in Los Angeles and trained at Carnegie Mellon, he brings a rare mix of theme-park systems, real-time graphics, and platform architecture expertise.
4 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Computer Science and Arts Computer Science and Music Technology, Bachelor of Computer Science and Arts Computer Science and Music Technology at Carnegie Mellon University
Github Skills (3)
arfoundation10
simulation7
vps1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
andybiar/SoundSpace
Sep 2022 - Sep 2022
Niantic VPS World Tour Seattle
Contributions:17 pushes in 1 day
vps
andyb-unity/OpenXR-Inventory
Jul 2025 - Jul 2025
Publicly-maintained information about OpenXR runtimes
Contributions:3 pushes in 1 day
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