James Pollack
Owner at Playable Future, LLC
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolJames Pollack is a multidisciplinary software engineer and founder with 13 years of experience building interactive, cross-platform experiences at the intersection of art and engineering. As owner of Playable Future and former Senior Technical Artist on generative AI and AR teams at Meta, he has shipped large-scale, user-facing projects—from web-based interactive TV experiences at Amazon with global reach to real-time facial capture and WebGL shader work at Hyprsense. He blends creative training (MFA in Digital Arts) with deep front-end and graphics expertise, inventing tools and systems for artists, avatars, and spatial UX. An early contributor to OpenAI’s GPT-2 in 2019, he pairs experimental AI work with production-grade engineering and a knack for turning research prototypes into polished products. Based in San Francisco, he excels at bridging creative vision and robust implementation for immersive and generative experiences.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA), English / Writing Concentration, Bachelor of Arts (BA), English / Writing Concentration at Yale UniversityUniversity of California Santa Cruz
English, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (178)
threejs10
python10
render10
daydream10
svg10
deep-learning10
client-server10
3d10
javascript10
gltf10
openxr10
multimodal10
browser10
audio10
interactive10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
imgntn/j360
Dec 2016 - May 2022
360 Video and Photo Capture in 4K for Three.js
Contributions:30 commits, 35 PRs, 67 pushes in 5 years 6 months
360-videothreejswebgl4k-videojavascript
imgntn/darkroom
Jul 2015 - Jun 2025
facebook global game jam 2014
Contributions:55 PRs, 57 pushes, 48 branches in 10 years
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