Matthew Willox
Creative Developer
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Willox is a Creative Developer with 11 years of experience crafting high-fidelity, interactive web experiences that blend 2D, 3D, and VR technologies. Based in Edmonton, he combines hands-on front-end engineering—contributing to projects like the Webaverse metaverse client—with art-driven design sensibilities honed through roles from technical director to agency lead and independent studio owner. Matthew has a track record of shipping polished component editors, offscreen rendering features, and immersive UI interactions for clients and products alike. He balances agency-scale delivery at Lift Interactive with entrepreneurial work through Cybermancers, demonstrating both team leadership and solo initiative. An unexpected strength is his ability to map game and XR techniques into practical web workflows, bridging creative vision and robust engineering.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate in Digital Media Multimedia, Certificate in Digital Media Multimedia at NAIT (Northern Alberta Institute of Technology)
Github Skills (13)
javascript10
react10
threejs9
webxr8
react-vr8
css8
steamvr8
html8
webgl8
avatar8
webvr8
gear-vr8
openvr8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
webaverse/app
May 2022 - Jun 2022
Web metaverse client
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:10 reviews, 282 commits, 18 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Matthew primarily focused on front-end development tasks within the "webaverse/app" repository, a Web metaverse client. Their contributions included configuring the development environment, specifically routing `npm run dev` to a local domain. They worked on the offscreen engine, implementing features for loading iframes, and addressing related issues. Significant effort was also invested in enhancing the user interface and functionality of the component editor.
avatarswebglmetaversejavascriptwebrtc
gskinnerTeam/Vexr
Oct 2016 - Apr 2017
Contributions:71 commits, 1 PR, 49 pushes in 6 months
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