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Overview

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  • Fluent in English; learning Chinese (Simplified), Spanish
  • 41, Male
  • Member since 2012
  • VR Software Developer
  • ~MBA
  • No hometown listed
  • Profile 70% complete

About Me

I am an entrepreneur, game developer, full stack web developer, and educator, with a passion for Virtual and Augmented Reality. From mind-bending new games and stories to highly effective enterprise applications, I absolutely love the space and am always busy in it!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love to meet new and interesting people and cross pollinate ideas and opportunities.

Interests

I love to climb, hike, surf, anything that is physical!

I'm also very into Artificial Intelligence (I don't believe in SkyNet, by the way). AI can greatly augment and accelerate the creation process. One of my deepest dreams is to train computers to reduce developer time to create an application eventually, to zero.

I'm also a toolsmith. Over the years I have organized a wealth of modules and utilities. Today I can snap together applications in a fraction of the time it once took with every new project comes the eagerness to forge another tool for my collection.

I am passionate about Education Here is my ideal school: student directed, projected based, games and programming focused. We will promote a growth mindset and a culture of abundance, and we will tightly couple learning and classroom activities with industry and revenue in the real world.

  • education
  • video games
  • virtual reality
  • real estate
  • space exploration
  • edtech

Music, Movies, and Books

I love all types of music from Bach to Tupac, 3rd eye blind to Lucy in Disguise, Freddy Mercury to Daniel Bedingifeld. Recently I am into Synthwave.

One of my favorite books is Godel Escher Bach and I also love the Three Body Problem (trilogy).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I built a video game to teach mathematics!

Teach, Learn, Share

I am a game design and programming teacher, and I can also teach you guitar, keyboard, and music composition

What I Can Share with Hosts

My music and video games

Countries I’ve Visited

Bolivia, Canada, Chile, China, France, Mexico, Peru, Spain, United Kingdom, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

Chile, Spain

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