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Remnants

Unity + Hardware · Immersive Installation

A 270° curved-screen gardening experience exploring the emotional toll of caring for someone with dementia.

Democracy Disco

Unity · National Archives Museum

A gesture-tracked dance game where visitors recreate dance moves from the National Archives’ historical films.

Reactive Gesture Piece

TouchDesigner · Watch on its page

Head tracking and audio input create an immersive experience that reacts to its environment.

Gesterial Control

Unity · Hand-Tracking Tool + Technical Guide

A hand-tracking tool built with MediaPipe, with a technical guide for using it to control a particle system through gestures.

Lost In Translation

Circuitry · Physical Installation

A phone-booth installation where visitors help a lost AI “bot” through speech recognition, translation, and distorted audio.

Obstacles To Feeding PacMan

p5.js · Educational Game

A Pac-Man-style game where players answer questions about feeding 9.5 billion people by eating the right objects.

Hi, my name is Riya Kanani

Entertainment Technology Graduate
Student @ Carnegie Mellon University.

Welcome to my portfolio website! I am a creative technologist interested in location-based entertainment, mixed reality, and video games! When I have some free time, I love to pick up new hobbies. Some of my recent hobbies are pottery, 3D printing, laser cutting, Arduino, and web development!