Dionisio Blanco

Summary️

Technical designer with 9+ years building spatial computing experiences and games. Background spanning interaction design, gameplay systems, developer tools, and real-time VFX. Strong foundation in 3D math and performance optimization.

Experience

Senior Technical Game Designer

May 2023 – Present

OURO Interactive, Oculus Studios (Meta)

• Core technical designer on Super Rumble and Super Strike for Horizon Worlds, shipping with 2-person and 5-person engineering teams. Super Rumble earned the platform's first major positive press coverage; led hands-on VR demos for press and attendees at Meta Connect.
• Architected aim-assist with client-side prediction, actor synchronization, and cross-platform input systems supporting VR and cloud-streamed mobile.
• Refactored AI behavior trees and built gameplay systems grounded in 3D mathematics (trajectory prediction, transform hierarchies, physics); designed with tunable parameters for rapid iteration.
• Built developer debugging tool with filtering UI to overcome Horizon's logging limitations; adopted studio-wide and released to external creators. Designed frame distributor to spread expensive operations across frames with priority tuning, ensuring critical gameplay updates never dropped.
• Prototyped Super Strike's vertical slice in under one week. Designed aim-assist and trajectory prediction to mask ~100ms cloud-streaming latency.
• Led engineering for 6 months on co-op VR roguelite. Partnered with art director on 1-week sprint to redefine core loop, architecting encounter systems to nail pacing. Delivered playable build to executive review.

Senior Product Design Prototyper

August 2021 – May 2023

Meta

• Sole prototyper on Horizon's Integrity team, shipping Pause, Thanks, and voice privacy controls. Owned design through UXR validation; created production art and VFX for Thanks.
• Built avatar recording system for abuse scenario testing that captured and replayed audio, animation, and transform data. Created networked prototyping environment adopted across Meta teams.
• Partnered with creative director as sole technical prototyper for Horizon's central hub; built mini-games and spatial micro-interactions including physics-based movement systems. Created shaders for visual effects.
• Led Emotes from concept to ship: designed interactions, created art and VFX assets.

Lead 3D Artist / Visual Effects Artist

August 2018 – August 2021

Meta

• Led 5-person art team delivering Hub demo for Oculus Connect 6 keynote; built environment end-to-end under strict performance budgets.
• Shipped visual overhaul of Venues Beta; hosted Facebook Connect 2020 to thousands of concurrent VR attendees. Created shaders, established art workflows, and mentored incoming artists.
• Collaborated with XR Tech (Computational Photography) to visualize depth estimation for SIGGRAPH-published research.
• Established environment art pipeline with strict performance guidelines; trained artists on baking and lighting workflow.

Art & Design Intern

Summer 2017

Meta

• Built interactive prototypes on WebVR engine (Three.js) across multiple disciplines with creative direction.

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