jamesckane.com: developer (web, xr, ai);

let elevatorPitch = "Webby-winning developer and artist in emerging technology focused on the intersection of XR, AI and the open web."

let caseStudies = {

shadow-of-the-czar:
“Play hard-boiled detective Cliff Cole in this Webby-honored, SIGGRAPH-published noir game commissioned for the launch of World Labs, Dr. Fei-Fei Li’s AI research group.”
esc-art:
“Technical director and designer on the Best Narrative Experience at the 2024 Webby Awards and the WebXR Awards’ Experience of the Year.”
nanauts:
“Tend, befriend and educate alien explorers who understand your world and language in this winner of the 2025 Meta Start Developer Competition.”
map-stlzoo-org:
“Helping 3 million annual visitors navigate the Saint Louis Zoo’s 90-acre campus and 16,000+ animals using modern open source 3D web tech.”
in-tirol:
“Flee the storm o’er surreal manor grounds outside Salzburg, as featured on Voices of VR and Meta’s developer blog.”
ar-wall:
“A 40-player social AR experience on a 12-foot LED wall tried by over 80,000 visitors at Commodity Classic 2024 and winner of a Silver Addy.”
above-par:
“From prototype to polished product with the WebXR Game of the Year and Webby Honoree for 2022, as published on Meta’s developer blog.”
adidas-ace-ar:
“Using WebXR to help adidas tell WNBA legend Candace Parker’s story as she launched her signature line and won her 2nd championship.”
apart-posters:
“A 2021 Webby-honored social distancing-themed community art show and museum-scale multiplayer WebXR gallery with proceeds benefiting the WHO.”
healium-xr:
“Hatch AR butterflies with guided meditation & positive emotion measured by EEG – nominated for Best Use of AR at the 2019 Webby Awards.”

}

let contact = {

email: "james@jamesckane.com",

~~twitter: "@jamesckane"~~,

bluesky: "@jamesckane",

linkedin: "James C. Kane"

}

let skills = [

"Code (WebGL/WebGPU, three.js, Node.js, TensorFlow, Python)", "3D Technical Art (3DGS, Blender, Substance)", "A/V Production (Ableton, Premiere, Ps/Ai/Xd)", "Creative Direction (UX, Gameplay, Audio, Writing, VFX)", "AI (Claude/GPT via Cursor, ComfyUI, ElevenLabs, Llama & SAM3)"

]