David Phillips Game Producer

Game Summary

HoloScenarios is an extended reality (XR) clinical simulation app developed by GigXR for immersive medical and healthcare education. It uses mixed reality to bring hyper-realistic holographic patient scenarios into the learner’s physical environment (via AR/MR headsets or mobile devices) so students and instructors can practice diagnosis, treatment, and clinical decision-making in a safe, interactive setting.

My Role

• Directed cross-functional teams in developing HoloScenarios, a suite of mixed reality training apps for HoloLens and Quest along side other projects. • Managed and released multiple game products for various institutions such as healthcare, education and military. • Built and maintained product roadmaps in ClickUp, driving sprint planning, prioritization, and delivery execution • Supported Unity development to ensure technical quality and on-time milestones. • Presented live demos at industry conferences and gathered market insights to inform product strategy. • Practiced Agile methodologies including Scrum, sprint planning, grooming, retrospectives and daily standups to maintain alignment and velocity.

Awards / Recognition

TIME Best Inventions of 2022: Recognized for the HoloScenarios respiratory module

Links

Link www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221110005549/en/GigXR-HoloScenarios-Named-to-TIMEs-List-of-the-Best-Inventions-of-2022-Recognizes-Holographic-Patient-Simulation-as-Life-Changing-Innovation

Game Summary

The Virtual Maintenance Trainer is a high-fidelity virtual simulation that uses detailed 3D models of aircraft systems and interactive exercises to teach aircraft maintenance procedures, troubleshooting, and fault remediation in a realistic, feedback-driven environment.

My Role

I managed a team of developers and designed the training simulations that mirrored the manuals providing immersive training for military mechanics. The trainers covered the UH60m, MD530, CH47, and C130 In conjunction with management I also actively help =ed in developement.

Awards / Recognition

The Virtual Maintenance Trainer (VMT), has been celebrated by military and defense partners for its groundbreaking realism, effectiveness, and innovation in aircraft maintenance education.

Links

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lewisschiff/2020/02/26/how-mike-durant-transformed-his-battlefield-experience-into-virtual-reality-for-the-military/

Game Summary

The Virtual Hub (developed with Embry-Riddle) is an interactive simulation platform that lets learners explore uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) design and configuration virtually, including tools like a Virtual Crash Lab where users can inspect and analyze simulated aircraft wreckage and practice investigative tasks.

My Role

Worked with other developers to create training simulations for the Virtual Hub which are Crash Lab and Rescue. Using Unity I coded systems for interactivity in the environment such as animation and path finding of NPCs, inspection systems, and drone assembly frameworks.

Awards / Recognition

The 2018 CIO 100 award honored the innovative use of virtual reality and simulation, specifically highlighting the collaborative work between ERAU and partners like Pinnacle Solutions and Unity Technologies

Links

> https://news.erau.edu/headlines/cio-magazine-virtual-crash-lab-takes-fight#:~:text=The%20lab%20was%20designed%20and%20built%20by:,crash%20lab%20that%20recreates%20a%20real%20accident > https://news.erau.edu/headlines/virtual-reality-powers-real-learning#:~:text=Honored%20with%20a%202018%20CIO,strategic%20excellence%20in%20information%20technology

Game Summary

Camber (now part of HII) supported simulation-based training systems for helicopter maintenance that replicated Chinook and other aircraft systems to let trainees practice part identification, removal, troubleshooting, and system checks in a simulated environment before working on real hardware

My Role

My role was a Unity developer where I collaborated with developers and artists to design systems using Unity and C#. I Worked closely with the 3D art team to import, optimize, and integrate assets into simulation environments. Created UI and menu systems to navigate the app.  Helped to Construct and maintain complex prefabs

Awards / Recognition

Actively used by the Airforce for military training

Links

https://www.aerospacemanufacturinganddesign.com/news/camber-awarded-air-force-contract-081215/

Game Summary

At I/ITSEC and similar events, Camber showcased mission-oriented virtual training tools like Multi-User Mission Trainer (MUMT) Strike Force, which combine collaborative simulation scenarios and tactical mission practice to help teams train on planning, reacting, and decision-making in complex, simulated operational environments. (Note: This description is based on typical industry presence and I/ITSEC exhibiting behaviour for “Strike Force” style training tools, and similar simulation products by companies like Camber in defense training contexts.)

My Role

My role was a Unity developer where I collaborated with developers and artists to design systems using Unity and C#. Worked closely with the 3D art team to import, optimize, and integrate assets into simulation environments. Programmed in-engine systems including pathfinding, AI behavior, physics interactions, and particle effects.

Awards / Recognition

Strikeforce, an award-winning project recognized at I/ITSEC.

Links

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/camber-corporation-wins-both-best-government-game-and-the-peoples-choice-award-at-iitsec-serious-games-showcase-and-challenge-competition-for-mum-t-strikeforce-300190053.html

Game Summary

Evolve and Conquer is an educational video game project from Dr. Chris Adami’s lab at MSU designed to teach evolutionary biology concepts by letting players engage with evolutionary dynamics in an interactive game environment

My Role

I worked as a lead game developer using Unity and C# creating core pathfinding systems and working on evolutionary algorithms. Created the levels and challenges to test the evolution strategies and the bots them self using Maya. Conducted research in genetics and machine learning using interactive Unity simulations. Worked on grant proposals and delivered live project demonstrations at academic conferences. Created assets and development tools to support the team’s educational games, gaining proficiency in C#, Unity, Photoshop, and Maya. Maintained and optimized a large codebase while collaborating with other developers to produce an educational game focused on microevolution.

Awards / Recognition

Gained local recognition but nothing notable, perhaps one day.

Links

https://mgi.natsci.msu.edu/labs/adami-lab/people.aspx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq8InppNnQ0

Game Summary

Olympus is an immersive, physically engaging fantasy role-playing game developed by MSU’s Games for Entertainment and Learning (GEL) Lab that blends active gameplay with learning by having players perform real physical movements to control their avatars, exemplifying “stealth learning” where educational engagement happens through play.

My Role

3d artist and Animator. Responsible for creating rigging and animations for characters and creatures using Maya such as the Hydra and Minotaur, including some 3d modeling of creatures like the bobcat

Awards / Recognition

A different year’s exhibition shows that Olympus, a game developed by MSU’s Games for Entertainment and Learning (GEL) Lab, won the People’s Choice Award at an earlier International Academic Conference on Meaningful Play (October 2010)

Links

.https://gamedev.msu.edu/olympus/ https://meaningfulplay.msu.edu/2010/

Game Summary

A promotional game for a cat toy features a multiple minigames simulating the real world activities to be done with the cat

My Role

I was a solo game creator on this project fulfilling all roles.

Awards / Recognition

The product is currently available for purchase

Links

holycatbag.com https://youtu.be/5lovF_tDpuM

Game Summary

The Global Game Jam is an annual international event where participants collaborate under time constraints to create interactive games, fostering creativity, learning, and hands-on game development experience.

My Role

I have worked solo and with teams in multiple roles as developer, designer, and artist. The following list of games were at one point released on mobile devices. Open Corey Door Crelos Bubble Friends Defend the City Mysterious Sphereous Frontier

Awards / Recognition

Open Coreys Door which stands for OCD is a memory game where you must repeat increasingly difficult OCD habits to leave your room each day.

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