Work Archive (In Progress)

Overview

Current

Live Ventures

What Tyler is building now.

• BEKIN Health bekinhealth.com

  Community-based longevity and sports-performance platform co-founded with Julian Ho — Honours Kinesiology, six-time ultramarathon champion. Q2 2026 launch cohorts include PRIME 3.0 (high-performance running with central gait analysis) and FORTIS (six-week strength training). Pairs Eastern Medicine with Western Science. Privacy-first AI-augmented coaching using on-device Gemma 4 models with statistical-validation pipelines (HRV, gait, readiness) and a practitioner observability dashboard.

• The Normal Map book.nostalgicfuture.space

  Interactive digital field guide to holistic human development across 47 chapters. Built on the Somatic Triad framework — movement, stillness, breath — with a transparent citation system distinguishing established science, emerging research, traditional wisdom, and theoretical frameworks. v0.9 prepublication, April 2026.

• Alchymine alchymine.com

  A workspace for human assessment, intelligence, and creation. Where analysis, synthesis, and making converge.

• Healing Swarm Skills realsammyt.github.io/healing-swarm-skills

  Open-source AI-assisted ecosystem developed with Carl Hayden Smith (University of East London / Ravensbourne). Operationalizes Hyperhumanism — endo-technologies, Contextology, consciousness literacy, archaeoacoustics — as deployable skills and agents. Licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 with enforced pharmacological exclusion for clinical safety.

• Agiiincy agiiincy.myshopify.com

  Original products and apparel storefront. Tyler is product designer, artist, and model on the line.

Thought Cafe

Animation & Immersive Production

Executive Technical Director, 2012–2024

Thought Cafe is a Toronto studio known for turning complex ideas into branded visual media. As ETD I owned the technical production pipeline across 2D and 3D animation, VFX, stereoscopic VR, mixed reality, and interactive web experiences. The studio's work runs from flagship educational series to award-winning immersive documentary and broadcast TV.

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  Crash Course Complexly / John & Hank Green

  Branding, visual identity, motion systems, and asset infrastructure for 60+ subjects across the flagship educational YouTube series. Thought Cafe built and maintained the brand across 50+ series iterations over fifteen years, including custom intros, graphic packages, a mobile flashcard app, curriculum workbooks, and an internal library of 50,000+ vector assets. Channel reports 16M+ subscribers and 2B+ lifetime views.

  YouTube Diamond Play Button · Webby Award (People's Voice) 2021 · Webby Honoree 2015

• PBS NOVA Polar Lab WGBH / PBS NOVA

  Immersive multimedia experience accompanying the Polar Extremes documentary. Players travel the Arctic and Antarctic through clickable 360 landscapes built from real footage, mini-games, and animated sequences to study climate history methods. Nova Labs has served 6M+ students since 2012.

  W3 Awards Best in Show 2020

• PBS NOVA Exoplanet Lab WGBH / PBS NOVA

  3D immersive web game where players become NOVAnauts responding to alien distress calls by locating exoplanets as potential new homes. Character design, the Star-Dex interface, and full game development and deployment for PBS NOVA Labs.

• SandboxAQ SandboxAQ (with FutureTalk)

  150+ minutes of science communication content on AI and quantum computing, produced over two years. Work included live-action video shot in our Toronto studio, visual effects backgrounds, animation, virtual production content using real-time green screen compositing and camera tracking, and keynote presentations including CogX.

• A Curious Mind Cream Productions / Hulu

  Stereoscopic 360 VR documentary with actor Dominic Monaghan exploring interconnected micro and macro worlds. Psychedelic collage illustration throughout. Released on Hulu and YouTube. Co-produced with FutureTalk.

  Canadian Screen Award winner 2019 (Best Immersive Experience) · W3 Gold 2018

• The Water Brothers: Dive Deeper TVO / Alex & Tyler Mifflin

  Animation and interactive web companion spanning seasons 3, 4, and 5 of the award-winning eco-adventure documentary. Macro/Meso/Micro analysis layers, 3D interactive visuals, and scrollable animated stories covering the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, whale conservation, ocean acidification, and more. Co-produced with FutureTalk.

  Canadian Screen Award 2018, 2019 · W3 Silver 2017 · Davey Silver 2017

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  TED-Ed: Gerrymandering TED-Ed / Christina Greer

  Animated lesson on how packing and cracking district manipulation works and why it matters. Part of an ongoing TED-Ed collaboration across civic and political topics.

• History By The Numbers Saloon Media / Smithsonian Channel

  CSA-nominated broadcast TV series that decodes historical narratives through numbers, combining fast-paced infographics, 2D and 3D animation, and expert interviews across topics from King Tut to air travel.

  Canadian Screen Awards nomination 2023 (Best Visual Effects)

• Siemens Biograph Trinion Siemens Healthineers (with FutureTalk)

  Immersive product launch for Siemens' Biograph Trinion PET/CT scanner at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging annual meeting in Toronto. Integrated 3D elements from technical CAD drawings, animation, and mixed reality with hyper-realistic simulations. See FutureTalk section for full case study.

FutureTalk

Immersive Experiences & Interactive Media

Co-Founder / CTO, 2012–2025

FutureTalk is a design and innovation studio specializing in immersive production pipelines, interactive XR, and AI-enabled content systems. Work has ranged from enterprise product launches to large-scale public projection installations. The studio developed Trek, an AI-powered instructional design platform that delivers immersive 360 lessons to web, mobile, and XR devices — subject of WIPO PCT Publication WO/2026/060516 (Systems and Methods for Generating Immersive E-Learning Content, published March 2026).

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  Trek AI + Theologue

  FutureTalk own product

  AI instructional design platform. Theologue, the studio's ingestion engine, converts a 1M+ asset library into a knowledge graph for AI-assisted lesson creation. Trek delivers those lessons as immersive 360 environments on web, mobile, desktop, and XR. Reduced immersive content production cost from ~$500k USD / 18 months to ~$30k / 2 weeks. Co-inventor on WIPO PCT Publication WO/2026/060516 (Systems and Methods for Generating Immersive E-Learning Content, published March 2026) — PatentScope record.

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  Siemens Biograph Trinion Launch

  Siemens Healthineers · 2024

  Immersive product launch at Illuminarium Toronto for the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging annual meeting. 3D renders from technical CAD drawings, animation, and mixed reality with hyper-realistic simulations, topped with an interactive holographic display of the scanner's features. Design, content creation, interactive installation.

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  SandboxAQ Quantum Virtual Production

  SandboxAQ (with Thought Cafe) · 2022–ongoing

  Real-time green screen compositing and camera tracking to previsualize scenes as they were shot. Hosts placed in a quantum computer, a laboratory, and on the Moon. 150+ minutes of final science communication content across live-action, VFX, animation, and event presentations.

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  Foot Locker: Future of Retail

  Foot Locker

  Stereoscopic 360 VR experience combining live-action video and 3D animation to preview where retail is heading. Delivered simultaneously to 200+ managers and executives in Oculus Rift and HTC Vive headsets.

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  PBS NOVA Polar Lab

  WGBH PBS Nova (with Thought Cafe)

  360 immersive web experience accompanying the Polar Extremes documentary. Players travel the globe via clickable 360 landscapes, video, animation, and mini-games to study climate history. One of three Nova Labs experiences FutureTalk built alongside Thought Cafe; the Labs have served 6M+ students since 2012.

  W3 Awards Best in Show 2020

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  UP Cannabis + The Tragically Hip

  UP Cannabis / The Tragically Hip

  Audio-reactive stereoscopic VR with five unique immersive worlds paired with hit songs from The Tragically Hip, one world per cannabis strain at launch. Produced in Unity using Tilt Brush, After Effects, and Cinema4D on Insta360 Titan hardware.

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  A Curious Mind

  CreamVR / Thought Cafe · Hulu, YouTube

  Pop-science stereoscopic VR show with The Lord of the Rings actor Dominic Monaghan exploring the Earth's most mind-bending scientific concepts. Psychedelic collage illustrations throughout. Co-produced with Thought Cafe.

  Canadian Screen Award winner 2019 (Best Immersive Experience) · W3 Gold 2018

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  Riparia

  OCAD University · Delegation of the EU in Canada · Panasonic Canada · FutureTalk · 2024

  On October 5, 2024, Riparia transformed the historic Canada Malting Silos — the upcoming home of OCAD University's Global Centre for Climate Action — into an immersive aquatic temple. Lithuanian-born artist and filmmaker Emilija Škarnulytė used mythology, future archeology, and climate science to invite thousands of passers-by on a journey through nature, goddess energy, and environmental preservation. FutureTalk served as technical realization partner for a collaboration presented by OCAD University and the Delegation of the European Union in Canada, with Panasonic Canada as hardware partner.

  Nuit Blanche 2024 · Large-scale projection mapping

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  Dissolving Boundaries

  OCAD University's Global Centre for Climate Action · Delegation of the EU to Canada · OOOPStudio · Ava Animation · FutureTalk · 2025

  Signature attraction of Toronto's Nuit Blanche 2025 and the largest projection mapping installation at the event. A 350×200 ft canvas transformed the historic Canada Malting Silos with choreography, digital animation, and environmental themes centred on water. FutureTalk served as technical support partner alongside Ava Animation and Visual Arts, for a piece created by OOOPStudio (Alessandro Grisendi and Marco Noviello) and co-presented by OCAD University's Global Centre for Climate Action and the Delegation of the European Union to Canada.

  Nuit Blanche 2025 · 350×200 ft projection mapping · Canada Malting Silos, Toronto

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  The Water Brothers: Dive Deeper Season 4

  TVO / The Water Brothers (with Thought Cafe)

  Interactive educational web series for the TVO documentary. Macro/Meso/Micro analysis layers with clickable hotspots, animated sequences, and social sharing. Widespread adoption in schools as a teaching resource on water issues. Co-produced with Thought Cafe.

  Canadian Screen Award 2018, 2019 · W3 Silver 2017

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  PBS NOVA Exoplanet Lab

  WGBH PBS Nova (with Thought Cafe)

  3D immersive web game where players assume the roles of NOVAnauts finding habitable exoplanets using the actual methods scientists use. Co-designed and co-delivered with Thought Cafe as part of the PBS Nova Labs suite.

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  Dark Threads

  FutureTalk / CreamVR · 2022

  6DOF PCVR narrative game on Steam, built in Unreal Engine. Players recover lost memories by exploring richly detailed environments. Featured a photorealistic 3D body scan of actor Dominic Monaghan, with body motion capture via Xsens suit and facial capture via Faceware. Approximately $380K in sales revenue. A follow-up to A Curious Mind.

• Remote Production
  StudioAM: River

  Studio.AM · 2020–ongoing

  White-label multi-user remote production and livestreaming platform built with Studio.AM during COVID. River delivered high-resolution streams for Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity, the Visual Effects Society Awards, the Casting Society of America, the Cesar Chavez Legacy Awards, and dozens of live music and corporate events. Built for any scale: general broadcast or private VIP breakout rooms. Approximately $500K in sales revenue.

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  July Talk: Live at the Drive-In

  July Talk · Panasonic Canada · FutureTalk · Adam Crosby · 2020

  Two-night live concert and livestream at a Toronto-area drive-in theatre, after the band's Budweiser Stage show was cancelled due to COVID. FutureTalk served as creative technology partner alongside director Adam Crosby, deploying three Panasonic laser projectors for mapping across the stage, amplifiers, and rear-stage surface. The rear-stage projector used a short-throw lens in a periscope configuration to clear weather and sight-line constraints while casting images behind the band. Eight cameras covered live streaming and recording. Benefit screenings supported Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School's Northern community education initiatives.

  Documented by Panasonic Canada as a laser-projection case study

Live & Installation

Performances & Exhibitions

FutureTalk, 2013–2025

Live AV performance and installation work across galleries, festivals, and stages. Projection mapping, audio-reactive visuals, interactive environments, and real-time generative systems with artists and institutions.

• Dissolving Boundaries — Nuit Blanche 2025 OCAD University's Global Centre for Climate Action · Delegation of the EU to Canada

  Largest projection mapping installation at Nuit Blanche 2025. A 350×200 ft canvas on the Canada Malting Silos created by OOOPStudio (Alessandro Grisendi and Marco Noviello). FutureTalk served as technical support partner. See FutureTalk section for full case study.

• Riparia — Nuit Blanche 2024 OCAD University · Delegation of the EU in Canada · Panasonic Canada

  Large-scale projection mapping and audio installation transforming the Canada Malting Silos overnight for Nuit Blanche Toronto. Artist Emilija Škarnulytė's work on mythology, future archeology, and climate science. FutureTalk served as technical realization partner. See FutureTalk section for full case study.

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  Patrick Olsen: Emergence "Emergence" Performance Theatre · Live Immersive Audio-Reactive Visuals · 2024

  "Unveiling the Cosmic Tapestry" — large-scale audio-reactive animations envelop the audience in cosmic, ego-dissolving visual journeys, transporting them into otherworldly realms that mirror psychedelic perception. Live immersive performance using 3× Microsoft Azure Kinects and iPhone LiDAR for real-time performer capture; visual pipeline across Unity, Unreal, Houdini, After Effects, Premiere, Brekel Point Cloud, and Polycam.

• TIFF RBC House: RBC + OVO RBC / OVO · Sept 2019

  Live video projection mapping and interactive point cloud installation at RBC House during TIFF.

• OVO Summit OVO · John Bassett Theatre, MTCC · Aug 2019

  Live video projection mapping and interactive visual intermissions for the OVO Summit.

• July Talk Tour July Talk · Cross-Country · May–June 2019

  Projection mapping and live video production across the full Canadian tour run.

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  July Talk: Live at the Drive-In July Talk · Panasonic Canada · FutureTalk · Adam Crosby · 2020

  Two-night concert and livestream at a Toronto-area drive-in, replacing a cancelled Budweiser Stage show (16,000 capacity). Tyler as technical director and live projection performer. Three Panasonic laser projectors mapped stage, amplifiers, and rear-stage surface; rear unit used a short-throw periscope configuration to solve weather and sight-line constraints. Eight cameras for live stream and record. See FutureTalk section for full case study.

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  July Talk: I Am Water July Talk · Live Projection Mapping + AR Filter · 2024

  Live projection mapping and custom augmented-reality filter designed for July Talk's "I Am Water."

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  July Talk: Love Lives Here July Talk · Good Job Hi-Five · Feature Documentary · 2023

  Feature-length documentary on July Talk's pandemic Live At A Drive In Concert and Live Stream Performances, featured and credited for Technical Direction and live projection performances and creative technology work with the band. Apple TV · goodjobhifive.com.

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  July Talk: Live at Massey Hall July Talk · Massey Hall, Toronto · 2024

  Two nights of live projection video performances at Massey Hall, Toronto.

• Metric at Osheaga Metric · Osheaga · Aug 2019

  Live video production and audio-reactive visuals for Metric's Osheaga performance.

• #SMASH w/ Kathryn Macnaughton Gardiner Museum · June 2016

  Live projection-mapped interactive painting installation at the Gardiner Museum, Toronto.

• From: Nothing Design Exchange · Oct 2016

  Interactive projection installation for the Design Exchange, Toronto.

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  Be Here Now (Things I Can't Tell You) Randall Okita · Robert Kananaj Gallery · Nov 2015

  Interactive pagoda projection mapping installation, featured in director Randall Okita's exhibition Things I Can't Tell You at Robert Kananaj Gallery, Toronto.

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  Spark the Senses Future Food Studio · PepsiCo · Art Basel Miami 2015, PepsiCo Foresight Food Immersive 2016

  Interactive immersive dining experience for 28 guests per seating, multiple seatings per day. FutureTalk assembled creative technicians alongside Future Food Studio's chefs to build a sensory-rich program where informative menus and visuals evolved with each course's story. Media, network, and mapping servers with remote monitoring; pressure-sensitive drink coasters and OSC trigger integrations drove live performance interactions based on guest movement; multi-projector mapping and audio playback — installed and struck without access to existing tables or projection infrastructure.

• (in)finite reflection Nuit Blanche × Hub14 Dance Collective · Oct 2014

  Immersive and interactive art/dance installation. Iterated through multiple versions including a 3D printing variant shown at The Design Agency Block Party (Aug 2014) and a collaborative version at NXNE Art Lounge (2014).

• The Nativity Evangel Pentecostal Church, Montreal · Dec 2013

  Content creation, technical direction, and live hyperhuman integration and performance.

Selected Clients

Speaking

• "Go Prompt Yourself" FITC Spotlight on AI · March 2023

  Panelist on AI for Digital Creators.

• "Flow Growth: Developing Creative and Sustainable Business Models" MIT Art Scholars, Arts@MIT · January 2020

  Thought Cafe & FutureTalk.

• "The Future of Work: Identifying and Creating Future Trends" Bei Vita Master Share · July 2020

  International video conference presenter.

• "Enjoying Educational Design" MIT Art Scholars, Arts@MIT · November 2018

  Thought Cafe.

• "Animation for YouTube and Beyond" Nerdcon: Nerdfighteria · February 2017

  Thought Cafe.