032 - How to Get Started in XR Design, Biggest Problems Designers in XR Are Solving, and Current State of XR With Daniel Robbins of Adobe

Today, I’m talking to Daniel Robbins.-Daniel currently works at Adobe as a Principal Designer working across a suite of 3D projects. In the past, he has worked on Horizon Worlds at Meta, AR at HTC-Vive, VR at Visual Vocal, and more.-If you can’t tell already, Daniel’s design focus is XR design, which stands for “extended reality.” This is an umbrella term that covers VR (Virtual Reality), AR (Augmented Reality), and MR (Mixed reality). Thus, I was very excited to learn more about XR design from him. And man did I learn a ton. We talked about how he got into XR design, the biggest challenges designers in XR are solving, how to get into immersive design, and a ton of related topics. But, on top of that, what I really appreciated was Daniel’s attention to detail. You’ll hear in this conversation multiple times that Daniel would often either rephrase my question or ask me to clarify my question. It’s a great reminder as a host myself to be intentional with my questions & the clarity of them, so I really appreciate Daniel for doing so. Now, without further ado, here was my conversation with Daniel Robbins.===Highlights⭐ How Daniel got into XR design⭐ What are the problems designers in XR are trying to solve⭐ How to get started in XR design⭐ Current status of XR design⭐ The difference between design & art===Links🔗 Daniel’s portfolio===Not Just Pixels is a student-led UX Design podcast that strives to help you grow as a designer and get that next design internship or job. This is the podcast I wished I had as a design student, and I hope you’ll get something valuable from this show.===Have a great day! :)