Gonzalo Orce Portfolio

Resume

Resume

XR/AI DEVELOPER · MEDIA DESIGNER · STORYTELLER

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Languages

Spanish (Native) · English (C2) · German (A2)

Specialties

XR (AR, MR, VR) · Digitalization · Development · 3D · Prototyping · Storytelling · Game and Media Design · Illustration · Gen AI · Agentic Workflows

Skills

Unity/C# · Lens Studio/TypeScript · 3D Modelling · Animation · Illustration · Gen AI · Video Editing · Blender · Photoshop · Premiere · Illustrator · ComfyUI · LLMs · Agentic Workflows

Soft Skills

Public Speaking · Digital literacy · Problem Solving · Critical Thinking · Leadership and Project Management

Interests

Storytelling and Emerging Technologies · Technical arts · Generative AI · Interactive media · Design and Aesthetics · History, Geopolitics and Linguistics

Experience

Fraunhofer IGD, Darmstadt – Assistant Researcher

August 2025 – Present

  • Prototype development for the AR/VR department

Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences – Working Student

October 2022 – May 2025 · Dieburg

  • Student contracts at University
  • Adobe Premiere workshops for incoming students
  • Tech-arts support classes
  • Exchange workshops for Jordanian students
  • Media campus equipment rental staff

Creative Studio Ditached, Offenbach am Main – Working Student

June 2023 – April 2024

Integrated into Ditached’s ongoing projects:

  • AI image/video generation (Stable Diffusion, A1111, ComfyUI)
  • Character design, storyboarding, concept art (Photoshop, Illustrator)
  • 3D modeling, animation, texturing (Blender)
  • Game prototyping, animation (Unity)
  • Version control (Git/GitHub)

DieKunstBauStelle e.V., Landsberg am Lech and Unser Theater, Schwabhausen – Freelancer

October 2020 – Present

  • Media design and video editing for cultural associations
  • Graphic design and print materials
  • Video documentation of exhibitions, festivals, cultural events
  • Digital exhibition archives
  • 2020: “2020-1945” – Rapid digitalisation of a cancelled cultural salon exhibition during the pandemic

Lidera Turismo, Argentina – Media Designer

March 2015 – March 2018

  • Designed graphics and video editing for a tourism agency

Education

Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences – Master of Arts

Expanded Media · 2025-2026 · Dieburg

Experience Design for Immersive Spaces and Narrative Engagement. Focus on XR.

Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences – Bachelor of Arts

Expanded Realities · 2022-2025 · Dieburg

Project-based program in XR/AR/VR design, development, production, and marketing.

Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina – Media Production

Major in Project Direction · 2010-2013

Instituto Juvenil Moderno, Argentina – Bachelor of Arts

Graphic Design · 2007-2009

Acknowledgments

EmpowerXR Hackathon, Gelsenkirchen (2026)

Won the EmpowerXR Award with my team, Nasse Füße.

Research Center for Creative Arts and Public Value – Hong Kong (2026)

Artist in Residence for a virtual exhibition and physical catalogue.

UnitedXR, Belgium (2025)

Pitched a concept and prototype to investors in the Builder’s Program.

SensAI Hack, Cologne (2025)

Won 1st place with my team in the venue Horizon Worlds.

HAB – Hessen Abschlussförderung (2024/25)

Funded my Bachelor thesis “Storytelling with AI driven characters in Mixed Reality.”

XRBootcamp – Beyond Inclusion Scholarship

Grantee and, due to my previous experience, Community Mentor of XRbootcamp’s 9th cohort.

Other

Germany

  • 2026: EmpowerXR – Inclusive XR Hackathon, Gelsenkirchen – Team Nasse Füße
  • 2026: XR Creators Con, Berlin – Team ParkLens – ParkLens
  • 2025: SensAI Hack, Cologne
  • 2024: XR Creators Con, Berlin – Team MRio – Toss it!
  • 2023: Places – VR Festival + AR Hackathon (Theme: Retail), Gelsenkirchen-Ückendorf
  • 2023: The Flute – Remote Tandem Backpacking. International Youth Exchange Workshops (Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Yemen and Syria), held by MMCC (Netherlands) and DieKunstBauStelle e.V. (Germany)

Spain

Oman · Oman University of Technology

Jordan · German Jordanian University

Cyprus · American University of Beirut / Technical University of Cyprus

Argentina

  • 2016-2017: Escena Pública – Residency for emerging Argentinian artists, sponsored by the Ministry of Culture of Argentina
  • 2016: Bicentenario Fantástico – Comic book anthology celebrating Argentina’s bicentenary of independence

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