◆Tatiana Zueva
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XR Engineer & Technical Lead

Building XR products from research prototypes to production systems.

Tatiana Zueva
Tatiana Zueva
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12+ years building XR, computer vision and real-time 3D systems, from research to production.

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Led an XR R&D platform from concept to MVP, including Gaussian Splatting-based 3D reconstruction and immersive collaboration technologies.

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Built and led an 8-person multidisciplinary team spanning XR, ML, DevOps and Analytics.

Worked atMTS Web Services·Sberbank·CROC Immersive Technologies
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Experience

03/2024 — 04/2025

XR Technical Lead (Computer Vision & Spatial Computing)

MTS Web Services — Future Crew— R&D innovation unit
  • ●Led development of an XR R&D platform for immersive collaboration and communication, taking the product from concept to MVP and securing interest from a prospective enterprise customer.
  • ●Designed and implemented a Gaussian Splatting pipeline for digitizing and rendering large-scale real-world environments.
  • ●Architected and optimized rendering and data-processing pipelines for low-latency XR experiences.
  • ●Developed cross-platform XR applications using Unity (C#) and WebXR technologies (Three.js).
  • ●Built and led an 8-person multidisciplinary engineering team spanning VR, WebXR, ML, DevOps, QA and Analytics, including hiring, mentoring and managing engineers and technical leads.
  • ●Defined technical roadmap, architecture and delivery plans in collaboration with Product, CTO and executive leadership.
  • ●Coordinated software, machine learning and hardware development efforts, including XR headset prototyping.
C#PythonUnityWebXRthree.jsCloudXRGaussian Splatting
10/2021 — 12/2023

Senior Software Engineer

Avatai— XR startup developing AI-generated avatars and volumetric video technologies.
  • ●Led development of a VR application for volumetric video playback (Quest, HTC Vive), taking the product from development to public release on Steam.
  • ●Implemented volumetric video playback using Unity VFX Graph, improving rendering performance by approximately 50%.
  • ●Reduced application size from 2 GB to 700 MB through on-demand asset delivery using Unity Addressables and AWS S3.
  • ●Implemented REST API integrations enabling content management directly from VR applications.
  • ●Led development of multiplayer functionality, enabling shared VR sessions for up to 32 concurrent participants.
  • ●Coordinated development efforts across engineering and 3D content creation, mentoring a Unity developer and a 3D artist while driving product delivery.
UnityC#SteamVRAWSFirebasePhoton SDK
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Projects

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XR Platform for Real-Time 3D Reconstruction
3D Gaussian SplattingWEBXR
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XR Platform for Real-Time 3D Reconstruction

Led architecture and delivery of a real-time XR platform for 3D reconstruction and visualization using Gaussian Splatting. Coordinated a cross-functional team of 8 across ML, XR, backend and infrastructure.

Three.jsMTS Cloud S3WebXRPythonGaussian Splatting
3D GS Avatars with Facial Expressions
3D Avatar3D Gaussian Splatting
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3D GS Avatars with Facial Expressions

Conducted R&D on photorealistic Gaussian Splatting avatars with facial expression reconstruction and animation for immersive real-time XR interaction.

PythonGaussian Splatting3D Reconstruction
Hairstyle AR — Real-Time Face Tracking
ARFace DetectionFace Tracking
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Hairstyle AR — Real-Time Face Tracking

Developed a real-time AR application for virtual hairstyle try-on with stable face tracking and 3D alignment. Open-source project with community adoption.

C++Qt5OpenCVDlibOpenGLGLSL
Spherum 3D — VR Volumetric Player
VR3D Avatar
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Spherum 3D — VR Volumetric Player

Developed VR volumetric platform for AI-generated 3D avatars with multiplayer interaction and social VR environments. Delivered the product from R&D to public Steam release.

UnityC#SteamVRAWSFirebasePhoton SDK
Coin Recognition — Sberbank
Object Detector
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Coin Recognition — Sberbank

Developed a real-time coin recognition system for Sberbank using large-scale computer vision pipelines and production-grade ML models.

PythonObject DetectorOpenCVCVATimgaug
VR Training Simulator — Dubai Municipality
VRTraining
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VR Training Simulator — Dubai Municipality

Developed a VR training simulator for industrial water treatment operations with procedural scenario generation and performance optimization for VR environments.

UnityC#Unity BoltOdin InspectorI2 Localization
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Press & Speaking

[RU] Virtual Reality
Podcast

[RU] Virtual Reality

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[RU] Interview — Primamedia
2019

[RU] Interview — Primamedia

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[RU + EN subtitles] Global Game Jam
2021

[RU + EN subtitles] Global Game Jam

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Get in Touch

Open to XR/3D engineering roles, computer vision projects and research collaborations. Always happy to talk about real-time rendering, Gaussian Splatting or anything XR.

Open to opportunities
Unity / C#XR DevelopmentC++ / OpenCV3D ReconstructionTechnical LeadWebXR
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