John Hanacek, a designer, entrepreneur, consultant, artist and researcher working at the intersection of new forms of computation, creativity and human augmentation. As a product designer he has worked on web, app and AR/VR/XR experiences across multiple markets, with a special focus on collaboration and creativity tools and training simulations. He currently works as the XR Interaction Designer at Nanome and is the primary designer responsible for XR product user experience and prototype research. John obtained an MA degree from Georgetown University in Communication, Culture & Technology, and a BA degree from UC San Diego in Political Science. John's research goal is to improve the experience of reality through technological mediation by empowering intelligence and problem solving capabilities.