Jayasri Guthula · Creative technologist · Los Angeles
I build XR and AI experiences people remember.
XR engineer and researcher. I turn research into working software: smart glasses prototypes, privacy-preserving pipelines, and playful spatial experiences.
2× hackathon winner1st place · Google Android XR · 1st place · Lovable
7 IEEE VR publicationsPeer-reviewed · presented in person
Graduate Research Excellence AwardUA Little Rock · 2025
Community builderSV + team leader · SIGGRAPH, IEEE VR, AWE · ACM vice chair, UALR
MentorMIT Reality Hack · XRCC
Technology should expand what people believe they can do.
I build technology that helps people feel capable, not overwhelmed. If my grandma wore AR glasses, I’d want her to use them with ease, not feel intimidated by new technology.
Drag a headset onto my face for a fun fact.
About
I build spatial systems with a product engineer’s bias for working demos.
I’m Jayasri, an XR engineer and researcher based in Los Angeles and moving toward the Bay Area. My work sits at the intersection of spatial computing, privacy-preserving machine learning, and human-centered AI: systems that can sense context without turning people into data exhaust.
I recently completed an M.S. in Computer Science, published across IEEE VR venues, and built prototypes for smart glasses, headset onboarding, gaze-aware rendering, and XR telemetry privacy. I’m currently looking for research engineering, XR product engineering, and applied AI roles where rigorous ideas need to become usable software.
Selected work · 5 projects
Built across worlds, systems, and stories.
Selected work across XR research, spatial product prototypes, AR glasses, and Unity systems. Open any project for the full case study. Additional projects are available in the archive.
Designs · sketches · prototypes
Creative case studies from paper to pixels.
Mixed-media making, logo design, sketchbook studies, and visual prototypes. These projects show how I use drawing and design to explain identity, privacy, memory, and emerging tech.
Research · 2021 → next
Can XR understand us without exposing us?
My research began with emotion-aware AI, moved into behavioral identification, and evolved into privacy-preserving immersive analytics. I kept asking one question: how can XR become intelligent without becoming invasive?
The research threadFrom recognizing emotion, to discovering identity leakage, to building systems that preserve privacy. Tap any card.
01Recognize contextEmotion + activity
02Expose the riskMotion + identity
Presenting at IEEE VR 2024
03Build the defenseSynthetic + encrypted
Poster session · IEEE VR 2025, Saint-Malo
04Return controlLocal + responsible
The question behind the work
“If we’re using AI to replace artists and developers, why not use it to replace human identification, to protect our privacy instead of exploiting it?”
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