Summer of 2018, I worked at Sony Pictures as a game development intern. This was the internship that defined my next career steps. While I've always strived to be in the tech industry, I did not have a clear idea of which specific area of technology I would focus in. Now, I have narrowed it down to the immersive technology space because of all the exciting opportunities it brings.
Takeaways
I experienced all kinds of mixed reality
There were a lot of headsets lying around the office, and it was my first time having free access to all this tech. While my team didn't require a headset, I would borrow one from another table and had a great time playing with it after work.
I learnt about the mobile game development pipeline.
Because of the resource limitations on mobile phones, there is a lot we have to do to optimize a mobile game, especially when running it along with machine learning and augmented reality modules.