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Ali Can
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XR & Systems Engineer

XR • Games • Computer Vision • Systems Architecture • AI

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Software engineer with 4+ years shipping cross-platform XR clients and real-time streaming systems. Most of my work lives in C++ and Unity — WebRTC streaming, OpenXR, native client architecture — across HoloLens 2, Meta Quest, PICO, HTC Vive Focus 3, Magic Leap 2, Windows, Web, and Android.

Outside of work I gravitate toward game development, computer vision, software architecture, and keeping up with the latest in AI. I care about how things are built as much as what gets built: clean architecture, clear ownership, and code that holds up.

4+ Years Experience

8+ Platforms Shipped

3 Published Games

??? Unfinished Side Projects

C++ C# Unity OpenXR WebRTC XR OpenGL JavaScript CMake Git Java WebSockets JNI Android SQL CI/CD MRTK3 XR Interaction Toolkit Python Unreal Engine ImGui OpenCV Firebase

Core Proficient Familiar

Games

PC master race. Everything from competitive shooters to story-driven single-player. If it has good design, I'm in.

Music

Rock, metal, rap, pop, film soundtracks — no filter. Piano player, though the piano has been patient with me lately.

Sports

Football, basketball, table tennis, swimming, volleyball. Also chess — if that counts.

Series

Drawn to smart characters and darker tones — Person of Interest, Sherlock, that kind of thing.

JUN 2022 — PRESENT

Software Engineer

Hololight — Munich, DE

Led development of a unified Unity/C# front-end architecture powering enterprise XR streaming clients across 8+ devices (Meta Quest, PICO, HTC Vive Focus 3, HoloLens 2, Magic Leap 2, Desktop, Web)
Designed modular connection management, codec configuration (H.264/H.265), passthrough systems, and cross-device UX — serving as the primary interface layer for all streaming clients
Lead developer on the Hub Client, a cross-device XR app launcher — app catalog, SSE handling, database management, and multi-vendor release pipelines
Developed native Android C++/JNI integrations for standalone XR headsets, contributing to runtime performance and device-specific optimizations
Built the Web client from scratch with JavaScript and WebSockets — XR streaming in the browser, no install required
Unified Android build variants into CI pipelines and built internal Python tooling for PR automation and git-based validation

C++ C# JavaScript WebRTC OpenXR Unity JNI Python CI/CD

SEP 2021 — MAR 2022

Unity Developer

Simovate — Ankara, TR

Built AR/VR applications for industrial training and remote support in Unity (C#), with performance-critical parts in C++. Built a realistic CNC Milling Machine Simulator showcased at Oracle's Industry Innovation Lab. Wrote a custom real-time mesh manipulation library for VR cutting and deformation simulations. Built an Android Remote Maintenance Application with live annotations and data streaming.

Unity C# C++ XR

MAY — SEP 2020

Android Developer

Medication Hour — Ankara, TR

Developed and launched Medication Hour, an Android app for managing medication schedules. Built with Java and Firebase for real-time sync, authentication, and push notifications. Managed the full cycle from idea to deployment.

Java Android Firebase

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JUL — AUG 2020

Software Engineering Intern

HAVELSAN — Ankara, TR

Built calculation modules and query logic for HAVELSAN's enterprise payroll system using Java and Spring Boot, improving payroll automation through API integration.

Java Spring Boot

JUN — JUL 2019

Game Development Intern

Erik Games — Ankara, TR

Developed gameplay features and performance optimizations for PlayStation 4 titles using Unreal Engine 4 and Unity.

C# Unity Unreal Engine PS4

Brain in Retro Space Alpha Invasion Brain Breaker

TED University

B.E. Computer Engineering | Minor in Business Administration

Sept 2017 — May 2021 — Ankara, TR

GPA: 3.48/4.0. Graduation Project: Virtuanance — remote AR/VR maintenance via WebRTC streaming.

MITx 6.86x

Machine Learning with Python: From Linear Models to Deep Learning

Dec 2020 — MIT (edX)

Linear classifiers, nonlinear classification, linear regression, collaborative filtering, neural networks, unsupervised learning, and reinforcement learning.

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Coursework Highlights

Selected work from Computer Graphics (CMPE 360) — 3D modeling, lighting, shading, and rendering with Blender and WebGL.

Low-poly T-Rex and TARDIS scene — Low-poly scene: T-Rex & TARDIS with custom textures and lighting

Reflection and refraction render — Reflection, refraction, and Blinn-Phong shading

Featured Project

Procedural Planets

A GPU-accelerated procedural planet renderer built with C++17 and OpenGL. Generates realistic Earth-like planets with compute shader terrain, atmospheric Rayleigh scattering, ocean rendering, biome classification, and icosahedron-based LOD — all in real time.

C++17 OpenGL Compute Shaders Procedural Generation

Source Code

contexture — /review

$ /review src/auth/

Loaded 7 architectural rules.
Auditing 3 files...

F1 · High · Layering — login.ts:42
  Direct DB call from controller layer.

(a)pply / (s)kip / (e)dit / (w)on't-fix_

Tooling / AI

contexture

A discipline loop for working with AI coding agents — an architectural-rule corpus, safety hooks, and a memory store wired into Claude Code. Write a rule once; it loads before relevant code and audits after. Built around a propose-confirm collaborator principle: nothing changes silently.

Node.js Claude Code Agent Tooling Developer Workflow

Source Code

Game

Last Fighter

A space shooter where you defend your base against enemy waves. Built with Unity and C#, with custom AI, particle effects, and scaling difficulty.

Unity C# 3D

Source Code

Senior Project

Virtuanance

Remote AR/VR maintenance — professionals view the technician's field perspective, retrieve 3D models, and share real-time annotations. Built with Unity and OpenCV for marker tracking.

Unity XR OpenCV

Source Code

Original image vs predicted saliency heatmap

Research

Saliency Prediction with cGAN

Undergraduate research using Conditional GANs to predict visual saliency maps. Added human/face detection channels via DeepLabV3+ and DLIB for improved accuracy across four distinct viewing tasks.

Python GAN Computer Vision

Report

Based in Munich, DE

Get in touch.

Always happy to talk games, XR, graphics, architecture, or interesting side projects. Drop me a line.

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