Photograph by Lara Sugar Hughes
Zachary Berry is a master’s student at Imperial College London and the Royal College of Art, currently completing an MSc/MA in Innovation Design Engineering, specialising in the application of virtual reality to enhance patient rehabilitation and medical literacy. He has comprehensive experience in a wide range of VR applications, including haptic and force-feedback suits for immersive gaming, virtual training software to aid citizen science and visualising medical data for educational purposes.
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Education
Imperial College London & Royal College of Art
MSc & MA Innovation Design Engineering
Sep 2023 - Present
Central Saint Martins
BA Fine Art with Creative Computing
Sep 2019 - Jun 2023
UAL Creative Computing Institute
Diploma in Creative Computing
Sep 2021 - Jun 2022
Work Experience
Exit Suit
Virtual Reality Developer
Jun 2021 - Present
zacharyberry.co.uk
Freelancer
Sep 2019 - Present
Hampstead School of Art
Teaching Assistant
Oct 2019 - Sep 2021
Rankin
Stills Team Intern
Nov 2018
The Mill
Work Experience Placement
Summer 2017
Skills
3D
Blender (modelling, texturing, animating, rigging, geometry nodes, scripting with Python and compositing) • Unreal Engine (blueprints, level design, Metahumans, motion capture and VR/AR) • Agisoft Metashape • 3D printing (Bambu Lab, Ultimaker, Prusa)
Coding
Processing • Javascript (p5.js, three.js) • C++ (openFrameworks) • Swift (UIKit) • Web design (HTML/CSS) • Arduino • Machine Learning (Wekinator, Teachable Machine, Google Colab) • MaxMSP
Design
Adobe (Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, InDesign) • Concept sketching • Lo-fi prototyping • Laser cutting • CNC Milling • Woodworking • Circuit design
Awards
Industrial Design Studentship
Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851
2024
RCA & UNESCO Grand Challenge | Shortlisted
Royal College of Art
2024
Barry Martin Prize for Sculpture | Winner
Central Saint Martins
2023
Best Visual Effects & Special Effects Award | 2nd place
London Fashion Film Festival
2022
Phoebe Llewellyn Smith Award | Highly Commended
Central Saint Martins
2021
Awards for Fine Art & Academic Achievement
Peter Symonds College
2018