Benjamin Rotolo
Software Developer, Technology Enthusiast
About Me:
I am a software engineer based in the Boston area. I have 6+ years of I.T. administrative and support experience and I recently earned my B.S. in Computer Science.
I am looking for entry level employment as a software engineer or web developer.
While I am seeking "recent graduate" or junior level software engineering opportunities, I have a wealth of entrepreneurial and management experience from my 7+ years as a manager and owner in the restaurant industry.
Some of my Projects:
Lansira Tab Manager:
(link is to the extension in the Chrome store)
My first attempt at a Chrome extension. Lansira is essientially a GUI for bookmarking sets of tabs. I created it to fill a need I found while doing web based research for classes, and I still use it every day.
The code is hosted here on my Github account
Virtual Reality Angry Birds Clone:
(link is to the repository on my Github account)
A playable, albiet exceedingly simple game that brings Angry Birds into VR. There is only one playable level and it is deliberately simple. My group made this game for UGA's Virtual Reality course in Spring 2018. Among my contributions were the ballistic arc that predicts the path of the "bird" projectile as well as the impact point, and assisting with the implementation of the "mini-map". The game was made with Unity and SteamVR and should be playable with any major VR headset, but definitely works with Oculus and Vive.
Social VR With Leap Motion and Kinect
The code is hosted here on my Github account
The final project for UGA Virtual Reality class in Spring 2018. We created a social VR environment for the purposes of a sociological experiment at the request of Dr. Grace Ahn of the Grady College of Journalism and Communication. Among my contributions were recording each participants' voice communication as a .wav file, and assisting with the creation of the Leap Motion powered User Interface.
For the majority of the project we were using Microsoft Kinect for motion tracking, but ultimately ended up switching to Vive trackers on the wrists and ankles of the participants for higher fidelity and better rotation tracking.