Challinor, Ryan (Harmonix Music Systems)

Topic: Developing Gesture Based UI Navigation Using Kinect

Ryan Challinor is a coder on the UI and metagame team at Harmonix Music Systems, based out of Cambridge, MA. At Harmonix, he has worked on Dance Central, Rock Band 3, and The Beatles: Rock Band. He previously worked at Edge of Reality in Austin, TX. Ryan is interested in prototyping, and the role of programmers in design. Ryan was the engineer responsible for developing the gesture-based UI used in Dance Central.