XR Developer | HCI Researcher | Founder
Prasanth Sasikumar is the CEO & Co-Founder of FlowsXR, a Singapore-based technology venture translating academic research into custom software solutions for wearable devices and XR systems. He concurrently serves as a Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore, where he leads research on adaptive VR/AR interfaces that utilize physiological signals and behavioral cues to enhance user experience. His recent work includes the publication of VR.net (IEEE TVCG 2024), a large-scale real-world dataset for studying motion sickness in virtual reality, developed in collaboration with Meta and NUS. His research has been published at top venues including CHI, IEEE VR, ISMAR, and EMNLP.
Prasanth holds a Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the Empathic Computing Lab, University of Auckland, where he focused on multimodal inputs for remote collaboration and scene reconstruction. He also earned a Master's in Human-Computer Interaction from the University of Canterbury. With a background spanning over a decade in XR development and full-stack engineering, he possesses deep expertise in Unity, Unreal Engine, and agile methodologies, bridging the gap between cutting-edge research and commercial application.