Andy Xiao

creative technologist

I'm a creative technologist with seventeen years between art and engineering, at Bungie, Sucker Punch, Unity and Meta.

Lately I work with AI to build agent runtimes, run models locally, test them with evaluation harnesses, and make tools that accelerate creative teams.

Independent work

2022–present

A cave opening onto a still pool

Mememage

Open-source provenance for generated images, on PyPI, npm and ComfyUI. Personal project, 2026.

 The local AI's Behaviors page: scheduled check-ins, a dream session, a morning poem and painting runs, each with its schedule

Local agent platform

Local AI agent on a Mac mini. Personal project, 2026.

 The Random Thoughts live feed: short first-person thoughts, each tagged with a name, mood and job

Random Thoughts

A thousand simulated people, with thoughts written by an LLM. Personal project, 2026.

 Phantom's AEGIS cockpit: a heavy pentagonal canopy frame over a wireframe arena

Phantom

Wireframe dogfight game for an ESP32-S3 board. In development, 2026.

 The VTuber avatar: an orange tabby in a gaming headset, holding a controller in a green armchair

Broadcasting and VTubing

OBS tools, machinima intros and a Live2D VTuber avatar. Personal projects, 2022–present.

Technology companies

2020–2026

Meta Reality Labs

Creative technologist and technical artist, 2024–2026.

Unity Technologies

Staff technical artist and technical art director, 2020–2024.

Game studios

2010–2019

Game career reel

Highlights, 2010–2019.

Destiny

VFX artist and technical designer at Bungie, 2013–2019.

 An armored truck from inFAMOUS: Second Son on a wet street at night, with fire behind it

inFAMOUS

3D environment artist at Sucker Punch, 2010–2013.

Halo: Reach

3D artist at Bungie, 2010.