Alaa Labs
Magical Lake: a glowing stylized lake built in Unity URP

Unity & XR Developer · Riyadh

I build worlds people can step into.

VR, AR and games in Unity, from the first prototype to a finished build. My work runs on Meta Quest, PC VR, Android and the web.

Meta Quest · published app PC VR · studio game Android · AR & games WebGL · plays in the browser

Selected work

Projects I've worked on.

Good Morning Employee Name VR: hands assembling a device at a workbench
PC VR · Steam My role: Game Developer

Good Morning [Employee Name] VR

A narrative VR game by Shababeek Labs, coming to Steam. I was a game developer on the team and worked on its VR mini-games: physics-based interactions, game logic and UI Toolkit interfaces, plus Unity Editor tools for the team.

The game on Steam ↗
Quran and Tafseer VR: the Quran page floating in a VR space
Meta Quest Published · solo

Quran & Tafseer VR

Read the Holy Quran and its tafsir in VR, with a resizable reading window and full controller support. I built it alone and took it through Meta's store review.

View on Meta Store ↗
VR fire extinguisher training: putting out an electrical fire
Meta Quest 360° tour online

VR Fire Safety Training

Hand-held extinguishers, five fire classes and automatic scoring. A virtual instructor reacts to every mistake.

Take the 360° tour →

More projects

Experience

11 years as a developer, the last 5 in Unity.

Dec 2025 – Jul 2026

Game Developer · Shababeek Labs

Worked on the VR mini-games of a narrative PC VR game coming to Steam: gameplay systems, interactions and Editor tools for the team.

Jan 2025 – Nov 2025

Freelance Unity & XR Developer

Shipped Quran & Tafseer VR solo, and built Discover Egypt, an AR app with AI conversations in 100+ languages.

Sep 2024 – Jan 2025

Programming Instructor · University of Hertfordshire

Taught C# and Unity to Level 4 Digital Media students at the Creative Arts College, New Cairo.

Jun 2024 – Dec 2024

Senior Unity Developer · 5DVR Studio

The go-to problem solver across Unity and Unreal teams. Mobile games, AR apps and AI virtual assistants.

2021 – 2024

Freelance Unity Developer

Games and interactive apps for clients: gameplay systems, NPC AI, AR/VR and multiplayer.

Skills

What I bring to a project.

Engine

Unity · C# · DOTS (ECS/Jobs/Burst) · Gameplay Architecture · Physics · UI Toolkit

XR

Meta Quest · XR Interaction Toolkit · AR Foundation · Vuforia · Store Publishing

Multiplayer

Netcode for Entities · Photon · Mirror · Custom UDP · REST APIs

Performance

Unity Profiler · CPU & Memory Profiling · Multithreading · Frame-rate Stabilization

Unity Certified Associate · Industry Developer, 2026 Rational Level Design · Ubisoft Game Development Diploma · ITI Bachelor's degree · Zagazig University

Have a VR, AR or game idea? Let's build it.

Tell me what you want people to experience. I'll tell you how it can work in Unity.