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👋 Hi, I Am Simon "Darkside" Jackson

  • I am a developer focusing on Mixed Reality Solutions and the Spatial Internet/MetaVerse working at Ethar, the premier XR Expereince Platform providers.

  • I have published several Unity titles, including Mastering Unity 2D Game Development and Unity UI Essentials, more to come in 2023!!
    Mastering Unity 2D Game Development Unity UI Essentials

  • New automation title for 2023 Accelerating Unity Through Automation
    Accelerating Unity Through Automation

  • I am currently focused on building the Reality Toolkit which is a cross-platform Mixed Reality framework for building XR apps in Unity for a majority of platforms, including: Quest, Pico, HoloLens, Magic Leap, Mobile and more.
    Reality Collective
    The Framework is built from the foundation I developed for Microsoft's Mixed Reality Toolkit V2 which evolved into the XRTK and has now advanced even further with the Reality Collective.

  • I also maintain and publish the Service Framework (in the Reality Collective) which is the best and most performant way to build projects in Unity.

  • I have been a Microsoft Mixed Reality MVP since 2014 (Since 2004 with the change in programs)

    Microsoft Mixed Reality MVP

  • I am honored to be one of the first Microsoft Game Development Ambassadors since the program launched in 2021, helping devs with the MS Game Dev stack.

  • For several years I have been an Xbox MVP helping the dev community get up and running with publishing to Xbox/Windows. Which has now been merged with the Microsoft Xbox Ambassadors program where I continue to engage with the Xbox team.

    Xbox Ambassador

  • I publish and maintain the Unity UI Extensions project, packaging up the best the community has to offer for Unity UI components, utilities and "stuff".

  • I blog "fairly" regularly on my Personal blog about all things game development related or just cool tech.

  • Amongst the various public projects I have worked on (sooo many) the one I was most proud of is the Fizzyo project, making games and a game framework to gamify the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis for kids, so much fun.

🖥️ Fav Tech Stack

  • C#
  • Unity
  • MonoGame
  • Mixed Reality (AR/VR/XR)
  • Game Development
  • Xbox Development / ID@Xbox
  • Asset development
  • Unreal (in progress)

Youtube Channel My YouTube channels

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  1. XNAGameStudio XNAGameStudio Public

    The Education library from the Xbox Live Indie games repository, valuable for MonoGame Developers for advanced samples

    656 97

  2. UnityUI-StarMap UnityUI-StarMap Public

    Elite Dangerous star viewer using the Unity UI System

    C# 16 2

  3. DarkGenesisPresentations DarkGenesisPresentations Public

    DarkGenesis Presentations & Supporting Code

    C# 6 5

  4. SimonDarksideJ.github.io SimonDarksideJ.github.io Public

    The main event

    CSS 1

  5. Unity-UI-Extensions/com.unity.uiextensions Unity-UI-Extensions/com.unity.uiextensions Public

    C# 1.1k 115