Douglas Jay Goldstein

Carmen et Error

A golden bird in Victorian engraving style
An ornate golden birdcage in Victorian engraving style
A golden bird inside an ornate cage - the thaumotrope illusion revealed

Body · Past · Physical

Presence · Now · Experience

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The Thaumotrope: an interactive essay

Position

Designer, researcher, and educator building tools for embodied experience.

Program Lead of Emerging Tech at FIT. Working at the intersection of XR, AI, ritual design, and play — where designed environments write themselves into the body.

One World, Many Games

Visual essays and playable experiences in First-Person Experience Design.