About Me

Hello World! My name is Dominick Smith and I'm a Computer Science student at the University of Central Florida on track to graduate in 2026. I was born and raised right here in Orlando, Florida and ever since a young age I've had a passion for story telling and interactive design. I'm also currently a Simulation Development Intern at Leidos' Internal R&D Team, building pre-viz training and prototype simulation tools for clients across a plethora of industries. When I'm not in school or working, you can find me reading novels, traveling, bouldering, surfing, photgraphing the world, and of course, playing video games!

Skills

Experience

Education

Simulation/Game Development
Unreal Engine 5, Unity, Maya, Blender
Artificial Intelligence
PyTorch, TensorFlow
Software Engineering
C/C++, C#, Java, Python

Present
Simulation Development Intern at Leidos
Spring 2023
Technical Intern (Software) at Universal Creative (Advanced Technology Interactives)
Spring 2022
Undergraduate Research Assistant at UCF Interactive System and User Experience (ISUE) Lab

2021 - 2025
B.S. in Computer Science at the University of Central Florida

My Work

Swamp Environment

The following is a render of my Swamp environment created in Unreal Engine 5

Motion Controlled Interative Art

The following is an interactive art piece using your mobile device as a motion controller built in Unreal Engine 5 using Protokol and ZIG SIM. Download below!

Ghost - A UE5 Plugin

Plugin for Unreal Engine 5 that lets you record an Actor’s transform at runtime or PIE and instantly replay it as a “ghost” path.

Tundra Environment

Tundra environment built using Blender and Unreal Engine

Interactive 3D Point Cloud

Audio Reactive 3D Point Cloud using TouchDesigner

Operation Aerolith Work In Progress

Pre-vis mode and animation made in Maya for an upcoming VR dark-ride experience I'm building in UE5! Exremely early in development but still wanted to share! You can keep up with the project by checking it out on ArtStation (link below)!

Hi, I'm Dom

About Me