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Yichuan(River) Wang
Digital + Media

Rhode Island School of Design

Graduates: 2026

Specialisms: Interaction Design / Interaction Design & Game Design / Product Design

My location: Boston, United States

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Rhode Island School of Design

Yichuan(River) Wang

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First Name: Yichuan(River)

Last Name: Wang

University / College: Rhode Island School of Design

Course / Program: Digital + Media

Graduates: 2026

Specialisms: Interaction Design / Interaction Design & Game Design / Product Design

My Location: Boston, United States

Website: Click To See Website

About

Creative technologist and interactive experience designer with hands-on experience in Unity, Unreal Engine, AR/XR workflows, real-time 3D,physical-digital prototyping, and interactive installations. Skilled in turning creative concepts into functional prototypes, demos, and audience-facingexperiences across games, exhibitions, spatial media, and emerging technology. Strong background in rapid prototyping, system design, technicaltroubleshooting, and collaborative production environments.

MYLIFE is an interactive, large-scale simulation populated by thousands of autonomous agents. Rather than following scripted narratives, each agent acts through interconnected rules governing memory, relationships, reproduction, conflict, and environmental response. Visitors can edit these rules in real time through a “Rule Book” interface, then observe settlements, family networks, population shifts, and social patterns emerge. Built in Unity with custom simulation systems, the work explores how individual behaviors and structural conditions accumulate into complex societies—and asks how much control we truly have over the worlds we create.