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Oğuz Emre Bal

Artist · Architect · Researcher · Founder

Understanding reality by altering it through different perspectives.

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App · Research

2026–present

DocViz APP

Visualize & understand any document with AI — uploads become interactive visual maps of structure and relationships: Classic, Node Map, Mind Map, and Text views, powered by local Ollama models.

information as space

App · Product · Research

2026 — in development

Solar Dial APP

The relationship operating system for people who refuse to let the people they love drift away — contacts orbit you, drifting outward as time passes, making relationship decay visible before it becomes permanent loss.

information as spacespatial memory

App · Research

2025–present

Brainie APP

Personal knowledge graph powered by AI — organize information into separate 'brainies', visualize connections in a customizable 3D graph, and let AI extract keywords and process content.

information as spacespatial memory

XR / Spatial · App · Product · Research

2025–present

Reality Overlap XR APP

Persistent AR/XR platform for spatial collaboration in real architectural environments — spatial anchors, wayfinding, place-based memory, and a web-based spatial data analysis tool with AI-interpreted heatmaps.

physical-digital intersectionembodied cognitionspatial memory

Research · App · Product

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Trackie APP

A tool that turns any text into an interactive map of its structure, meaning, and connections.

information as spaceHow to visualize and navigate complex information?

XR / Spatial · Product · Research · App

2023–present

METAKIŞLA APP - Immersive Learning

A 3D immersive building game that turns the joy of building into a hands-on education in how the world is made.

embodied cognitionlearning through spacephysical-digital intersection

Art · XR / Spatial · App · Research · Video Animation

2022–ongoing

Meta Materials // Droplets

An avant-garde digital art project exploring materiality in virtual spaces and questioning the nature of reality.

physical-digital intersectioncomputational matterHow aesthetics of virtual realm alter understanding of physical world

Architecture · Video Animation · App

2021

The Living O'Pod - Concept, 360 Degrees & Animation

A futuristic concept for a living pod with immersive 360-degree animation. https://uniodesignstudio.com/external/tour3/

Research · App · Art · Video Animation

2021

Trouble Market APP aka dertedin

Speculative design installation imagining personal anxieties as tokenized, tradeable financial instruments — exposing the logic of financializing human distress.

speculative futuresdigital identity

Architecture · Interior · App

2020

Lisbon Apartment

A luxury apartment house in Lisbon, Portugal, featuring modern design elements and high-end finishes.

embodied cognition

Art · App · Product · Research · Video Animation

2019

Specularism APP

An interactive data sculpture that explores the mutable nature of reality within the contemporary digital landscape.

digital identityphysical-digital intersectionWhat is the nature of individual and collective realities in the social media era?

XR / Spatial · Product · Video Animation · App

2018

Real Estate AR & VR App

Interactive AR & VR mobile application for real estate — a demo built to improve sales by letting buyers experience unbuilt properties immersively.

physical-digital intersection

Art · XR / Spatial · Video Animation · App

2017–2018

İçlek — AR & VR: Wormholes APP

26 hand-made 3D-printed sculptures + AR app + VR environment. A semi-open structure where any boundary between inner and outer worlds is inherently permeable — a wormhole between urban and cosmic scales. bang. Prix Art Innovation Prize 2017.

physical-digital intersectionpermeable boundariesembodied cognition