Anas Belkhou - XR and full-stack developer, manager, teacher.

Extended Reality Manager

Start Smart srl

XR and full-stack delivery lead across industry, healthcare, e-commerce manufacturing and education domains.

• Supervises and manages a team of XR developers and student interns.
• Builds AR / VR / MR experiences in Unity and Unreal Engine and ships them to Meta Quest, HoloLens, Vive and mobile.
• Implements user-flow and gameplay mechanics in collaboration with 3D artists and designers.
• Works with system integrators and architects to execute interactive systems end-to-end.
• Identifies and manages technical decisions, risks, actions and opportunities proactively.
• Gathers requirements through client interactions and translates them into scope.
• Guides user adoption and runs training through documentation and live sessions.
• Delivers demos and pre-sales consultancy, and produces technical estimates and proposals.
• Maintains active knowledge of XR hardware and software market leaders.
• Hands-on experience with ARKit, ARCore, Vuforia, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Quest, HoloLens 1 and 2.
• Server / multiplayer experience and a custom real-time VR model importer.
• Integration between Arduino / Raspberry Pi and XR; integration between simulation software (e.g. Flexsim) and XR.
• 50+ projects delivered to industrial, healthcare and enterprise clients across Italy and Europe.
• Develops frontend and backend features for web applications, internal tools and production workflows.
• Automates manufacturing workflows for Amazon personalized-product orders, replacing manual order handling with repeatable digital production processes.
• Creates custom WordPress plugins tailored to business workflows, content management and administration needs.

Professor of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality

Istituto Professionale IISS N. Moccia

• Theory and practice of VR / AR / MR with an educational focus.
• Unity for the development of immersive and interactive VR environments.
• Hands-on labs and mini-projects with C# scripting, 3D components and VR interactions.
• Integration of Blender 3D models into Unity.
• Project deployment on Meta Quest headsets and final competency assessment.

Robotics Professor

Istituto Comprensivo Maglie

• Introduced students to MyCobot 280 programming with Arduino for basic manipulation and pick-and-place tasks.
• Organised workshops on building Arduino circuits to drive MyCobot 280 motors.
• Guided group projects integrating MyCobot 280 with external sensors via Arduino.

Professor of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality

ITC Prime

• Delivered basic informatics lessons.
• Taught Unity game engine workflows.
• Introduced the foundations of virtual reality and augmented reality.

Expert Teacher - Competenze digitali 1

I.C. Cavallino · Scuola Secondaria di I grado "L. Da Vinci"

• 30-hour module for middle school students on digital skills, XR and 3D modeling.
• Introduction to VR / AR / MR with Oculus Quest 2 and AR / VR mobile apps.
• Delightex EDU and CoBlocks for block-based XR programming.
• Tinkercad, Cura and FabLab workflow for 3D modeling, slicing and 3D printing.
• Cooperative learning, peer-to-peer, EAS, tinkering, learning by doing, project-based learning.