# Thanh Pham

> Technical Lead at Falkor, setting technical direction across three teams: Research, Surface Core and Experience Framework. Formal title: Principal Engineer. Zero to one, again & again. With AI, for people & agents alike. Connecting the Dots · Because Why Not?

Zero to one, again and again. I started building VR video players when YouTube didn’t support 360, spent the years since on digital twins for industry, and now set technical direction for agentic AI at Falkor: Reasoning Engine, MCP tooling, and the application that brings them to operators. None of it was a planned path. You can’t connect the dots looking forward; they connect where domains meet. So when an idea will clearly help someone, I don’t ask why. I ask what stops us from trying it quickly. Usually nothing. Because why not? The point has always been the same: people, and now agents, doing what they couldn’t before.

- GitHub: https://github.com/100111
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/thanh-t-pham
- Companies: Stargate Media from 2014; Falkor (formerly Kongsberg Digital) from mid-2019
- Site: https://thanh-t-pham.com/ (each project has its own page at https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/{id}/, and opens on the map at https://thanh-t-pham.com/#project-{id})

Recent work, the 4 most recent projects:

- [Spatial Intelligence for Agents](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/gtc-berlin-2026/): Technical Lead; 2026; Digital Twin, AI & ML, Web & Native Apps; shipped
  - Lesson: What if massive tech stacks and libraries are restructured for agents from the ground up? More space to focus on bringing value and collaboration.
  - Summary: AI agents that see, simulate and reason over an industrial facility; the work was featured in NVIDIA’s keynote.
  - Metrics: Featured in NVIDIA’s GTC Berlin 2026 keynote.
  - Technologies: NVIDIA Omniverse, OpenUSD, Azure, Semantic Mining, GPT-6 Astra, Point Cloud
- [Drawings to 3D Scene](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/evidence-to-3d/): Technical Lead; 2026 to now; AI & ML, Digital Twin; ongoing
  - Lesson: There comes a time when a certain threshold is crossed and previously walled tasks are now closer to feasible.
  - Summary: Agents are good at spatial reasoning now, why not tackle real problems in this space.
  - Later projects built on it: 1
  - Technologies: Spatial Reasoning, OpenUSD, Point Cloud, Multimodal, P&ID
- [Agent-Operable Engines](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/mcp-reasoners/): Technical Lead; 2026 to now; AI & ML, Digital Twin, Web & Native Apps; shipped
  - Lesson: Give the agent eyes and hands on one engine at a time; the reasoning stays in the agent harness.
  - Summary: Agents that can look at and operate the 3D scene, not only talk about it.
  - Later projects built on it: 2
  - Technologies: MCP, OpenUSD, Image-in-the-Loop, Multimodal, CLI
- [Explorable Graph Canvas](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/surface-graph-view/): Technical Lead; 2026; Digital Twin, Web & Native Apps, AI & ML; shipped
  - Lesson: Ideas that can bring value no longer need to be shelved; accelerated at the pace of coding agents.
  - Summary: Relationships you can read; graph as an explorable canvas with agents.
  - Technologies: Graph Visualization, Design System, Edge Bundling, Clustering

The work the most later projects built on:

- [Digital Twin Platform](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/digital-twin/): Multiple Roles; 2019 to now; Digital Twin, Web & Native Apps, AI & ML, Extended Reality; ongoing
  - Lesson: An end-to-end workflow that connects dots across data silos, domains, and disciplines is key to delivering real value.
  - Summary: Multi-year journey building and scaling a flexible digital twin platform.
  - Metrics: Adopted by more than 3 major global energy companies. Deployed to 10+ regions globally. 10K+ engineering users.
  - Later projects built on it: 10
  - Technologies: Angular, TypeScript, WebAssembly, 3D Visualization, Data Integration, Azure
- [VR Video Player](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/vr-video-player/): Software Developer; 2015 to 2019; Extended Reality; shipped
  - Lesson: Simple, intuitive UX wins over feature count in VR.
  - Summary: Custom VR player with 8K and branching narratives.
  - Metrics: 8K video support. Non-linear storytelling.
  - Later projects built on it: 9
  - Technologies: WebGL, Three.js, Android NDK, Unity
- [Multi-Agent Reasoning Engine](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/ai-agentic/): Innovation Department Tech Lead; 2025 to now; AI & ML, Digital Twin; shipped
  - Lesson: Continuous adaptation is key in the AI space, and requires a different way of working.
  - Summary: Multi-agent architecture for AI orchestration.
  - Metrics: Included as part of the standard Kognitwin Package for all facilities. 90%+ of code and architecture ownership.
  - Later projects built on it: 7
  - Technologies: Multi-Agent Systems, Event-Driven
- [360 Video Production](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/360-video-production/): Technical Director; 2015 to 2019; Media & Camera; shipped
  - Lesson: Mastering the full pipeline (hardware → stitching → encoding) is a competitive moat.
  - Summary: End-to-end cinematic VR production capability.
  - Later projects built on it: 7
  - Technologies: 360 Camera Rigs, Autopano Video, Mistika VR, Nuke, Cara VR, Codecs

## Projects (37, most recent first)

- [Spatial Intelligence for Agents](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/gtc-berlin-2026/): Technical Lead; 2026; Digital Twin, AI & ML, Web & Native Apps; shipped. AI agents that see, simulate and reason over an industrial facility; the work was featured in NVIDIA’s keynote.
- [Drawings to 3D Scene](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/evidence-to-3d/): Technical Lead; 2026 to now; AI & ML, Digital Twin; ongoing. Agents are good at spatial reasoning now, why not tackle real problems in this space.
- [Agent-Operable Engines](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/mcp-reasoners/): Technical Lead; 2026 to now; AI & ML, Digital Twin, Web & Native Apps; shipped. Agents that can look at and operate the 3D scene, not only talk about it.
- [Explorable Graph Canvas](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/surface-graph-view/): Technical Lead; 2026; Digital Twin, Web & Native Apps, AI & ML; shipped. Relationships you can read; graph as an explorable canvas with agents.
- [Omniverse Remote Rendering](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/surface-extensions-omniverse/): Surface Team Lead; 2025 to now; AI & ML, Digital Twin, Web & Native Apps; ongoing. Remote rendering with Kognitwin data in Omniverse.
- [Standalone AI Agents](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/surface-non-chat-ai/): Surface Team Lead; 2025 to now; AI & ML, Digital Twin, Web & Native Apps; shipped. AI agents beyond chat interface.
- [ChatKit Extension](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/surface-extensions-chatkit/): Surface Team Lead; 2025 to now; AI & ML, Digital Twin, Web & Native Apps; shipped. ChatKit with custom backend: Reasoning Engine.
- [Agent-First Ways of Working](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/ai-as-tool/): Innovation Department Tech Lead; 2025 to now; AI & ML; ongoing. AI as a colleague and target audience for documentation.
- [UX Reboot and Design System](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/surface-ux-reboot/): Surface Team Lead; 2025 to now; Digital Twin, Web & Native Apps; ongoing. Re-establish the foundation of Kognitwin, UX and Core Concepts.
- [Multi-Agent Reasoning Engine](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/ai-agentic/): Innovation Department Tech Lead; 2025 to now; AI & ML, Digital Twin; shipped. Multi-agent architecture for AI orchestration.
- [Video Calls in XR](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/webrtc-xr/): Innovation Department Tech Lead; 2024; Digital Twin, Extended Reality, Web & Native Apps; shipped. Since there’s chat, why not video call too?
- [Talk to My Document](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/ai-talk-to-my-document/): Innovation Department Tech Lead; 2024 to 2025; AI & ML, Digital Twin; shipped. Embedding-based document search in Kognitwin, co-engineered with Microsoft.
- [Reasoning Engine](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/ai-orchestration-engine/): Innovation Department Tech Lead; 2023 to now; AI & ML, Web & Native Apps, Digital Twin; pivoted. Ground AI responses with deep integration to Kognitwin concepts.
- [Catbot AI Test Bed](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/slack-catbot/): Hacker; 2023 to 2025; AI & ML, Web & Native Apps; shipped. Self-created Prototyping/Hacking Space.
- [Chat and Messaging Backbone](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/twin-chat-messaging-system/): Foundation Team Tech Lead; 2023; Digital Twin, Web & Native Apps; shipped. Scalable chat backbone for Kognitwin.
- [Self-Service Twin Portal](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/twin-portal/): Foundation Team Lead; 2023 to 2024; Digital Twin, Web & Native Apps; shipped. Rethink admin experience for digital twin.
- [Situation Awareness Cockpit](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/aotf-situation-awareness-cockpit/): AoTF Tech Lead; 2023; Digital Twin, Web & Native Apps; shipped. Instead of ‘replace a paper’, rethink how context is transferred.
- [Task Orchestration V2](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/task-orchestration-v2/): Foundation Tech Lead; 2022 to 2023; Digital Twin, Web & Native Apps; shipped. Jobs became tasks; foundation of orchestration.
- [Deployment CLI and SDK](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/twin-ktw/): Foundation Team Lead; 2022; Digital Twin; pivoted. Pivoted to part of original scope after evaluation.
- [Real-Time 2D/3D Collaboration](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/twin-chat-3d-collaboration/): Foundation Tech Lead; 2022; Digital Twin, Web & Native Apps; shipped. First real-time collaboration in Kognitwin.
- [Point Cloud Streaming](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/twin-point-cloud-media/): Foundation Team Member; 2021; Digital Twin, Media & Camera, Web & Native Apps; shipped. Desktop-like point cloud performance in browser.
- [First Global Twin Deployment](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/twin-deployment-tnt/): Deployment Lead; 2020 to 2021; Digital Twin; shipped. First Kognitwin deployment outside Norway.
- [Spatial Inspection Video](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/spatial-inspection-video/): Software Engineer; 2020; Digital Twin, Web & Native Apps, Media & Camera, AI & ML; shipped. Video with a seek bar in 3D, powered by OCR. TBs of such.
- [First Twin Admin](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/twin-admin/): Software Engineer; 2019; Digital Twin, Web & Native Apps; shipped. Proving point for ‘flexible’ digital twin.
- [Digital Twin Platform](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/digital-twin/): Multiple Roles; 2019 to now; Digital Twin, Web & Native Apps, AI & ML, Extended Reality; ongoing. Multi-year journey building and scaling a flexible digital twin platform.
- [AR BIM Viewer](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/magic-leap-bim-viewer/): AR Developer; 2019; Extended Reality; shipped. AR BIM viewer for architecture meetings.
- [Face-Tracking TV Avatar](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/skavlan-memoji/): iOS Developer; 2018; Extended Reality; shipped. Custom face-tracking avatar for TV talk show.
- [6DoF Photogrammetry Scenes](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/photogrammetry/): Technical Artist; 2018; Extended Reality; shipped. 6DoF photogrammetry for immersive VR scenes.
- [Auto-Navigated 360 Video](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/ai-for-360-video/): ML Developer; 2018; AI & ML; shipped. YOLO-powered auto-navigation for 360 video.
- [AR Video Portal](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/ar-video-portal/): AR Developer; 2018; Extended Reality; shelved. Doraemon-inspired AR portal experiment.
- [Low-Light VR Camera](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/lowlight-vr-camera/): Hardware Prototyper; 2017 to 2018; Media & Camera, Extended Reality; shelved. Shut down after ~6 months: driver compatibility issues and market timing.
- [VR Soccer Room](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/soccer-room/): VR Developer; 2017; Extended Reality; shipped. Multi-angle VR soccer viewing with volumetric video.
- [VR Drone Waypoints](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/drone-controlling-via-vr/): VR Developer; 2017; Extended Reality, Web & Native Apps; shipped. VR waypoint interface for GPS-less indoor drone flight.
- [Camera Housings in CAD](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/3d-modeling-fusion-360/): Technical Artist; 2016; Media & Camera; shipped. Custom housings and parts via 3D printing and CNC.
- [360 Video Production](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/360-video-production/): Technical Director; 2015 to 2019; Media & Camera; shipped. End-to-end cinematic VR production capability.
- [VR Video Player](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/vr-video-player/): Software Developer; 2015 to 2019; Extended Reality; shipped. Custom VR player with 8K and branching narratives.
- [Web Development](https://thanh-t-pham.com/work/web-development/): Web Developer; 2010 to now; Web & Native Apps; shipped. 360 video web players before mainstream support.

## Optional

- [The whole record](https://thanh-t-pham.com/llms-full.txt): every project in full (the lesson in full, what it is, metrics, lineage and links), the concept behind the site's map and screenshots of the interactive views
- [The concept behind the site's map](https://thanh-t-pham.com/?zone=about&open=concept): The site is drawn as a map of the work. Each region is an area of it: Immersive Experiences, Digital Twin, Surface and AI Agents. The regions overlap because the work does, and each project sits where its areas meet. Each dot is a project. Point at one and lines appear: its lineage, what it was built on and what it led to. Follow them back from any project to see how it came to be. The overlaps are the point: a tool carried from one area into another, or people from different fields meeting on one problem. Uncharted is the side not drawn yet, where ideas wait for a project.
- [The landing](https://hwfubhedcskexhhmdjzc.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/portfolio/shots/2026-10-21-e3617da/landing-pale-1440.jpg): The landing: four overlapping regions of work (Immersive Experiences, Digital Twin, Surface and AI Agents) with a dot for each of the 37 projects, his name at the top left with the line “Zero to one, again & again. With AI, for people & agents alike.” under it, Work, About and a dark-mode toggle at the top right, and his tagline “Because Why Not?” at the bottom left. Live view: https://thanh-t-pham.com/
- [The landing on the dark ground](https://hwfubhedcskexhhmdjzc.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/portfolio/shots/2026-10-21-e3617da/landing-dark-1440.jpg): The same landing on the dark ground, with the four regions lit against a deep blue night and the project dots as stars. Live view: https://thanh-t-pham.com/?ground=dark
- [The Immersive Experiences region](https://hwfubhedcskexhhmdjzc.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/portfolio/shots/2026-10-21-e3617da/region-immersive-experiences-1440.jpg): The Immersive Experiences region up close, with its projects named beside their dots and the neighboring regions as labeled ways out at the edges. Live view: https://thanh-t-pham.com/?zone=immersive-experiences
- [The Digital Twin region](https://hwfubhedcskexhhmdjzc.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/portfolio/shots/2026-10-21-e3617da/region-digital-twin-1440.jpg): The Digital Twin region up close, with its projects named beside their dots and the neighboring regions as labeled ways out at the edges. Live view: https://thanh-t-pham.com/?zone=digital-twin
- [The Surface region](https://hwfubhedcskexhhmdjzc.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/portfolio/shots/2026-10-21-e3617da/region-surface-1440.jpg): The Surface region up close, with its projects named beside their dots and the neighboring regions as labeled ways out at the edges. Live view: https://thanh-t-pham.com/?zone=surface
- [The AI Agents region](https://hwfubhedcskexhhmdjzc.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/portfolio/shots/2026-10-21-e3617da/region-ai-agents-1440.jpg): The AI Agents region up close, with its projects named beside their dots and the neighboring regions as labeled ways out at the edges. Live view: https://thanh-t-pham.com/?zone=ai-agents
- [A project, open](https://hwfubhedcskexhhmdjzc.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/portfolio/shots/2026-10-21-e3617da/project-ai-agentic-1440.jpg): A project open in the AI Agents region: its column on the right opens with its status, years, name, role and lesson, then what it is, while the lines in the picture show what it was built on and led to. Live view: https://thanh-t-pham.com/?zone=ai-agents&project=ai-agentic
- [All the work, as a list](https://hwfubhedcskexhhmdjzc.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/portfolio/shots/2026-10-21-e3617da/work-list-1440.jpg): All 37 projects as a list by year, newest first, with a lane per region down the left and each project a bead with its name, years and outcome. Live view: https://thanh-t-pham.com/?work=1
- [All the work, as a timeline (Work’s Timeline switch)](https://hwfubhedcskexhhmdjzc.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/portfolio/shots/2026-10-21-e3617da/work-timeline-1440.jpg): All 37 projects on one timeline from 2010 to now, as Work’s Timeline switch shows them, each named with its years and outcome and colored by its region. Live view: https://thanh-t-pham.com/?work=1
- [About, the concept and contact](https://hwfubhedcskexhhmdjzc.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/portfolio/shots/2026-10-21-e3617da/about-1440.jpg): The About page beside the hatched Uncharted region: his own paragraph, which begins “Zero to one, again and again.”, then his domains and the Concept section open under them; the ways to get in touch follow further down. Live view: https://thanh-t-pham.com/?zone=about&open=concept
- [The landing on a phone](https://hwfubhedcskexhhmdjzc.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/portfolio/shots/2026-10-21-e3617da/phone-landing-390.jpg): The landing on a phone, with the overlapping regions and project dots under his name and its line “Zero to one, again & again. With AI, for people & agents alike.”, the Work and About links and a dark-mode toggle. Live view: https://thanh-t-pham.com/
- [A project on a phone](https://hwfubhedcskexhhmdjzc.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/portfolio/shots/2026-10-21-e3617da/phone-project-390.jpg): A project on a phone: the picture of its region at the top, with the lines to what it was built on and led to, and the project’s sheet rising over it with its status, years, name, role and lesson. Live view: https://thanh-t-pham.com/?zone=ai-agents&project=ai-agentic