Manu Vikraman
Designer Founder @Swevens Immersive Studio
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WORK HISTORY
Designer Founder @Swevens Immersive Studio
Cologne, DE
I founded Swevens with one conviction: the XR industry has a design problem, not a technology problem.Products are being built by people who understand headsets but not humans. The result is technically functional XR that real users abandon within a week. Swevens exists to reverse that — design-first, evidence-led, deployed in the real world.Client work (selected):Saint-Gobain — AR product visualization for window trims. Designed for in-store sales environments. Reduced product selection friction for both sales teams and end customers.WhoVR — VR cultural heritage tours covering India\'s historical landmarks for the end client Ministry of Education, Government of India — G20. Showcased at G20 summit. Full pipeline: UX strategy → spatial design → delivery.Enterprise workforce training simulations — immersive VR programs for industrial skill development, safety procedure training, and onboarding in manufacturing environments.Services:XR Strategy & ConsultingImmersive Training Simulation Design (VR · MR)AR Product Visualization (retail, architecture, industrial)Spatial UX Research & Design SystemsXR Design Team Leadership & Upskilling 1st Place, Global XR Hack 2024 — Cologne, Germany. Meta-sponsored. Built a Mixed Reality cocktail training app with hand-tracking. Won in the Hobbies & Skills Mastery category against teams from across the globe.Open to consulting engagements — c••••••@swevens.co |
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ABOUT MANU VIKRAMAN
XR without user-centered design is just expensive hardware gathering dust.I have spent 9+ years making sure that does not happen.I am an XR Design Leader and Strategist based in Cologne, Germany. I help businesses get two things right: their XR strategy and their XR experiences.XR StrategyMost businesses enter XR with the wrong question. They ask \"what can we build?\" before asking \"what should we build?\" I help organisations figure out which XR experiences are worth investing in, which problems XR is genuinely the right tool for, and how to approach the investment so it delivers real value rather than an impressive pilot that never scales.XR DesignOnce the strategy is clear, I lead the design. From the first concept to a shipped product, every decision is grounded in how people actually think, move, and learn in immersive environments. Not what wows in a boardroom. What works in the real world.I have led XR design and strategy for Fortune 500 companies, government institutions, and industrial enterprises across Europe and India.I work with organisations across the DACH region and globally, at any stage of their XR journey.If you are building an XR strategy or designing an immersive experience and want to make sure you are doing it right, let\'s talk before the budget is c••••••••@swevens.co
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