Creative technologist 路 Singapore
Varick Lim
I build software and make videos.
Software engineer by day, AI video creator the rest of the time. I build the tools and products, then make the content. Usually both at the same time.
Selected projects
StoryWorld
A 3D movie studio in your pocket.
An AR film-set and director app for iOS. Place 3D characters on real surfaces, frame shots by moving your phone, and generate stylized cinematic output, replacing text prompts with spatial interaction. Won 1st place solo, against teams, at the OpenAI Codex Hackathon Singapore ($30K OpenAI credits). The launch post went viral on X, 375K views.
ARKit 路 RealityKit 路 Hyper3D Rodin 路 fal 路 Seedance 路 Flux 路 GPT-4o
Temple Fist
A real, playable game built from AI image and video, spliced AI clips wired up with buttons so you can actually play it. Not a "gameplay-concept" clip like others make, but a game you can play. An experiment in getting AAA, hyperrealistic graphics out of AI video, without a game engine like Unreal or Unity.
GPT Image 2 路 GPT-5.5 路 AI video
The Last Time
My team won with this vertical micro-drama pilot, made with Seedance 2.0.
Seedance 2.0 路 vertical short-form
Ghost in the Machine
A 90-second AI short film that turns AI sales automation into psychological horror. GenTube Film Fest 2025.
This coach is everywhere
A launch ad for Pace, an AI coaching platform. Instead of showing the app, we personified Pace as a superhuman coach who shows up anywhere, pushing athletes through Hyrox-style workouts in absurd places. Old Spice chaos meets Hyrox fever dream.
Talks & demos
Singapore AI Video Jam
Taught AI filmmaking to the room using martini.film.
AI Power Users workshop
Taught a hands-on workshop on scripting, recording and editing videos with Claude, video-use and HyperFrames.
NUS Friday Sharing
Friday Hacks @ NUS Hackers. "From ARKit to AI Video: Building a Cinematic Tool on iOS."
OpenAI Codex Meetup, Singapore
Demoed StoryWorld at Singapore's first official Codex meetup.
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Get in touch
Let's make something.
Open to creative-technologist work, collaborations, and speaking. The fastest way to reach me is email.
vamonke@gmail.com