Background & Founding
About Mixel Studio Inc
Founded in 2025 by innovators from the University of Michigan, Mixel Studio, Inc. specializes in extended reality (XR) product design and immersive learning systems. Its flagship product, OXR, has been piloted across North American education settings, including universities, K–12 schools, museums, and nonprofit programs, and the company is already generating revenue through sales to innovation centers, with a growing pipeline across museums and virtual education providers.
With support from the University of Michigan’s Innovation Partnerships office, Mixel Studio has filed a provisional patent for its core technology and secured exclusive license rights. The company is backed by leading institutions and investors, including the University of Michigan’s Zell Lurie Institute, Michigan Founders Fund, gener8tor’s gBETA, MSU Red Cedar Ventures, and Union Heritage Ventures.
What We do
XR Platform
We co-design XR interventions and study workflows with faculty investigators—supporting protocol-ready designs, iterative user testing, and grant-aligned development.
TRAINING & DEPLOYMENT
We run real-world pilots with schools, labs, and community programs—providing onboarding, facilitation tools, and implementation support.
RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS
We co-design XR interventions and study workflows with faculty investigators—supporting protocol-ready designs, iterative user testing, and grant-aligned development
Our Team
Chiao Lin
Co-founder & CEO
- IEEE VR Instructor, MIT Reality Hack Judge
- UMich Graduate Entrepreneur of the Year
- M.S. Information @Umich · B.S. Architecture
Anhua Wu
Co-founder & CTO
- Former UMich AR/VR Research Assistant
- Advanced AR/VR Graduate Instructor
- M.S. Information + B.S. Computer Science @Umich
Khyler Lin
Founding Engineer
Software Engineer II @ Microsoft
M.S. Computer Science @UCI
Ting Lu
Founding Engineer
B.S. Computer Science @Umich
Vincent Chen
Business Strategy
MBA @UMich Ross
Tiger Zhang
Software Engineer Intern
B.S. Computer Science @Umich
John Hawver
Software Engineer Intern
B.S. Computer Science @Umich
Iris Wang
UX Researcher
M.S. Information @Umich
Research collaborations
Physical Activities and Health Laboratory (PAHL), University of Michigan
In collaboration with Dr. Weiyun Chen, Director of Physical Activities and Health Laboratory (PAHL), we are co-designing mixed-reality cognitive–motor training interventions for older adults in preparation for National Institutes of Health R21/R01 submissions.
Department of Pathology, Michigan Medicine
In collaboration with Dr. Kamran Mirza of Michigan Medicine, we lead the design and implementation of pathology education workflows using OXR under an IRB-filed educational research protocol led by faculty investigators.
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