Background & Founding
About Mixel Studio Inc
Mixel Studio, Inc. is a technology startup focused on Extended Reality (XR) product design and immersive learning systems. Founded in early 2025 by award-winning innovators from the University of Michigan, the company brings together expertise in user-centered design, spatial computing, and software development to make immersive technology more intuitive, accessible, and practical for real-world use.
Mixel Studio has been supported by the University of Michigan’s Zell Lurie Institute and Ann Arbor SPARK, and was recently selected for the Winter 2026 Michigan Founders Fund Pre-Accelerator powered by gener8tor. To date, the team has raised $52K in non-dilutive funding and launched live pilots across higher education and K–12, including the University of Michigan.
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
Instructor, IEEE VR Conference Tutorial 2026; MIT Reality Hack Judge 2026
Weiser Family Graduate Entrepreneur of the Year
M.S. Information, Agile Dev., University of Michigan ; XR Graduate Certificate ; B.S. Architecture
Anhua Wu
Co-founder & CTO
Instructor, IEEE VR Conference Tutorial
M.S. Information, Thesis, University of Michigan ; XR Graduate Certificate
B.S. Computer Science
Ting Lu
XR & Software Developer
B.S. Computer Science, University of Michigan
Tiger Zhang
XR & Software Developer
B.S. Computer Science, University of Michigan
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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