WORK

Sunday Light︎︎︎
2022 - Present
Founder & CEO

Litho/Diorama︎︎︎
2018 - Present
Founder & CEO

Research Associate

2018
University of Tokyo

Innovation Design Engineering
2015-2017
Imperial College London and Royal College of Art

Human Sciences

2012-2015
University of Oxford

PRESS

Wired feature of Sunday Light
2024 - Wired︎︎︎

Dezeen interview about the Sunday Light
2024 - Dezeen︎︎︎

Meet the SAD-busters
2024 - Financial Times︎︎︎

Wired interview about Litho
2021 - Wired︎︎︎

AR-Powered Movie-Making App ‘Diorama’ Lets You Drag-And-Drop Props & Effects
2020 - VR Scout︎︎︎

Nat Martin Wants To Change The Way You Interact With AR Environments
2019 - VR Scout︎︎︎

The Litho controller is sci-fi jewellery for your iPhone’s AR apps
2019 - The Verge︎︎︎

Litho is a finger-worn controller for augmented reality, IoT and other ‘spatial’ interactions
2019 - Techcrunch︎︎︎

The Scroll ring only needs minimal gestures to put your information into perspective
2018 - Business Insider︎︎︎

A Student Creates The Closest Thing Yet To A Magic Ring
2017 - Forbes︎︎︎

Ring by RCA graduate Nat Martin lets users easily interact with augmented reality
2017 - Dezeen︎︎︎

WRITING

How to use bright light to improve your life.
2024 - Less Wrong︎︎︎

The mouse was for the computer. The …….. is for Augmented Reality
2019 - Medium︎︎︎

Why AR needs baby steps instead of moonshots
2020 - Medium︎︎︎

Immersive Design Engineering
2020 - Stereoscopic Displays and Applications︎︎︎

VIDEOS

Introducing Diorama
2020

Diorama UX Tutorial
2020

Litho Trailer
2019

Litho Development Process
2018

Litho Concept Video
2018

The Ant Calculator
2015

OTHER PROJECTS

Situator
2017

Mediclude
2017

The Ant Calculator
2016

PATENTS

Interacting with a smart device using a pointing controller
2019 - WO2019229698A1︎︎︎

Interacting with a virtual environment using a pointing controller 2018 - US11353967B2︎︎︎

Transitioning between an augmented reality scene and a virtual reality representation
2019 - WO2020201998A1︎︎︎

Docking station for a pointing controller
2018 - USD875097S1︎︎︎

Pointing controller
2018 - USD880487S1︎︎︎

AWARDS

Lighting Design of the Year Shortlist
2024 - Dezeen︎︎︎

Hardware Product of the Year Finalist
2020 - Product Hunt Golden Kitty Award︎︎︎

Consumer Technology Award Runner Up
2020 - Core77 Design Awards︎︎︎

#1 Product of the Day
2020 - Product Hunt︎︎︎

Student Notable
Design for Social Impact Award
2017 - Core 77 Design Awards︎︎︎

Student Winner
Packaging Award

2017 - Core 77 Design Awards︎︎︎

NAT MARTIN