WORK

Litho/Diorama︎︎︎
2018 - Present
Founder & CEO

Visiting Lecturer - Product Design
2020-Present
University of Edinburgh

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

OTHER PROJECTS

Situator
2017

Mediclude
2017

The Ant Calculator
2016

SELECTED PRESS

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

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

Litho Trailer
2019

Litho Development Process
2018

Litho Concept Video
2018

The Ant Calculator
2015

PATENTS

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

Interacting with a virtual environment using a pointing controller
2018 - WO2019229698A1︎︎︎

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

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