Davide Zhang

About Davide Zhang

I\'m a product designer and prototyper passionate about interactive and experiential paradigms in spatial computing (AR/VR/MR/XR). I have 4+ years of experience in the industry and academia driving product design and prototyping for XR, wearables, and AI. I thrive in environments of uncertainty and excel in cross-functional team collaboration. I\'m proficient in Unity3D, Figma, hardware prototyping, 3D modeling, rendering, and fabrication. I deeply value user-driven methodologies and critical design thinking in my work. Besides AR/VR, I also engage in computational design, physical computing, and spatial design.

Experience

1. Technical Product Designer, Mixed Reality Ai Wearables

   Microsoft

   Oct 2023 — Present · Redmond, WA, US

   Prototyping lead on the Mixed Reality Design + Research team- Drive design and prototyping of OS-level 3D interactions and AR/VR experiences across device form factors like Hololens and Meta Quest, bringing Windows to spatial computing platforms- Lead the experience prototyping of emerging AI hardware to incubate from 0 to 1- Research and prototype emergent mixed reality + AI paradigms across software and hardware

Education

• Harvard University

  Master in Design Studies (MDes) + Master of Architecture (MArch), Design Technology, Human-Computer Interaction, Spatial Interfaces

• Brown University

  Economics-Computer Science, History of Art and Architecture

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Cross-Registration, Human-Computer Interaction

• Columbia University

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science, Art History