# Mike Laufbahn > AI Product Design at Meta Reality Labs Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/mikelaufbahn I am a product designer passionate about emerging technologies. I have been fortunate to work at some of the world's most innovative companies over the past 12+ years, both big and small, which has given me a unique appreciation of the hard work it takes to go from zero-to-one and on designing for scaled, billion-user products. I have spent most of my career in consumer software across a variety of modalities: Consumer Internet (Google Maps), Metaverse & Web3 (Stageverse), 3D & VR (Samsung), and Mixed Reality (Magic Leap). I am excited by human-centered design at the intersection of digital & physical experiences, the future of AI & XR, and all that's to come! If you’re interested in chatting, drop me a line at hello@lastlauf.com. ## Work Experience ### Staff Product Designer - Discovery, AI @ Meta Jan 2025 – Present | Burlingame, California, United States Designing future-facing AI experiences across new wearable hardware products ### Staff Product Designer - Glasses & Wrist, AI @ Meta Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Burlingame, California, United States Led design across AI modalities and devices focusing on novel interaction patterns, visual responses and embodiment. • Designed AI capabilities across Meta's Wearables device portfolio • Shipped AI features for Meta Ray-Ban Display • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on design and functionality ### Senior Product Designer - Maps & Navigation @ Google Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area Designed next-gen Map and Navigation experiences across surfaces and modes, focusing on prototyping, 3D design, and spatial design systems. • Shipped immersive 3D navigation features to 2B+ users globally, enhancing visual clarity and usability • Designed platform upgrades enabling a step-change in map rendering performance and scalability • Conducted user research with drivers to uncover pain points, directly improving key navigation metrics • Collaborated cross-functionally to translate technical capabilities into intuitive, real-world mapping features ### Lead Product Designer - Metaverse & Web3 @ Stageverse Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Los Angeles Metropolitan Area Founding designer leading the discipline while collaborating with engineering, product, marketing, and content teams. • Launched Stageverse 0-1 mobile (iOS/Android), desktop, and Oculus apps • Transitioned product from volumetric VR music focus to an immersive metaverse experience • Created all 2D menu interface elements and 3D "in-world" interactions • Designed novel patterns for wallet authentication, spatial PFPs, land sale UX, and minting NFTs • Defined design process, cross-platform design system, and overall visual language • Collaborated on all aspects of the business from product strategy to brand design to market positioning ### Lead Product Designer - Fitness, LiDAR & IoT @ Samsung Research America Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | New York, United States Led spatial product design initiatives for LiDAR-based IoT and fitness products. • Owning end-to-end design solutions for multi-platform products, while collaborating with engineering, product, and research • Contributing to high-level product strategy in a cross-functional team aligning with stakeholders while advocating for a human-centered design approach • Working across iOS, Android, Tizen, Web in the AR/VR space ### Product Designer - Brand Experience, AR @ Magic Leap Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Plantation, Florida Collaborated with engineers, PMs, senior leadership, researchers, and marketing on a wide range of initiatives. • Designed experiences for Magic Leap’s developer portal and Magic Leap World (mixed reality app store) • Contributed to the Magic Leap global brand through interaction & visual design on the e-commerce website • Led design for the in-store 3D digital experience at the Magic Leap AT&T launch ### Product Designer - Magic Leap Studios, AR @ Magic Leap Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Plantation, Florida Produced & tested mixed reality experiences across internal teams for Magic Leap’s first-party content studio. Led visual UI/UX design on flagship product “Create.” • Created the first, fully-patented 3D GUI system by creating pre-visualization, interaction models, and 2D/3D assets • Worked on innovative solutions for mixed reality browsing, the “Undersea”flagship experience, and the Magic Leap core OS ### Visual Designer - Core Design Team, AR @ Magic Leap Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale Area Concepted and realized early, platform-level OS interactions & visual design for mixed reality through iterative testing. Part of the founding design team collaborating across industrial design, human factors, brand & 3D UI/UX. • Defined early metaphors and principles to help guide the OS • Created visual assets, interactions, and contributed to product thinking for OS by collaborating with a cross-functional team • Developed packaging for Magic Leap One hardware and accessories ### Product Designer & 3D Artist @ Last Lauf Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area Worked broadly across startup consulting, brand building, and social media content strategy/execution. • Designed multiple products from inception, focusing on end-to-end experiences across brand, product strategy, and interface design • Generated 100m+ impressions across featured artist profiles on GIPHY, Google’s Tenor, Instagram & Ello • Select Clients: Giphy, Maroon 5, Vice Media, Super Deluxe, Niido/Airbnb, Underwriters Laboratory Featured Artist Profiles: • GIPHY | https://giphy.com/lastlauf • Ello | https://ello.co/lastlauf • Google's Tenor | https://tenor.com/official/lastlauf Accepted into: • Working Not Working | A curated community of the best talent in the creative industry • AngelList A-List | AngelList's exclusive hiring platform that helps top companies source and start conversations with the top 1% of talent • Toptal | Connects the top 3% of freelance talent all over the world ### Creative Director @ Thesis Ventures Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area Built brands for six in-house portfolio companies, working one-on-one with founders to execute product concepts across mediums and disciplines (web, print, UI/UX). • Worked with CrowdAlbum CEO to develop brand and product (acquired by Spotify, 2015) • Worked with Strobe CEO to develop pitch deck, brand, and storytelling (acquired by Ticketmaster, 2016) • Worked with early-stage founders of Miavina to develop product collateral that led to a partnership with Yves Behar of fuseproject in 2015 • Defined early pitch & brand for the first multi-family Airbnb apartment complexes that led to real estate and property groups Niido & Natiivo ### Graphic Designer @ Design Aglow Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | West Palm Beach, Florida Area | Portland, Oregon Collaborated with a team of writers, marketing managers, strategists, and business developers to create unique products that help professional photographers succeed and grow their brands. Crafting Design Aglow products, including marketing suites, welcome packets, card sets, album designs, educational guides, interactive forms, and digital content. ### Founder & Creative Director @ Fat & Lye Handmade Soap Company Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | Greater Seattle Area Designed, crafted and branded a unique line of handmade products that highlighted Seattle small business craftsmen. Learned a full-stack design approach to product development including packaging, point-of-purchase, UX design and business strategy. Kickstarter-funded project was selected to be featured at the TedxSeattle conference “Degrees of Impact” alongside companies such as Starbucks, Bing, and Moz. ### Graphic Designer @ Last Lauf Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Greater Seattle Area Created web and print materials for the Yard House Restaurant Group & Gordon Biersch Brewery. Worked on multiple pieces including: table tents, web ads, posters and other print collateral showcased in 50+ locations around the country. Curated and composed Irreversible International Art Magazine, a fine art publication highlighting global fine artists and galleries with a limited distribution. 60-page, large format, global publication showcased highly esteemed artists of Latin America. Found at Art Basel Miami and Basel Monaco. ## Education ### Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Industrial and Product Design Massachusetts College of Art and Design ### Diploma in Digital Media Dreyfoos School of the Arts ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/mlaufbahn - Portfolio: https://www.lastlauf.com/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/mikelaufbahn JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/mikelaufbahn/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-30