Nicholas Wallen is a product design leader with 13 years of experience crafting consumer software and hardware, currently directing Product Design for AR at Meta. He has led design for Oculus Quest system UX, OOBE and social features and previously shaped events and sports experiences in the Facebook app. Nicholas blends interaction design roots from MIT and Domus Academy with practical wearable and mobile product work, including blood-pressure monitoring hardware. Based in Atlanta, he’s passionate about the future of AR/VR and known for translating complex hardware constraints into elegant user journeys that scale across devices.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
MA with Distinction Interaction Design, MA with Distinction Interaction Design at Domus Academy
BA Cum Laude Studio Art English, BA Cum Laude Studio Art English at Macalester College
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Nicholas Wallen - Director, Product Design, AR at Meta