Summary
Zichuan Wang is an AR/VR software engineer with nine years of experience, currently building immersive experiences at Apple after multiple engineering roles at Microsoft and research work in Columbia’s Computer Graphics and User Interfaces Lab. He blends a strong academic foundation from Columbia University with practical industry experience across internships at Meta, PTC, and Microsoft, giving him a cross-disciplinary view of graphics, interaction design, and scalable software. Passionate about XR since youth, he focuses on shaping how people perceive and learn from mixed realities while staying current with emergent tooling and platforms. Known for moving between research and product teams, he brings both prototype-driven curiosity and production-grade engineering rigor to complex AR/VR systems.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Middle school and high school diploma, Middle school and high school diploma at The Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Bachelor of Science (B.S.) at Columbia University
Chinese