Going to Membit

The company I’m interning at this semester is called Membit. Membit is a privately owned augmented reality company owned by Jay Van Buren. I’ve been with Membit for about two years or so. The company is a relatively small company with a design in different parts of the world.

I’m currently aware of the East Coast, where the CEO Jay Van Buren is operating, and the West Coast, in NYC, where I was recruited. On the website “Membit solves the problem of needing developers to create location-based augmented reality experiences and provides a no-code platform for creators on mobile devices. Membit uses the patented Human Positioning System ™ to create markerless and persistent AR anywhere in ways other platforms can’t.” Membits customers could range from college students like myself who didn’t know about AR and want to try something that is interesting and allows you to express yourself in a different way of storytelling, to huge company owners who’ve heard of AR and wants to know how can AR add to their company but want to try something different from the regular norm. Under regular internship standards, I would be considered a regular intern, but at Membit with the amount of time I’ve had with the company, an inside joke is that I’m the Membit Master. I’m the guy you call when you need someone to navigate the application with ease but also trying give you the best Membit experience that the client has envisioned. During the time I’ve been at the company, I was able to be involved in some of the projects that they were taking on. One of those projects was the “Say Their Name Project” in which the company worked alongside The San Diego African American Museum of Fine Art to bring a memorial that they have to honor the people who have suffered from police brutality.

Membit Teamwork