A browser flight game.
We built Warbirds to turn aviation history into missions you can fly, with researched aircraft, interactive cockpits, and a playable coastal campaign.
Enter the cockpit ＋CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY.
BUILT AROUND PEOPLE.
AI NATIVE CREATIVE AGENCY & BUSINESS CONSULTANCY
AI products. Digital experiences.
Built for people.
LOS ANGELES · EVERYWHERE
DESIGN / BUILD / PLAY
Human instinct.Machine possibility.
01 / WHAT EMPATHY LABS DOES
We help businesses launch AI products, build distinctive websites, and turn complex ideas into interactive experiences.
Strategy, design, and development: from defining the right problem to launching a working product. Explore our client work and studio projects below.
OPTIEK WAUTERS / WEBSITE PROJECT
A distinct
point of view.
A website for an independent eye boutique, bringing eyewear, personal service, and the next appointment into one unmistakable experience.
Explore Optiek Wauters ＋
A clear point of view changes what people see. Now imagine what they can create.
02 / SELECTED WORKPromptography ＋
THIS WAS
A SELFIE.
PROMPTOGRAPHY / STUDIO PRODUCT
We built Promptography to turn your own photos into professional headshots and creative portraits, without booking a photoshoot.
Editorial images are AI-generated from authorized references.UGC ADS / STUDIO SERVICE
UGC that stops
the scroll.
At the snap
of a finger.
03 / VIBEVANA · PERSONAL UTILITY PROJECT1987 · VW VANAGON SYNCRO
Know your classic.
Inside and out.
A workshop companion for classic-car owners: a detailed 3D van paired with digitized Bentley workshop knowledge, designed to make parts, repair procedures, and wiring diagrams easier to understand in context.Model sources and credits
A LITTLE ROOM TO IMAGINEChange your
Change your
perspective.
01 / THERE’S MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE
04 / WORLDS YOU CAN STEP INTOREAL-TIME 3D
Imagination.
With dimensions.
Loading the hangar…
05 / A DIFFERENT KIND OF INTELLIGENCE
HANGING MONSTERA / GREENHOUSEBuilt to feel
alive.
After the rush, a little room to breathe.
Interfaces with a pulse.
Greenhouse is an interactive environment prototype that brings responsive plants, light, and motion to otherwise static digital spaces.
HOLISTICA / IN DEVELOPMENT
A little room
to think.
We’re developing Holistica, a voice-first reflection app that helps people turn scattered thoughts into an organized personal knowledge garden.
Discover Holistica ＋
06 / THE SYSTEM BEHIND THE FEELING
Beautiful is good.
Useful is better.
The same attention belongs in the things we use every day.
FREQUENCY / CLIENT WORK
A brand.
An entire ecosystem.
For Frequency, we connected brand design, ecommerce, and customer communications so the journey from discovering a product to buying it feels consistent.
Explore Frequency ＋JUSTICE OS / STUDIO PRODUCT
Complexity.
Made navigable.
Justice OS is a self-help workspace that helps people representing themselves organize evidence, navigate case information, and prepare court paperwork from confirmed facts.
Explore Justice OS ＋Self-help tools. Not legal advice or representation.
MATHIEU WAUTERS / FOUNDERTHE PERSON BEHIND EMPATHY LABS
It starts with
“what if?”
I’m Mathieu Wauters, founder of Empathy Labs. My work spans architecture, immersive technology, and AI products.
The thread is always the same: understand people, connect the dots, and make something useful. These days, I do that with AI. And an unreasonable amount of curiosity.
Belgian roots. Los Angeles home. Usually looking for the next trail, a good photograph, or a better question.
More of my story ↗︎Selected work, drawn as a set
A NON-LINEAR PATH. A CONSISTENT INSTINCT.
2022 to now
Empathy Labs & Empathy Factory
Founder / Chief Empathy Officer
Applied AI, creative technology, and access.
2021 to 2022
Virti
Account Executive · #1 of 7 AEs
Q4 2021 Standout Moment Award.
2016 to 2020
AppliedVR
Founding commercial hire → sales leadership
Helped grow from $0 to $1M ARR.
2011 to 2016
Architecture meets startups
SOSkeys / KeyMe · Peter Marino Architect
Techstars + Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles.
2007 to 2010
A world-sized education
MSc Architecture, KU Leuven · Cum Laude
Barcelona · Singapore · Japan · Paris.
EMPATHY FACTORY / A SEPARATE IMPACT INITIATIVE
Technology shouldopen doors.
Empathy Factory brings technology, storytelling, and practical support to local communities, creating opportunities to learn, participate, and become more resilient.
Different kinds of work. The same instinct to make something matter.
07 / WORK WITH EMPATHY LABS
Taking bookingsNext start
Bring the idea.
We’ll shape the way.
Clear strategy, useful products, and experiences people remember. Start with a focused question or scope a complete launch.
Find the direction.
AI strategy, product discovery, and a practical blueprint.
Make it tangible.
Working prototypes, websites, and connected product experiences.
Make it memorable.
Creative technology, interactive worlds, and custom 3D.
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AI STRATEGY / PRODUCTS / CREATIVE TECHNOLOGYmade it real?