Microsoft · Digital Employee Experience

AR Wayfinding — Sustainability Discovery

A mobile AR experience that anchors itself to the East Campus Modernization zone through QR codes at existing sustainability signs, surfacing the stories the physical signs couldn't tell.

Platform · iOS (iPhone 15 Pro) Design system · Microsoft Fluent 2 Status · Concept design, 2026 Role · Lead product designer
ECM Sustainability Layer · active
9:41
Thermal Energy Center ↓ 550 ft · 50% energy saved
Native Salal Gaultheria shallon
Energy
Thermal Energy Center
The largest geoexchange field in the Pacific Northwest sits beneath your feet.
Screen 1 AR camera overlay
9:43
⚡ Energy
Thermal Energy Center
East Campus · Sammamish Village
900 geowells
550 ft depth
50% less energy
🏠
That's enough thermal energy to heat 2,800 homes for a full year.
Microsoft's path to carbon negative by 2030 41%
One of the largest geoexchange fields in the United States sits directly beneath where you're standing. Heat pumps, 220 miles of pipe, and 900 wells replace every gas boiler on campus.
Screen 2 Feature detail card
9:38
Good morning
East Campus
East Campus Modernization
Nearby features
14 total
Thermal Energy Center 2 min walk
900 geowells, 550 ft deep · Sammamish Village
Native vegetation 3 min walk
Salal, native pollinators · Salmon-Safe certified
🔒
Screen 3 Home & nearby map
9:46
Feature unlocked
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Native Salal discovered
Gaultheria shallon · East Campus
This plant replaced Creeping Mahonia, which didn't establish well on campus. Salal thrives here — and supports the native pollinator network.
Screen 4 QR scan success reveal
9:51
East Campus exploration
Your impact
29% 4 of 14
discovered
💧
Water insight
Learned about 5.8M gallons saved annually
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Carbon story
3 features tied to the 2030 carbon negative goal
Thermal Energy Center
Native Salal
Energy ·
Embodied Carbon
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Water ·
Rainwater Harvest
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Screen 5 Personal impact tracker