at Pershing Square Park

An augmented reality exhibit designed to delight, inform, and inspire collective action towards a regenerative water future.

Water is a scarce resource for Los Angeles

Residents LARGELY take for granted that water flows freely from their faucets

concrete oasis is designed to:

1. empower & inform

LA residents often lack the knowledge necessary to make the required changes in their water consumption habits to ensure a sustainable water future. Working as a community,  together we can make a meaningful difference.

2. Engender empathy

LA's water system is complex, costly, and has tremendous impact on it's neighboring ecosystems. Residents often lack the knowledge needed to invoke urgency and concern to be motivated to drastically reduce their water usage.

3. create impact

Traditional public awareness campaigns can be marginally effective. Immersive interactive experiences are fun and engaging. They have the capacity to stimulate multiple senses and emotion, as well as increase knowledge retention with learn by doing.

our Awesome

CALIFORNIA DROUGHT CONDITIONS

populATION IN SEVERE DROUGHT (D2)
66%
POPULATION IN MODERATE DROUGHT (D1)
100%
snow caps rEDUCTION
97%
Lake oroville REDUCTION (Ca aqueduct)
58%
lAKE mead REDUCTION (co Aqueduct)
66%
owens lake REDUCTION (LA Aqueduct)
100%

concrete oasis

at pershing Square

Augmented reality will transform Pershing Square Park from the parched concrete desert that it is now, into a flourishing oasis. Virtual objects, created in 3D, will be overlaid onto the real-world and visible through any ordinary AR-enabled phone, or glasses.

AR Experiences will be installed throughout the park that educate about the water crisis, including facts about LA's water sources, the devastating impact on ecosystems when water is diverted from its natural flow, revolutionary water technologies and actions everyday citizens can collectively take to make a significant impact.

It is designed to empower and inform, engender empathy, and inspire collective action towards a sustainable water future

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Together, as a community, we can make the difference.

If you are a designer, developer, or AR creator interested in collaborating;
a technology provider with a great idea to contribute;
a like-minded organization that would like to cross promote;
or a company interested in supporting the project as a sponsor,
please contact our Experience Director, Suzan Oslin.


+1 323-842-2096
suzan@uxxr.design

A Breif history of PeRshing square

past

The fountain at Pershing Square was once a social hub where people came together to connect.

recent past

The fountain, throughout history, has represented the aqueducts that give LA its water.

present

Today this fountain holds no water. This is a symptom, or a manifestation, of the water shortage that California and other states are facing.

near future

We hope his project will allow Pershing Square to hold the opportunity again to bring people together and for them to share in this collective need to take care of our natural resources.

Natural Green Fighters

OUR Passionate TEAM

Brendon Nowmack

UI, UX DESIGNER

Mara Somers

Designer

NAtan Durham

Developer
Ways We Work

WORK PROCESS

Research

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Develop

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PLANNING

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Support

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Colorado Aqueduct

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California state aqueduct

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los angeles aqueduct

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