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Wage Love: Ancestor Dance

Augmented Reality

Wage Love: Ancestor Dance is a multi-player AR ritual created for the MIT + Snap Spectacles Community Hack at AWE 2025. Set in an otherworldly ceremonial space, the experience invites participants to summon ancestral spirits and witness their transformation through dance. By honoring ancestral wisdom and reconnecting with the rhythms of those who came before, participants contribute to a collective act of healing—restoring balance to Mother Earth through presence, movement, and memory.

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Tractor Beverage NRA Show

Immersive Installation

Tractor Beverage NRA Booth is an immersive brand experience created for the 2025 National Restaurant Association Show. Designed to reflect Tractor’s mission of sustainability and flavor with purpose, the booth featured interactive moments like a moss-covered drink station with an AR mirror, a traveling Airstream from the Mad Farmer Tour, and a Promise Tree for future generations. Blending tactile design and storytelling, the space invited reflection, connection—and won the Best Booth Experience award.

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Lanterns Of Light

XR + Installation

"Lanterns of Light" celebrates hope, connection, and community through a glowing lantern art installation and AR experience. Inspired by global lantern festivals, it invites Portlanders to share their dreams for the city, fostering a collective vision of unity.

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Biophonic

Augmented Reality

Biophonic is an AR artwork that explores the possibilities of communication and collaboration between humans and plants. Designed to be experienced on mobile devices, it invites viewers into a world where plant communication—primarily through chemical signals—is made visible, audible, and interactive.

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The Rebirth of Venus

Augmented Reality

Rebirth is an AR artwork that digitally reimagines Botticelli's Birth of Venus as a symbol of the (potentially) harmonious relationship between nature and technology, urging us to consider how this alliance can lead to sustainable solutions for humanity’s greatest challenges, including climate change.

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Crossroads

Augmented Reality

Crossroads is an XR sculpture (viewable in AR or VR) that explores these two divergent paths. Each mask is a gateway into a potential future where our choices and their consequences come alive.

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Coachella Gather Together AR Scavenger Hunt

Augmented Reality

I had the honor of creating an audio-reactive and time-reactive mirage flower for this year’s Coachella music festival. This is one of three mirage flowers that you can discover during the AR Scavenger Hunt, Gather Together.

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Future ARtifacts

Augmented Reality

Future ARtifacts, harnesses the power of AI and the design wisdom of the natural world to create biomechanical inventions that address specific climate change issues.

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MiniB, AR Blackhole

Augmented Reality

MiniB is a miniature AR blackhole that allows you to get rid of anything, wherever, whenever.

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The All Seeing Die, an AR Divination Game

Augmented Reality

The All-Seeing Die exhibited in the Adobe Aero AR gallery at Adobe MAX in 2022 and is a fortune-telling AR game. Think of it as a surrealistic/realistic/futuristic twist on a magic eight-ball.

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The Future Garden, a game for AR glasses

Augmented Reality

When Snap approached me to create an AR mini-game for their AR glasses, the Spectacles, I knew that I wanted to create a playful immersive world, full of delightful discoveries and genuinely fun game pl.

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VMF - AR Kaleidoscope

Augmented Reality

This AR Kaleidoscope was commissioned by the VMF for their 2022 Winter Arts Festival. Downtown Vancouver was transformed into an open-air gallery. Large-scale AR murals, light installations, interactive inflatables, live music, and performances, including Cirque De Soleil, brightened the city for the month of February.

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The Door, an AR song

Augmented Reality

​The Door is an interactive, AR song that changes mood depending on how you respond to it. Using a series of hand gestures, you control how the song expresses itself and (ultimately) affects you

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AR Amusements

Augmented Reality

In 2021, when Adobe asked me to create an AR artwork for Adobe Max, the world was still mostly in "locked down". So, I decided to use the magic of AR to recreate an fun, playful experience that wasn't available during pandemic. Namely, amusement parks.

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Full Moon Series

Augmented Reality

This AR art series celebrates the beauty of each year's full moons. Some pieces are AR wearables, letting you wear the glow of the full moons. Others are interactive experiences where you can explore virtual landscapes that change with each lunar a, revealing hidden stories and mysteries.

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AR Earth Day

Augmented Reality

One of my goals for this Earth Day AR art experience was to make the impending threat of climate change feel tangible, personal... if only for a moment.

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International Women's Day AR Artworks

Augmented Reality

When Adobe commissioned me to create AR artworks celebrating Women’s History Month, I knew I wanted to make something heartfelt, vibrant, and empowering. As a woman who has worked in technology for many years, I know a thing or two about the subtleties of sexism – how people’s internalized messages can unconsciously inform how they perceive you and, ultimately, how they treat you.

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Summoner: AR Art Print

Augmented Reality

We all have the power to change our lives. It’s up to us to recognize that power and do something with it.

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AR Valentine's Day Card

Augmented Reality

When Adobe commissioned me to create an AR valentine, I was excited to give people the opportunity to share their love in a remote and delightful way.

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White Washing

Augmented Reality

"White Washing" is an AR artwork that delves into the systemic integration of racism, portraying how people of color are often compelled to perceive the world through a 'white' lens.

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