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Memoverse

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Date

01.2025

Location

Los Angeles

Role

Prodcut Designer, UX Designer, Prototype

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Memoverse

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Memoverse 8th Wall

A mobile AR experience allows users to explore 3D scans of sites before the fire and share memories, preserving the essence of lost spaces and offering comfort to those affected.

The 2025 Los Angeles fire destroyed over 40,500 acres, including vast neighborhoods and significant cultural sites along the coastline and inland. While residents face substantial financial losses, they are also devastated by the sudden loss of lifelong memories. Conversations with locals and online posts reveal that grief extends beyond those directly affected. People across the Greater Los Angeles area, and even former residents around the world, are mourning the loss of cherished places tied to memories of friends and family.

The ruins will be rebuilt, but the places will forever be changed. Can memory endure when physical spaces vanish?

8th Wall Demo

User Flow

Site 3D Scan Data

2. Platform Selection and Presentation Format

Given the limited development time of less than two days and the need for high-quality 3D scan resources, we opted to use 8th Wall, which integrates with the Scaniverse platform to provide detailed scans of California areas. To ensure the project could later evolve into a multi-user platform for sharing public memories, we decided on a mobile AR app as the development format.

User Research and Interview with Aihui

3. Connecting with Real LA Residents and Understanding Their Emotional Needs

After defining our direction, we immediately posted on platforms like Reddit to find interviewees. Within two hours, we connected with Aihui Wang, a resident affected by the disaster. Her story revealed the emotional void caused by the loss of familiar spaces to the fire and validated the importance of memory reconstruction as a meaningful solution.

Venice Beach Scene

Restaurant scene

In just three short days, we kept asking ourselves what we, as non-residents of the LA area, could do to help. While we realized that a quickly developed XR application might not provide tangible support to those affected, we also recognized that emotional support could be just as vital. As a virtual medium, XR has a unique ability to preserve digital memories and spaces—an aspect that holds its own profound importance.

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