Walmart
In-Store AR Navigation
Role
Software Engineer & UX Designer
Year
Apr 2023 - Nov 2023
Tools
Unity, C#, Figma
Locate: a head-mounted AR app that guides Walmart shoppers to the items on their list, in any order, inside real Supercenters.
My Impact
- Built the Unity shopping list and interactive map from Figma designs, synced with 3D item indicators placed at real product locations through the store's digital twin
- Designed and implemented spatial audio cues, pathfinding visuals and custom shaders that lead shoppers to each item
- Co-designed the spatial UX with the UX Researcher and Designer through Unity, Blender VR, Figma and paper prototypes
- Created the first-time tutorial for executive demos and shipped it as a one-click Unity install across all 4 projects, with zero work needed from the other teams
- Result: 90%+ customer satisfaction across 200+ in-store tests; shown at executive demos in Bentonville and at CES 2024; learnings shared with the Store Journey UX team