As anyone whose been to the WOMADelaide festival knows, nagivating 22 hectares over four days while been chemically asssisted can be problematic. Convinced that an augmented reality stage locator / friend finder would be a huge improvement, I used this as an exercise for UX research and app re-design ... and retro futurism.

Tl;dr The stage locator was a big hit - but the friend finder? Not so much. Turns out people don't like being tracked and found (who knew?)

Tech

Figma, Illustrator, Balsamiq

Empathy mapping

Wireframe mockups

Augmented reality Stage locator

Current map (where is anything?)
AR demo

Final design