Carbon Lens
Graduate project for SI 559, Introduction to AR/VR Application Design.
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"Carbon footprint" gets thrown around constantly, but it stays invisible. Leaving the AC on doesn't feel like it's doing anything, even though it adds up to something real. Most tracking apps respond with calculators and charts, which just keeps it abstract.
Carbon Lens is an AR app that makes emissions visible in your own space. The bet was that AR does something charts can't. Numbers stay numbers. Fog rolling into your own living room makes it personal.
Carbon Lens is an AR app that makes emissions visible in your actual space. Point your camera at a room and it detects appliances, then overlays CO₂ clouds that grow or shrink as you adjust energy use. The panel shifts from green to orange to red as your impact rises. Tap "Visualize Impact" and you're transported into a future version of your own environment, complete with heatwaves, fog, and educational cards explaining what you're looking at.
Try it here: https://app.strata-xr.com/projects/f686ac0e-8731-4c2c-a1b1-85aece41f429/view
Features
01.
Device Detection
Pan your camera and the app spots appliances on its own. The panel starts at 0.00 lbs CO₂ and builds from there.
02.
Real-time feedback
Adjust your energy use and watch the CO₂ cloud grow or shrink instantly. Every device adds to the running total.
03.
Visualizing Impact
The panel shifts from green to orange to red as emissions rise — safe, moderate, high. Tap "Visualize Impact" to see where it's headed.
04.
A possible future
Heatwaves, fog, and puddles appear in your own space. Proximity-based cards explain what's happening and what you can actually do about it.
