Breathing freely in an augmented reality garden
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This mixed reality experience reimagined a traditional pharmaceutical trade-show exhibit as an immersive interpretive environment. Designed as a calm, navigable virtual garden, the experience used spatialized sound, environmental metaphor, and triggered informational moments to reduce cognitive load while communicating allergy education. Rather than relying on static signage, visitors absorbed guidance through movement, atmosphere, and proximity-based cues, demonstrating how immersive environments can support learning by regulating attention, anxiety, and pacing in non-clinical settings
