Forest Awakening geolocation AR product in the wild

An Immersive AR Product by Farout

FORESTAWAKENING

Turn any public space into a living, explorable rainforest.

What It Is

A geolocated AR experience that grows a photoreal rainforest — canopy, creatures and pollinators — over real-world space.

How It Works

Visitors raise a phone — no app to install — and step inside an ecosystem anchored precisely to where they stand.

Web AR

No App Download

GPS-Anchored

True to Real Space

Any Phone

iOS & Android

Real-Time

Live 3D Ecosystem

Forest Awakening AR forest rendered over a real storefront

Point, and the forest grows around you

Visitors surrounded by AR butterflies

Deploy It Anywhere People Gather.

From retail atriums to festivals and museums — Forest Awakening drops into any location and scales to the crowd, with zero download.

In the wild — Pavilion KL & Starhill Gallery · 40K+ visitors · 4.2 min avg. dwell

What's included

Geolocated AR canopy · Animated 3D wildlife · Zero-download WebAR · Custom-branded species · Multi-site deployment · Live engagement analytics

Built with

AR Foundation · Unity · Geolocation AR · WebAR · 3D Animation · Interaction Design

How it works

Authoring the 3D ecosystem
Forest rendered on-site

We compose the ecosystem — 3D flocks along hand-authored paths so it feels alive, not staged.

We anchor it to your site with geolocation AR, so the forest sits exactly where visitors stand.

Visitors just raise a phone — it ships download-free over WebAR, ready for any crowd.

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The Story of Forest Awakening

Turning everyday public spaces into portals to nature.

By combining XR with real-world education, we help people reconnect with Malaysia's forests — one touchpoint at a time. This is how a raised phone becomes a living rainforest, and how a moment of wonder becomes a habit of protection.

01 — The Problem

Why this matters now

Disconnection from nature0%

of students receive little to no environmental education.

Urbanisation is rising0%

of the world now lives in urban areas — and rainforests feel far away.

Demand for change is high0%

of people want stronger climate action that goes beyond awareness.

Environmental education struggles to resonate with urban audiences. While digital platforms dominate attention, our connection to the natural world fades — and awareness alone rarely becomes action.

02 — Pathway to Behaviour Change

This is our
tipping point.

As the world becomes more urban and digitally saturated, our bond with nature fades. Immersive technologies like AR aren't just tools for storytelling — they're proven to increase engagement, retention, and action. Forest Awakening uses them to build a deeper, emotional connection between people and the planet.

0%Emotional EngagementNeuroscape, UCSF
0%Knowledge RetentionNational Training Labs
+0%Museum EngagementMuseumNext, 2022

A proven medium for education, empathy & sustainability.

03 — The System

A multi-format XR ecosystem.

Forest Awakening uses spatial storytelling to deliver an ecosystem of XR experiences. Each one a different doorway into the same living forest.

An evergreen behaviour loop
FEELEXPLORELEARNPROTECTREPEAT

Wonder sparks in a living scene. Visitors move through the ecosystem, learn its species and fragility, and empathy turns into action — and each return keeps it growing.

Geolocated rainforest rendered over a real trail
Flagship · Live now
AR Experience

A geolocated rainforest grows over real streets. No app, just a raised phone.

A visitor in a VR headset meets the butterfly guide
Format 02
VR Experience

Full-immersion deep-forest journeys for headsets and installations.

In development
An immersive projection-mapped forest room
Format 03
Projection Mapping

Large-scale living nature cast across architecture and public façades.

In development
Format 04
AI Avatar — the Butterfly Guide

A branded creature that talks back answering questions, naming species, and turning a walk-through into a conversation with the forest.

In development
Rajah Brooke's birdwing

See how every living being
is a loving being.

04 — Longevity

A vision beyond the app.

This isn't a one-off campaign — it's a modular product system built for the long term. With the right partners, Forest Awakening becomes an evergreen ecosystem.

01

Reward systems via strategic partners — eco brands, grocers and more.

02

Educational licensing across schools and institutions in Southeast Asia.

03

Sponsored content brand-backed species and seasonal expansions.

04

Open API for third-party creative modules and new worlds.

05 — The Ask

Join the
movement.

We've built the foundation. We've tested micro AR experiences in the wild. Now we're seeking aligned partners to scale the full vision.

Your support will help us
01Launch nationwide installations
02Complete the XR content suite
03Build the reward ecosystem
04Inspire the next generation of nature stewards