SeeSignal - Immersive Wi-Fi

Feel the signal quality with Wi-Fi hands.
Wi-Fi wallpaper shows you signal quality through space.
Use the minimap to see signals above, below, and behind you.
Tap on a signal stick for more details about that part of your space.

Inspiration

"Can you hear me now?" We all understand the frustration of struggling to find a signal. Our team experienced this problem while living in a downtown apartment, leading to the envisioning of a solution (eventually called "SeeSignal") that merged together the visualization of live RF signal data with mixed reality. This idea started as a proof-of-concept demo on the Quest 2 and then recently became a viable prototype.

What it does

SeeSignal is a mixed reality app that displays live signal strength as interactive holograms around you. As you move through a space, you can instantly see strong and weak regions and how walls, materials, and objects attenuate or reflect wireless signals. Key features:

Color-coded signal maps and 3D data grids
A handheld signal compass for direction-finding
Wi-Fi painting for granular spatial checks
"Signal hands" for exploring by touch

How We Built It

We built SeeSignal in Unity 6 targeting Meta Quest 2/3/3S/Pro using a combination of platform APIs and custom systems:

Meta Horizon APIs for spatial anchors, room understanding, and passthrough compositing
Device-level Wi-Fi scanning via system interfaces to retrieve RSSI/SNR samples at a controllable cadence
Unity's XR Hands subsystem for natural gesture input
Room Meshing utilities to align holograms with real-world geometry
Suite of interactive "gadget" tools to scan, inspect, and analyze signals
Embedded AI models for 4D radio signal spatial propagation
Custom shaders for high-performance rendering

Challenges We Ran Into

Accurate data: Signals change fast, so we smoothed readings and estimated strength across space using homemade models.
Simple XR controls: Natural hand interfaces are difficult to design for but make the experience much more intuitive.
Colors (or lack thereof): Not everyone can see all the colors of the spectrum! We forgot this. One of our color-blind teammates kindly reminded us, so we added an option to change the color palette.

Accomplishments We're Proud Of

Made live RF data easy for anyone to understand
Enabled direction-finding to strongest (or weakest) signal points
Developed new immersive design patterns that will help pioneer the future of XR
Integrated natural hand tracking and gestures, allowing fully hands-free usage requested by potential customers

What We've Learned

Insightful spatial tools beat raw data overlays
Giving users control over when and where scanning occurs increases engagement
Mixed reality UX requires careful tuning of motion, latency, and depth cues to avoid discomfort
Meta Horizon is an extremely capable platform for next-generation user experiences

What's Next for SeeSignal

Wireless connectivity is critical, yet few tools make it easy to see or analyze in real time. SeeSignal helps people optimize router placement, diagnose dead zones, and deploy networks more effectively. Key use cases include commercial networking, telecom troubleshooting, and RF bug-hunting. Next steps include UI polish, onboarding, and marketing capture ahead of store launch.