HxAR 2.1 · Create

Make more than an object.Make a reason to stop.

Create a replacement building for a mapped property you own using HxAR 3D Design Studio. HxAR 2.1 also adds shops, Advert Boards and updated HexTile controls, alongside the AR experience library and shared virtual spaces.

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Available in HxAR 2.1

Build a virtual place of your own

Start with a micro property or a large property you own. Open Building → Design a replacement to enter HxAR 3D Design Studio, create the replacement, then send and place it on the property. Follow the new guides for shops and Advert Boards too.

Open the 3D Design Studio guide

A spatial toolkit

From the first model to a place of your own.

Create at the scale that suits the idea: one interactive object, a composed story, a reusable asset library or an entire virtual building.

C1Story builder

Start your scene

Bring together USDZ 3D models, images, video and links, then arrange every element in the real world.

C2Interactions

Make objects respond

Add movement, doors, driving, collisions, appearance changes and game actions without leaving the spatial editor.

C3Virtual property

Build somewhere worth visiting

Create configurable buildings, rooms and terrain with portals, lifts, media, pedestals and playable spaces.

C4AR Gallery

Your spatial asset library

Organise AR assets into folders, preview them and choose whether each stays Private Only or becomes discoverable through HxAR’s public gallery.

C5Wired AR

Practise heating controls in AR

Wired AR lets you build heating-control circuits, introduce faults and test them with a simulated digital multimeter.

C7USDZ uploads

Bring your own 3D models

Select one or more USDZ files, review the HxElectrum total and save each successful upload as Private Only before organising it in AR Gallery.

C8Story markers

Place useful information in AR

Add creator-written information labels, link them to scene assets and position the optional Time Machine CALL point.

C9Lighting AR

Shape the scene with simulated light

Create Bulb or Panel lights, adjust their colour, strength, reach and shape, and tie them to assets that move.

C10Drive Groups

Turn separate assets into one assembly

Build and test a Simple, Robot, Car or Bike group with front, wheel, door and supported vehicle-light roles.

C11Gaming Groups

Build a virtual domino challenge

Lay styled domino runs on the scene floor or a support asset, then test, reset and share the visitor challenge.

C12Collision geometry

Draw virtual interaction shapes

Build Point, Flat and 3D collision shapes around saved assets while working within the 1,000-point scene budget.

Create → Connect → Share

A clear path from idea to experience.

01
Bring it in
Choose the building blocks
Add USDZ models, images, video and useful links.
02
Place it
Compose in the real world
Arrange position, scale, appearance and relationships.
03
Give it behaviour
Make the scene respond
Add motion, collision, doors, driving and game actions.
04
Let it travel
Save and share
Keep the editable scene local, upload deliberately and share its cloud lookup QR.

HxAR 3D Design Studio on iPad showing the Pen sketch workspace, drawing tools, measurement information and orientation cube — The replacement workflow starts from the mapped building on a property you own.

HxAR 2.1 · 3D Design Studio

Create a replacement for a mapped property you own.

Use the iPad Studio workspace to prepare measured surfaces, a walkable doorway, materials and facade pictures. Save and send the design, then select the revision to place it on your mapped property.

Available in HxAR 2.1Start with a micro property or a large property you own. Open its Building controls and choose Design a replacement.

Follow the 3D Design Studio guide

AR Collision Builder

Draw the invisible geometry that makes a scene respond.

Add Point, Flat and 3D collision shapes around a saved scene’s assets, edit their dimensions and keep within a 1,000-point budget. This development tool has a documented media-save limitation, so read the guide before using it on an important scene.

In developmentAR Collision Builder is shown from the development project and is not specifically confirmed in Apple’s HxAR 2.0 release notes.

Read the AR Collision Builder How To

Wired AR

Turn a technical sequence into a spatial practice surface.

The Wired AR development workspace arranges virtual controls, terminals and cable paths around a simulated meter. It is an educational simulation, not accredited training or permission to work on live equipment.

In developmentWired AR is not specifically confirmed in Apple’s HxAR 2.0 release notes. Its interface, behaviour and availability can change.

Read the Wired AR visual story

Come back with a different intention

Tomorrow does not have to look like today.

Discover something nearby, continue something you started, or use the same room for an entirely different spatial experience.

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