H1Create
Images, video and remote media
Focused AR Experience guides for local images, video, remote-media URLs, YouTube players and their visitor controls.
How to use HxAR
Learn HxAR.One clear step at a time.
Learn HxAR from the dashboard to the Metaverse. Follow detailed guides for World View, virtual properties, 3D design, shops and HexTiles, with screenshots and links to the next step.
Release labels matterView the current release
HxAR 2.1 is available now.
Update to HxAR 2.1 on the App Store, then follow the new Metaverse, property and 3D design guides below. Check each guide’s version label when following along in the app.
HxAR 2.1 · Available now
Explore the new Metaverse guides.
Start with World View, then learn how to shape virtual places, create replacement buildings, set up shops and advertisements, and understand the world around you.
04Settings
How to Personalise HxAR Settings
Personalise HxAR 2.1 with Distance Units, Colour & Display, public HxElectrum visibility and Nearby Collectables settings.
Available in HxAR 2.1 · 9 minutes
07Maps & HexTiles
How to Use Maps, Search Locations and HexTiles in HxAR
Use World View to enter the HxAR Metaverse through the 3D Earth, search locations, use Tracker View and explore virtual HexTiles in HxAR 2.1.
Available in HxAR 2.1 · 11 minutes
26World View
Earths 3D Metaverse World for AR & VR
Explore Earth in HxAR 2.1 World View. Search, rotate and zoom into the 3D globe, then enter the HxAR Metaverse to discover HexTiles and virtual places.
Available in HxAR 2.1 · 6 minutes
27Advertising
Create an Advert Board in the HxAR Metaverse
Prepare a HxAR 2.1 Advert Board on your owned Public Plaza: add wording, a picture, contact details and optional Take me there directions.
Available in HxAR 2.1 · 8 minutes
28Sign Posts
Raise a Sign Post and Explore Nearby Places in HxAR
Use free HxAR 2.1 Sign Posts on Public Plaza HexTiles, read nearby place directions, choose distance units and correct a shared area name.
Available in HxAR 2.1 · 8 minutes
30Build in the Metaverse
How to Replace Mapped Buildings in HxAR
Create a replacement for an owned Micro Mapped Property or larger mapped property using HxAR 3D Design Studio, then send, place and visit it.
Available in HxAR 2.1 · 15 minutes
31Build in the Metaverse
How to Use the HxAR 3D Design Studio
Use HxAR 3D Design Studio on iPad to create a mapped-property replacement with measured surfaces, a walkable doorway, materials and facade pictures.
Available in HxAR 2.1 · 20 minutes
32Shopping
Open a HxAR Shop, Display Products and Visit in AR
Prepare an HxStall, Small HxShop or VR HxShop in HxAR 2.1: check land and opening fees, stock USDZ products, preview in AR and visit business websites.
Available in HxAR 2.1 · 11 minutes
33Water and terrain
How to Explore Water, Rivers and Lakes in the HxAR Metaverse
Explore HxAR 2.1 water, rivers and lakes. Learn to wade with your Avatar, recognise Sea terrain, use bridges and understand water HexTile settings.
Available in HxAR 2.1 · 8 minutes
34World and sky
How to Explore the Day and Night Cycle in the HxAR Metaverse
Discover HxAR 2.1’s automatic day and night cycle, changing sunlight, Moon, stars and simulated clouds, and learn how to inspect the sky.
Available in HxAR 2.1 · 7 minutes
35HexTile editing
How to Update HexTiles with the HxAR Options Cube
Use the HxAR 2.1 Options cube to change HexTile types, adjust eligible land height and find services, with clear ownership and saving instructions.
Available in HxAR 2.1 · 10 minutes
How To Topic 01 · Getting started
Begin with the screen you see after signing in.
Learn what the top controls, GEO AR radar, rotating navigation dial, quick-access positions and EXIT control do.
Topic 01 · Getting started
How to Use the HxAR Dashboard
Learn how to use the HxAR 2.0 dashboard, including Hx Vault, search, GEO AR radar, navigation dials and Exit.
- Guide time
- About 5 minutes
- Status
- HxAR 2.0 release guide
Continue learning
Follow the published How To topics.
Each new guide appears here in order and can link back into earlier topics whenever one action leads to another.
02Hx Vault
How to Use Hx Vault in HxAR 2.0
Learn how Hx Vault in HxAR 2.0 handles Hexagon Tokens, HexTile Ore collection, refinement and activity, with separate guidance for development features such as Train fares.
About 8 minutes
03Notifications
How to View and Manage HxAR Notifications
Development guide to HxAR’s AR notification panel, unread activity, full list and separate iPhone notification settings.
About 7 minutes
05Search
How to Search for Properties and Users in HxAR
Learn how the reviewed HxAR Search feature uses an AR panel to search exact property tags within 50 miles, match exact usernames and open profiles or property details.
About 8 minutes
06GEO AR Radar
How to Find Nearby Virtual Properties and Stories with HxAR Radar
Learn how to use the HxAR 2.0 GEO AR Radar, adjust its 1–50 metre detection radius, read nearby HexTiles and safely open a Shared Story.
About 10 minutes
08AR Gallery
How to Use the AR Gallery and Organise Assets in HxAR
Learn how to use HxAR’s AR Gallery to preview saved AR assets, organise folders, choose private or public visibility and understand the QR Gallery status.
About 9 minutes
09Collectables
How to Find, Claim and View Collectables in HxAR
Explore HxAR Collectables, from HexTile purchase rewards and GEO discoveries to motorbikes in AR and supported vehicles in the HxAR Metaverse.
Next app update preview · 10 minutes
10Insights
How to View Insights, Top Referrers and Referral Activity in HxAR
Learn how HxAR Insights shows public analytics, Top Referrers and referral activity, and understand the unfinished promotion-code route for virtual HexTiles.
About 10 minutes
11Upload AR Assets
How to Upload USDZ 3D Models and AR Assets to HxAR
Learn how to select USDZ files, review HxElectrum upload costs, add asset details and save new AR assets as Private Only in HxAR.
About 10 minutes
12AR Snooker
How to Play HxAR Snooker: 1 Player or Remote 2 Player
Learn how to place the HxAR snooker table, practise free on one device, save a frame and play Remote 2 Player for 1 HxElectrum each.
About 12 minutes
13AR Experience
How to Use AR Experience in HxAR
Learn the HxAR AR Experience workflow: organise USDZ assets, start and save an AR scene, use advanced tools, upload a cloud Story and share its QR.
About 15 minutes
14AR Collision Builder
How to Build AR Collision Shapes in HxAR
Learn how HxAR AR Collision Builder uses Point, Flat and 3D shapes, a 1,000-point budget, dimension guides, asset locks and device-local scene saves.
About 12 minutes
15AR Actions
How to Set The Stage and Create AR Actions
Set an HxAR scene’s opening layout, create pivot-based AR Actions, add optional stretch and visibility changes, then test both controls safely.
About 14 minutes
16AR Markers
How to Add Information Labels and the CALL Marker
Add and position HxAR information labels, link them to scene assets and place the Time Machine CALL marker with optional virtual-asset collision checks.
About 11 minutes
17Lighting AR
How to Add Lighting to an HxAR AR Experience
Open a saved HxAR scene in Lighting AR, create Bulb or Panel lights, adjust colour, strength, reach and size, tie lights to assets and save safely.
About 13 minutes
18Drive Groups
How to Create and Test an HxAR Drive Group
Group HxAR scene assets into a Simple, Robot, Car or Bike setup, choose front and wheel roles, configure doors and lights, then test the virtual vehicle.
About 16 minutes
19Gaming Groups
How to Create a Domino Gaming Group in HxAR
Build an HxAR domino run with colour, material, size, path, support surface, spacing and curve controls, then test, reset and share it safely.
About 13 minutes
20Shared Stories
How to Upload, Share and Open Shared Stories
Upload an HxAR Shared Story, share its QR or exact title, resolve missing assets and safely reopen a public AR experience.
About 14 minutes
21HexTile types
How to Change HexTile Types and Colours in HxAR
Learn how to select and change all 22 active HxAR HexTile colours, protect choices with ownership and see them on Pixel Maps.
About 12 minutes
22Map views
How to Switch Between STD, SAT, M3D and HxAR Map Views
Compare Apple Standard and satellite maps, Mapbox 3D and HxAR Metaverse during a Property Visit, including defaults, controls and attribution.
About 9 minutes
23HxAR Metaverse
How to Walk, Explore and Drive in the HxAR Metaverse
Learn to walk HxAR HexTiles, stream Story assets, board and drive a virtual van, use terrain rules and approach a configured VR Building.
About 12 minutes
24VR Buildings
How to Create, Decorate and Explore an HxAR VR Building
Create an HxAR VR Building, plan floors and rooms, add USDZ assets, images, video and Wired AR, and understand optional 2–4 person live capacity.
About 14 minutes
25HxAR Train
How to Own, Ride and Earn Fares from the HxAR Train
In the reviewed Train development feature, build a four-Railway-HexTile station, drive the Train, carry passengers and check fares in Hx Vault.
About 12 minutes
29Build in the Metaverse
How to Own and Use HxAR Micro Mapped Properties
Preview the new information-board and building double-tap purchase routes, check a Micro Mapped Property’s one Anchor HexTile, and manage your HxAR building.
Next app update preview · 12 minutes
36Build in the Metaverse
How To Create Lampposts in the Metaverse
Create Lamp Posts on eligible Grass or Property Land HexTiles in HxAR, then adjust their direction, tilt and coverage in Lamp Post Settings.
Next app update preview · 6 minutes
Current-release essentials
Useful help while the guide tree grows.
These existing pages cover installation, permissions, safety and support for the current App Store release.
01Get HxAR
Download and sign in
Check device compatibility, open the current App Store release and start with Sign in with Apple.
Current HxAR 2.1
02Set up
Choose the right permissions
Understand why camera and location access matter, and learn where to change those choices later.
Camera · Location · Privacy
03Stay aware
Use augmented reality safely
Prepare the physical space, watch for people and obstacles, and respect private or restricted locations.
Before opening AR
04Get help
Find the right support route
Use the focused help centre for sign-in, scene downloads, permissions, purchases and account questions.
Help centre
Coming into the guide library
The walkthroughs we will build next.
Each guide will use real app screens, plain language and visible released-versus-in-development labels.
H2Tools
Wired AR
A focused walkthrough for the specialised electrical-training workspace as its interface becomes ready.