Road
Road adds no terrain speed ceiling. Car Drive Groups currently use 70 mph forward and 20 mph reverse; other group types use their configured speed.
Live read-only Central London colours · HxAR 2.0
HxAR Pixel MapsThe shared HexTile colour canvas.
Explore the complete fixed Central London canvas now: move around, zoom in and inspect its HexTile geometry. A shared London base pattern gives the canvas its roads, water, buildings and places; sparse choices saved to HxAR’s Production database override individual tiles. All 16 active colours can appear here. The colours work now; the behaviour attached to some types may change as HxAR develops.
Product status: live, read-only colour canvas.The viewer works in this browser, but it cannot paint, save or submit a tile choice. Its protected Production feed carries only sparse visual overrides for the shared base map. Pixel Maps is not a fifth in-app map tab or a new name for HxAR Metaverse.
Where is the Pixel Map?
The Central London read-only canvas is ready below.
You can test the fixed 214,016-HexTile canvas on this page without installing another app build. Its geometry, pan, zoom, selection, keyboard controls, responsiveness and current Production colours can be checked now.
The website is a viewer, not a drawing tool. Permitted changes are made only in the HxAR app through Search Location → HxAR Metaverse → tap a HexTile → Details → Tiles. HxAR saves the chosen type to its Production CloudKit HexTile record using terrain or plannedTileType. A protected, read-only Production feed supplies only sparse colour overrides and canvas positions required to layer those choices over the shared London base. HxAR Metaverse remains its own renderer beside Standard, Satellite and Mapbox map views.
What is testable nowLive colours · read-only canvas · 16 active typesThis website cannot change, own, assign or purchase a HexTile. It sends no Pixel Maps tile update and displays no owner or address data.
Live read-only colour map
View the Central London Pixel Map canvas.
214,016 HexTiles352 staggered rows × 608 cells · Approximately 4 km × 2 km · Four times the current geographic coverage
Change colours in HxAR. See them reflected here.
The canvas starts with a versioned Central London pattern, then layers active HexTile choices saved to HxAR’s Production database only—not Development—and checks using the schedule saved on this device. The website never changes, assigns or purchases a tile.
Preparing 214,016 Central London HexTiles…
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbLSelected local cellRow 177 · Cell 304
Visible styleGrass
Website modeRead-only
Production colour feed: Loading live colours · Last Production update: Waiting for first update · Website tile writes: none
How to view
Drag to pan, pinch or use the controls to zoom, and tap a cell to inspect it. With a keyboard, use the arrows to move, +/− to zoom, 0 to fit and Enter or Space to hear the selected state.
Where changes happen
A HexTile can only be changed through HxAR. This website does not paint, save, assign, buy or protect tiles, and it makes no tile write requests.
No physical rights
No location permission is requested. This schematic virtual canvas is not a surveyed boundary, basemap, navigation map, physical ownership, access right or permission to enter a place.
Loading the Central London base map and Production overrides.
From app choice to read-only mosaic
How it works.
Choose a colour in HxAR, then return here to see the safe visual state on the read-only Central London canvas. No identity, address, ownership or location-history details are published.
- 01In HxAR 2.0
Find a real-world location
Use Search Location, open HxAR Metaverse and tap a HexTile. Search Location calculates the surrounding virtual grid when it is needed; the usual six-ring view contains 127 tiles.
- 02In HxAR 2.0
Give one virtual tile a style
Open Details → Tiles, then choose a colour/type. HxAR saves it to the Production CloudKit HexTile record using terrain or plannedTileType.
- 03In HxAR 2.0
See the colour and pattern
The HxAR Metaverse renderer shows the chosen type as a full-colour HexTile with a recognisable pattern. The colour works now; the behaviour attached to additional types can evolve as HxAR develops.
- 04Live read-only website map
Explore the fixed canvas
The Central London viewer lets you pan, zoom and inspect all 214,016 HexTiles across 352 staggered rows × 608 cells. It combines the shared London base pattern with sparse colour overrides from HxAR’s Production database only—not Development; only the app can change a HexTile.
Gameplay underneath the colour
Four terrain types already have their own rules.
An additional active colour changes the visible style without replacing the base terrain beneath it. Its attached behaviour may evolve.
Grass
Grass keeps off-road driving to 10 mph.
Water
A grounded avatar or vehicle submerges, then returns to the last recorded non-water coordinate or a visible non-water tile when available.
Property Land
Property Land supports virtual ownership, connected properties and VR buildings.
Black is now part of the palette.
Road uses true black #000000, replacing the previous near-black charcoal. On this page, a cyan edge keeps the swatch visible against the dark background. In HxAR, tile outlines are separate from the terrain fill and can vary with ownership.
Sixteen verified app styles
Colour gives the map range. Patterns keep it understandable.
The additional tile types use both a named colour and a recognisable in-app pattern, so meaning does not depend on colour alone. All 16 colours are selectable in HxAR and visible here now; their attached behaviour can evolve.
- Current terrainRoadBlack · #000000
- Current terrainGrassGreen · #136B29
- Current terrainWaterBlue · #0652ED
- Current terrainProperty LandSandstone · #D8C4A3
- Active colour typeBridgeBrown · #A16207
- Active colour typeRailwaySlate · #64748B
- Active colour typeHxArcadeCyan · #06B6D4
- Active colour typeFootball StadiumLime · #84CC16
- Active colour typeRacecourseRed · #DC2626
- Active colour typeWooden Hexagon HouseCedar Brown · #92400E
- Active colour typeBeachYellow · #FACC15
- Active colour typeShopOrange · #F97316
- Active colour typeEvent SpacePurple · #9333EA
- Active colour typeCinemaIndigo · #4F46E5
- Active colour typeArts VenuePink · #EC4899
- Active colour typePublic PlazaOff White · #E5E7EB
Why come back?
See how app-made colour choices evolve.
Watch a shared picture evolve
Return to see how app-made colour choices have changed a line, district or symbol linked to a real area.
Revisit the tiles that matter
The website remains a viewer. Changes are made in HxAR, where an unowned tile remains changeable even after assignment and active virtual ownership protects its choices for the owner.
Plan before every action exists
A Railway, Stadium or HxArcade colour can be visible now while the behaviour associated with that type continues to develop.
Current HexTile rule
Any signed-in user can change an unowned tile’s terrain or additional colour type. Assignment does not protect it. Active virtual ownership protects those choices so only the owner can manage them.
Ways to use the palette
App-made pictures could also describe an intention.
These examples describe patterns users can create in HxAR with today’s colours and view here. A visible colour does not promise that every activity associated with its label is final.
Trace a route
The shared base already traces mapped roads, green spaces, water and bridges. An explicit choice made in HxAR can replace any one of those base colours, and the read-only website displays the Production override.
Plan a culture district
App users can place pink Arts Venue, indigo Cinema, purple Event Space, orange Shop and off-white Public Plaza colour types beside one another.
Shape a destination
App users can combine cyan HxArcade, yellow Beach, cedar-brown Wooden Hexagon House and lime Football Stadium tiles while their associated behaviour continues to evolve. HxArcade uses controller-and-arcade markings, while Wooden Hexagon House uses timber-house markings, so neither plan is identified by colour alone.
Start with one real area
Central London is the source-defined first pilot.
The expanded Central London map contract defines an approximately 4 km × 2 km canvas around the same centre. It contains 214,016 HexTiles arranged as 352 staggered rows × 608 cells. The familiar existing map remains centred inside it, providing four times the current geographic coverage.
At 100%, the live read-only viewer shows the familiar existing Central London area. At 25% · Full map, it shows the complete expanded map. Every position starts with the shared London base pattern; a sparse Production override replaces that base colour only where an app user has made an explicit choice. Starting with one measurable area keeps privacy, performance and colour mapping testable before considering another city.
Approximately 4 km × 2 kmfixed Central London area
214,016HexTiles
4×current geographic coverage
A small pilot on a very large grid
Calculated where needed—not stored across Earth.
The worldwide figures describe theoretical capacity, not a database containing trillions of existing tiles.
- 288
- coordinate reference zones: 24 longitude bands × 12 latitude bands, each 15° × 15°.
- ≈13.6 trillion
- theoretical potential HexTile positions worldwide at the current 3.8-metre radius.
- 127
- HexTiles in the active six-ring Search Location view: one centre tile and six surrounding rings.
Tiles are calculated as required. They are not all created or stored in advance.
Real places require real care
Privacy, safety and community rules come first.
Pixel Maps must remain a visual layer—not an instruction to travel, enter land or treat a virtual choice as a physical fact. Never use HxAR while driving.
Virtual, never surveyed
A virtual HexTile never grants physical access. It is an in-app location cell—not a surveyed boundary, land title, tenancy, access right or permission to enter a physical location.
Read AR safety guidanceLocation with purpose
Nearby maps and AR depend on location access. The public Production Pixel Maps feed exposes only sparse visual overrides needed for the mosaic—not personal identity or private location history.
Read the privacy noticeCommunity choices need controls
Public patterns must follow the community rules, with a clear route for reporting abusive or inappropriate content.
Report contentPurchases stay inside Apple’s rules
Any HexTile purchase is a virtual in-app entitlement. An active Shop colour type does not promise physical-goods checkout, which would remain subject to Apple’s rules and applicable law.
Purchases and refundsClear answers
What Pixel Maps is—and is not.
Can I test HxAR Pixel Maps now?
Yes. You can pan, zoom and inspect the complete fixed Central London canvas as a read-only website map. It displays the shared London base pattern plus sparse visual overrides supplied from HxAR’s Production database.
Can I change a HexTile on the website?
No. The website is a read-only viewer. Signed-in users make permitted HexTile colour choices in the HxAR app; the website does not paint, save or submit changes.
Will a change made in HxAR appear here?
Yes. The protected read-only Production feed carries explicit colour overrides to the Central London canvas. Use Refresh map if you want to check immediately rather than wait for its automatic refresh.
Is Pixel Maps another name for HxAR Metaverse?
No. HxAR Metaverse remains one of four in-app map views. Pixel Maps is a separate website visualisation that reflects selected HexTile colours.
Would a coloured tile describe the physical place?
The shared base pattern is derived from mapped OpenStreetMap features, but it remains a schematic HxAR layer—not a survey or navigation map. A later Road, Bridge, Shop or other Production override is an explicit virtual HxAR choice and does not claim that the physical feature exists there.
Why begin with Central London?
Starting with one fixed area keeps the first map measurable and stable. The expanded Central London pilot covers approximately 4 km × 2 km with 214,016 HexTiles—four times the current geographic coverage; other areas could be designed later.
What do the map percentages mean?
They describe visible geographic area. At 100%, the viewer shows the familiar existing Central London area. At 25% · Full map, it shows the complete expanded map: twice the width and twice the height, covering four times the area.
Follow the map as HxAR 2.0 develops
The colours work now. Their possibilities keep growing.
Pixel Maps reads Production HexTile colours only—not Development. HxAR 2.0 remains a development preview. The App Store button opens HxAR 1.2, the current public release, and does not include these HxAR 2.0 colour controls. Viewing this map never changes a HexTile.