Explore Earth
World View opens the Metaverse
Search, rotate and zoom the 3D Earth, then enter the HxAR Metaverse to explore local HexTiles and virtual places.
HxAR 2.1 · Available now
The real world.Now with possibilities.
Discover what is around you. Build places that could never exist anywhere else. Create stories people can walk into—and play at life size.
Current release: HxAR 2.1iPhone & iPadRequires iOS 18.2+
Now on the App Store: HxAR 2.1 brings World View, 3D Design Studio, mapped-property replacements, shops, Advert Boards, Sign Posts and a changing Metaverse.
Camera-first by design
HXAR 2.1
Spatial dashboardVirtual propertiesInteractive storiesHolographic play
Inside HxAR 2.1
Four ways to enter
the world of HxAR.
Discover nearby AR, build and organise experiences, revisit shared virtual spaces and play at life size.
01Look around
Discover nearby
Open GEO AR and see what has been left in the world around you.
02Make something
Start your scene
Turn an idea into a place someone else can step inside.
03Return to it
Continue building
Re-enter your virtual property and pick up where you stopped.
04Take a shot
Play in your room
Place the holographic snooker table and continue your saved frame.
One app. Four ways in.
Explore the four main parts of HxAR 2.1.
HxAR 2.1 connects discovery, creation, virtual property and play in one spatial world.
01Discover
The real world, with another layer
Use GEO AR—the nearby camera and radar view—to find public stories, virtual places and creators around you.
Location-based AR
02Create
Build stories people can step inside
Place models, images, video and links, then add movement, collisions and interactions before sharing the scene.
Story builder
03Build
Turn HexTiles into virtual places
Group HxAR’s location-linked HexTiles into land, then add floors, rooms, portals, exhibits, games and media.
Virtual property
04Play
Life-size holographic play
Practise AR Snooker in your room, save the frame, or invite another HxAR player to a remote match.
AR games
A worldwide HexTile layer
A global grid, calculated around you.
HxAR calculates virtual HexTiles from real-world coordinates across land and sea. At the current 3.8-metre HexTile radius, that represents a theoretical scale of approximately 13.6 trillion potential HexTile positions worldwide.
THE IMPORTANT PARTCalculated on demand.Not created or stored across the planet in advance.
- 288coordinate reference zones
- 24 longitude bands × 12 latitude bands, with each zone covering 15° × 15°.
- ≈13.6 trillionpotential HexTile positions
- A theoretical worldwide scale at the current 3.8-metre HexTile radius, not trillions of stored records.
- 127HexTiles in the active view
- One centre tile and six surrounding rings in the normal Search Location grid.
01
Visit a location
HxAR calculates the surrounding HexTile grid when it is needed.
02
Give a tile meaning
Lasting information can include virtual ownership, assignments, terrain, Stories or additional active colour types.
03
Save only what matters
Persistent records are created where information needs to remain, rather than for every possible tile.
New in HxAR 2.1
Shape your place in the Metaverse.
HxAR began by helping people create and share AR anywhere. HxAR 2.1 adds new ways to explore that world, build on your virtual property and help visitors find their way.
Build your place
Create in HxAR 3D Design Studio
Use the iPad Studio to design a replacement for a mapped property you own, with measured surfaces, a walkable doorway and materials.
A world to discover
Shops, signs and changing skies
Explore shops and Advert Boards, follow Sign Posts, and experience water and the automatic day and night cycle.
Own. Collect. Refine.
Save your work and continue later.
Return to continue a scene, develop a virtual building, check a nearby story, practise a saved frame or see what your HexTiles have become.
HX
HX VAULTOne world. Your history inside it.
Keep sight of owned places, collected items and the experiences worth returning to.
Private by default
Built for the world you are standing in
Privacy, safety and support.
Sign in with Apple
A familiar, privacy-conscious way to access your HxAR profile.
You choose what is public
Private and public content are clearly separated as you create.
Read the AR safety guidance
Know what to check before using location-based AR in a real place.
HxAR 2.1 is live
Start exploring today.
Download HxAR 2.1 from the App Store and explore World View. Own a property to start creating its replacement building in HxAR 3D Design Studio on iPad.
Read the HxAR 3D Design Studio guide