The new centre
A camera-first spatial dashboard
HxAR 2.0 puts the real world behind every control. Profiles, notifications, property search and the Hx Vault can appear as spatial cards without breaking the view.
Introducing the HxAR 2.0 preview
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 1.2iPhone & iPadRequires iOS 18.2+
Release status: HxAR 2.0 is the next major update and is currently in development. The App Store link opens the current HxAR 1.2 release.
Camera-first by design
HXAR 2.0
Spatial dashboardVirtual propertiesInteractive storiesHolographic play
HxAR 2.0 development preview
What HxAR 2.0 is
being built to do.
These are preview areas in the development build, not a description of the HxAR 1.2 release currently available from Apple.
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 2.0.
The 2.0 preview 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.
From HxAR 1.0 to 2.0
It is no longer just about placing an object.
HxAR began by helping people create and share AR anywhere. HxAR 2.0 turns that foundation into a connected world of places, stories, tools, collections and play.
Places with depth
Virtual properties you can enter
Grouped HexTiles can become streamed buildings with floors, rooms, portals, lifts, exhibits, media and games.
Ideas with behaviour
Stories that do more than sit still
Create multi-object scenes and add movement, collisions, appearance, doors, driving and gaming actions before you share.
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 2.0 preview
Follow the next major update.
Explore what is being built for 2.0, or open today’s HxAR 1.2 release on the App Store.