View your 3D models in AR

Augmented Reality (AR) places your 3D model in the room around you, seen through the camera of your phone or tablet. You can open AR from the 3DtoMe apps and from the 3DtoMe web viewer.

AR from the web viewer needs no app. Anyone who opens your project's share link on a phone can view the model in AR. Learn more about sharing.

In the web viewer, the View in AR button sits at the bottom center of the screen. It appears only when:

• the project contains a single model,
• and that model is a mesh, not a Gaussian splat.

Model: MaterialsVariantsShoe by Shopify, CC BY 4.0

Projects with several models and Gaussian splat scenes don't show the button. Visitors see it whether or not they are signed in.

The View in AR button opens the AR viewer built into your device.

You can't view a model in a VR headset from the web viewer. Use the 3DtoMe apps on your headset instead.

On a computer, clicking View in AR opens a window with a QR code and the text "Scan to view your 3D model in AR".

1. Scan the QR code with your phone's camera.
2. The project opens in the phone's browser. AR starts on its own, in AR Quick Look or Scene Viewer.

Model: MaterialsVariantsShoe by Shopify, CC BY 4.0

Open the project from its own link, such as https://viewer.3dto.me/<code>, before you show the QR code. If you open a project from the projects home, the address stays viewer.3dto.me. The QR code then leads to the home page instead of the project.

The phone needs to be able to open the project. If sharing is off, sign in on the phone with an account that has access, or turn on the share link first. Click outside the window to close it.

In the web viewer, sign in, select the model, open the right panel and click the Model tab. Two settings there change AR.

Anchoring, in the Transform group, sets what the model sticks to when someone views it in AR:

• None. The model doesn't attach to a surface.
• Floor. The model sits on the floor.
• Wall. The model attaches to a wall.

Click Save in the Transform group to store it.

Gestures sets what people can do with the model after they place it in AR in the 3DtoMe apps. It doesn't change the web viewer. Turn Position, Rotation or Scale off to block that gesture, or use its options to limit it. The group has its own Save button. Saving gestures needs a Pro plan or higher.

The example below is a 3DtoMe embed. Its View in AR button works the same way. On a phone it opens AR. On a computer it shows a QR code.