Create, publish, share & experience Augmented Reality with your mobile device!

We got you. We believe we have designed our platform with simplicity in mind. With simple push button selection options, it has never been easier to author, publish and distribute AR content. A true no-code system that uses the exact same movement and behavior as adding an attachment to an email. There will never be any coding, not even a little bit. Below, we have tutorials to help you along the process with using PublishAR on your mobile device.

PublishAR is specifically designed for target based augmented reality. Most any image can be used as a trigger to activate a digital content overlay. PublishAR helps streamline that process to make it so easy it can be accomplished in minutes for less than a cup of coffee.

As the old saying goes, if you are not paying for the product, YOU are the product. We value privacy and exclusivity with all our products so we would never sell your information or bombard you with “relevant” advertising. Hence, we charge a small fee to keep the lights on. It’s the equivalent of the apple a day that keeps your data safe and eyeballs from marketers away. There are also several pricing tiers for those who may use the PublishAR platform more frequently.

We absolutely offer free use of our app. If you Publish a project with a single image as the digital overlay experience, it will be of no cost to you. Ever. This way you can navigate and try new things without having to break the bank.

Yes and no. Yes, you will need to download the PublishAR app to activate and view augmented reality content using a mobile device. We will integrate with major augmented reality glasses as they roll out to the public. No. Our PC based AR builder called PublishAR Canvas does not need to be downloaded to use. This site however is specifically for authoring, publishing and sharing AR content, similar to the mobile app. Additionally, PublishAR Canvas is where you will configure projects that have more robust features such as 3D object experiences, subscriptions, and customized messaging.

Absolutely not. We only collect enough of your information to make the PublishAR platform run smoothly. If you’ve noticed, there are no ads on this page, nor when you open our mobile app.

With every new technology there is new jargon. Hopefully we enlighten you with common terms in the industry, but especially when using our service. A Target image is the image that, when viewed with PublishAR activated AR camera view, will trigger an activation of digital content. An Overlay (sometimes called a “Payload”) is the digital content that is displayed, overlaid, on top of a target image when viewed with the PublishAR activated AR camera view. A Project is the overall published augmented reality endeavor that has a single QR and activation URL. A project can have multiple experiences associated with it. An Experience is the occurrence of an interactive augmented reality activation. A QR code, short for Quick Response, enables web resources to connect rapidly with a digital process. Most phones recognize and activate QR codes automatically upon scanning. All Projects come with their own unique QR code and URL. An activation URL is a web link that enables users to go directly to a website or digital process. The PublishAR generated URL can be embedded as a button using your website builder platform. All Projects come with their own unique URL and QR code.

The simplest way is to provide intended audiences with access to the project QR or activation URL. PublishAR enables creators to email or text the QR and activation URL to anyone you choose. In your projects profile on the mobile app or the project tile in PublishAR Canvas, a share option can be selected. Simply enter the email of whom you’d like to send the QR or URL. The mobile app also enables sending this info via text.

That’s the beauty of the PublishAR platform. Yes, you can absolutely have AR activate on prints that are already in circulation. Remember you will need both the Image and the QR to activate and view AR content. So there must be some method for those who already have the print to get access to the QR or activation URL. Pro Tip: Print a sticker sheet with mini QR codes and place them on the image somewhere aesthetically pleasing. QR codes must be at least 1cm x 1cm in size to be effectively scanned. What’s more, you can update the content at any time, so there is no need to reprint new images. Creators can keep updating or modifying content to their hearts content.

To activate PublishAR AR content, users will need to scan a PublishAR QR code or press and activation button.

Viewers will need either a PublishAR generated QR code or an Activation URL and the associated target imagery. All projects, once published, will automatically generate a unique QR and activation URL. These will only work with the associated project target imagery. They will not work with any other imagery from any other project, nor any image not associated with the particular project that the QR code belongs, even if created with the same creator account. This is for privacy and to keep each experience exclusive to what is in the project.

There are two methods that should have been provided to you to activate and view AR content. There is either a QR code somewhere on the image or was handed to you upon receiving the printed image. Alternatively, the seller/distributor of the image should have indicated that you may go to their own app or mobile view of website and press a button that says something to the effect of “Activate AR Here”. Remember you will need both the Image and the QR to activate and view AR content.

Seems like you have a key, with no locks to open. Each PublishAR QR and activation URL is unique to a PublishAR project. Hopefully you know what image will trigger the activation of the AR content. Remember you will need both the Image and the QR to activate and view AR content.

Why yes you can. Each project will be created the same, after you’ve published one project repeat the process for the next project. Just before you get to the publishing section, you will be asked to name your project and experience. Name your experience as normal, but instead naming your project, select the pull-down menu to add it to an existing project.

Yep. As long as one experience remains in the project, that QR code remains the same. Any experience can be updated or modified at any time you decide. Pro tip: Create a single image experience in any project as a QR “holder”. It’s free and keeps the Project active.

Yes. Any experience, whether you have one or many, can be turned off individually with the toggle button in your projects profile. Simply go to the experience tile and toggle the on/off button.

If a user does not have the PublishAR app installed, the first time scanning a PublishAR QR code or pressing a PublishAR AR activation button will direct the user to the appropriate App or Play store, relative to the type of phone they are using. Once PublishAR has been downloaded onto your mobile devoice, the user can either open the app and use the QR scanner on the login page or close the app completely and use their mobile devices native camera just as they would scan any QR code. If PublishAR is installed on the mobile device, the user will never need to open the app or log in. Scanning from the mobile devices regular camera will automatically open the PublishAR AR viewer.

Its best to make the QR as big as is aesthetically pleasing relative to the size of the image in question. However, the QR should be no smaller than 1cm x 1cm to be effectively scanned.