ILLUST’S AR STUDIO

AR creation made easy.

illust AR Studio on a desktop screen beside a draped sculpture placed in AR

Illust’s AR Studio software makes publishing augmented reality incredibly simple and motivating for creators: 

  • Produce AR experiences at scale
  • No-code, no app download usage
  • Supports 3D beginners to pros
  • Publish 3D, animations, videos, audio, holograms, face, and image targets to any location in the world
  • All features well documented

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HOW IT WORKS

Three steps.
Little effort on your end.

Yellow frame on the Cape Town waterfront with Table Mountain behind it

01 Before

Determine where you would like to anchor a digital artifact in the world. Log into illust's AR studio to configure your augmented reality scene.

illust AR Creator Studio placing a gold 3D sculpture at a spot on the map

02 Set Up

Upload .png, .jpg, .mov, .mp4, .mp3, .glb and + into the AR scene. Use our native lighting, interactions, material editing, and animation modules to spice it up!

Orange 3D sculpture placed in AR on the Cape Town waterfront

03 After

It's in the world! Access AR experiences and illust's map via QR codes, NFC tags, links, or embedable links.

TESTIMONIALS

What artists
are saying.

1. Types of studio
AR deployments
.

Illust’s AR Creator Studio provides you with 3 different AR triggers:

Picture of AR Experience tethered to the physical world

WORLD AR

The world is your gallery to place artifacts, art, stories, and messages. Using illust's "World Tracking" and map systems, create a geofence for your work in the world.

Artist with AR Face Effect

FACE AR

Aka selfie filters, the AR experiences use the face to render the graphics you configure in the studio. Body tracking libraries coming soon to the studio.

Scanning an AR image marker poster

IMAGE TARGET AR

Natural features, signage, and existing physical items become the target to train the computer vision model and render the graphics configured in the studio.

2. Types of studio
modules
.

Each augmented reality scene can be edited using the following modules:

LIGHTING

Studio creators have control over lighting intensity, color, reflections, environment maps, shadows, and more!

3D model with lighting controls in the illust AR Studio

MATERIAL EDITING

Configure, remix, and change the materials and textures of your AR experience. Simply, select the material channel and edit.

Two AR creatures placed on a beach with palm trees

VIDEO EFFECTS

Take advantage of configurable video textures, occluders, holograms, and streaming through MUX.

3D AR sneaker model

ANIMATIONS

Run baked 3D animations in the studio, add motion across the X,Y, and Z axis, and determine playthrough duration.

Animated purple AR creature at an outdoor event

INTERACTIONS

Determine the controls for your end users and drive visitors to custom links using this module.

Three phone screens showing interactive AR objects on a beach

AUDIO

Set up an audio track for the AR experience that can be geofenced or tethered directly to the AR scene.

Audio-reactive AR pattern moving among trees

3. Illust studio
advanced features
.

If you’d like to take your AR experience up a notch, engage with the Studio Pro license that provides the following features:

AR Art in a location

01 Custom Map Maker

Tie multiple AR scenes together in a curated map. Designed for brand and event partners.

MF DOOM Auction Masks

02 Blockchain Protocol

Use illust's predefined minting, proof, and placement smart contracts to establish provenance for experiences.

Person streamed as an AR hologram beside a painting in a gallery

03 Streaming Textures

Leverage our 3rd party integrations to stream content into the AR scene. Stream a show to any location globally.

TESTIMONIALS

What more artists
are saying.

Explore, discover, and play on the AR Map.

Illust’s free to access, browser based AR discovery application is home to over 5,000+ AR experiences around the globe. No app downloads necessary, the discovery application is where digital art can be experienced. Discover new creators, maps, games, and exhibitions today.

Founded by seasoned
AR Creators
.

Tim and Rob’s background is in immersive tech. Tim having been creative partner for Snap, creative director for Paul McCartney, Coldplay, and developing 3D visualizations for the Paris Climate Accords brings his insight for 3D workflows and spatial experiences. Rob worked with Meta to help launch Meta Spark, their AR creator tools platform. Illust is a Venice Beach, CA start up and is working to shape the future of the medium. Check out the founding story, it’s a fun one.

Founders Video

PRICING

Choose your
studio plan.

STUDIO BASIC

$ 30
00
Monthly Studio Membership
  • Illust AR Studio Access
  • Unlimited AR Scenes
  • 25,000 yearly view limit
  • World, Face, and Image Target Experiences. Includes Material Editing & Lighting
  • Onboarding support + 30 min consultation
  •  

STUDIO CURATOR

$ 49
99
Monthly Studio Membership
  • Illust AR Studio Access
  • Unlimited AR Scenes
  • 50,000 yearly view limit
  • World, Face, and Image Target Experiences. Includes Material Editing & Lighting
  • Unlimited Map Creation & Curation
  • Onboarding support + 1 hour consultation
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STUDIO COMMERCIAL

$ 199
99
Monthly Studio Membership
  • Illust AR Studio Access
  • Unlimited AR Scenes
  • 250,000 yearly view limit
  • World, Face, and Image Target Experiences. Includes Material Editing & Lighting
  • Unlimited Map Creation & Curation
  • Onboarding support + 2 hrs of consultation

FAQ

About the technology.

No — illust runs in a web browser, no download required

Our software works with GLB for 3D, mp4/mov for video, png/jpg for stills, and .mp3 for audio. If you use 3D animations, please bake the animations and they will run in the system. File limits are 30MB and gif's are not supported.

Absolutely, you can turn off access to any experience you have in the studio.

Yes indeed! We have a variety of ways to help you get to the next level in your AR journey:

  1. Studio Documentation
  2. AR Skool Tutorials
  3. Youtube Tutorials

To speak with the community or an illust rep, please raise your questions on skool.

Yes. illust works from your source files (images, video, audio and .glb models), so you can rebuild your scenes and effects in AR Studio. See our guides for Adobe Aero users and Spark AR creators.

About the locations & availability.

As many as you would like within the file storage limits.

Yes, you can enter an address, Latitude and Longitudinal coordinates, or select a location by clicking on the map in the studio. 

About the payment.

Your first 10 days of studio access are free. After the trial, you will be charged based on the plan you select. We offer discounts for yearly software access.

Illust works to maintain your work in the studio even if you cancel. If you would like your works removed from the studio, please let us know. If you would like to store your works into perpetuity using the blockchain and decentralized storage, this can be arranged for a one time nominal fee per work.

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