# How to scan a real object into 3D on Meta Quest 3

Source: https://0xr.space/m/how/scan-a-real-object-into-3d-on-quest-3  
Published 2026-10-10, updated 2026-10-20, by ZeroXR, the maker of Model Explorer (https://0xr.space/).

On a Meta Quest 3, open 0xr.space in Quest Browser or the free Model Explorer app, open any model, enter the room and press Scan on the dock. Things the scan recognises within about 3.5 m get a soft box and a label with their name and distance, such as cup · 45 cm, and the label you look at shows the thing's size. Press a thing's name, or say it to Zero: the other boxes go, a panel shows Making 3D model with a percentage, and a photo of the thing goes to Photo → 3D, which builds a textured model. Opened within ten minutes, the model is scaled to the size the scan measured. While a scan runs the control reads Stop; pressing it ends the scan and builds nothing.

Scan is experimental and works on Quest 3 only, not Quest 3S. The far side of the model is guessed from one photo. Good light helps; in a dark room the scan stops and says Too dark. Turn on a light. Scan is not available in every country.

## Steps

1. Open 0xr.space in Quest Browser or the Model Explorer app, open any model and enter the room. Scan is on the dock.
2. When the camera dialog appears, tick Headset cameras, then Allow.
3. Look around until boxes with names appear, then press a name, or say what you want, for example the cup.
4. Wait while the panel reads Making 3D model. The model's card on Home is named Scan with the time. Press Stop to end a scan without building.

## Questions

### Does it work on Quest 3S?

Not with boxes yet. On a Quest 3S a press reads a QR code if one is in view and otherwise makes one photo into a model with Photo → 3D.

### Why is the camera picture black?

The browser was given a virtual camera. In Settings, allow Headset cameras for Browser, then press Scan again.

### What does Scan send and keep?

See the privacy page at https://0xr.space/privacy/ for what the camera features send and keep.

### Which things does it recognise?

Everyday objects such as cups, bottles, bowls, phones, laptops, keyboards, books, vases, plants and fruit, and bigger ones such as chairs, sofas, tables and TVs, which are drawn as an outline. A name Scan does not know, said to Zero, is looked for by name.

### Is the result a scan of the whole object?

No. It is built from one photo, so the back is guessed. The size comes from what the headset measured, when it measured one.

## Related guides

- [How to allow the headset cameras in Quest Browser](https://0xr.space/m/how/allow-headset-cameras-in-quest-browser)
- [How to turn a video into a 3D model](https://0xr.space/m/how/turn-a-video-into-a-3d-model)
- [Ways to make a 3D model without 3D software](https://0xr.space/m/how/ways-to-make-a-3d-model-without-3d-software)
- [Can Model Explorer make a 3D model from text?](https://0xr.space/m/how/can-model-explorer-make-a-3d-model-from-text)
- [How to turn a photo into a 3D model](https://0xr.space/m/how/turn-a-photo-into-a-3d-model)
- [How to make a Gaussian splat from photos or a video in a browser](https://0xr.space/m/how/make-a-3d-gaussian-splat-from-photos-or-video-in-a-browser)