Model Explorer by ZeroXR

How to view your own 3D models on Android XR glasses

Open Model Explorer in the glasses' browser, open a GLB, glTF folder, USDZ, OBJ, STL or FBX, and press View in your space. The model is placed in the room in front of you, at the size it was authored, and you can walk around it. It is a web page, so there is nothing to install.

It needs one thing from the glasses: a browser that supports WebXR immersive-AR sessions, which Chrome on Android XR does. If your glasses do not offer that session, the page says so and opens the model in a flat view instead of failing silently.

Open Model Explorer

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Steps

  1. Open 0xr.space in the browser on the glasses.
  2. Press Open and choose the .glb, .gltf folder, .usdz, .obj, .stl or .fbx file.
  3. Press View in your space and allow the permission the browser asks for.
  4. Grab, rotate and scale it with your hands. A section plane cuts through the model and the exploded view pulls its parts apart.

Questions

Why does my model look faint or partly see-through?

Most AR glasses use a see-through display that adds light to the room. Black and very dark colours cannot be drawn, so they show as transparent, and a bright room washes out what can. Dim the room or turn the model toward a plain wall for a clearer view. A headset with camera passthrough, such as Meta Quest, does not have this limit.

Why is a large model cut off at the edges?

Glasses show a narrower field of view than a headset, so a car or a room-sized model does not fit inside it at real size. Step back, or scale the model down to look at the whole thing, then back up to check its size.

Is the size in the room accurate?

Only when the file was authored in real units. Many published models are not, so a model can appear as big as a house or as small as a coin. Files exported from CAD tools and Blender scenes set up in metres come in at the right size.

Is my file uploaded?

No. It is decoded and stored on the device by the browser, and nothing is sent to a server unless you create a share link yourself.

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