Design AR scenes visually in ReactVision Studio, then drop a single ViroReact component into your React Native or Expo project. Native ARKit and ARCore performance, no Unity, no 3D modelling skills, no native bridges to wire up.
ReactVision Studio is the visual editor. ViroReact is the renderer. Together they take an AR scene from your browser to your user's pocket, with one component in between.
Open Studio, drag in 3D models, anchor them to surfaces or world coordinates, set up animations and interactions. Preview live on device with StudioGo as you build. No code, no engine to learn.
Studio publishes your scene to your ReactVision project. In your React Native or Expo app, import ViroStudioScene and pass the scene ID. That's the integration.
ViroReact compiles your scene to native ARKit and ARCore draw calls. Your AR runs at hardware speed across every supported device, from one codebase. Update the scene from Studio without redeploying.
One install, one import, one component. The same primitive works across every Studio scene you build.
// 1. Install ViroReact in your React Native or Expo project $ npm install @reactvision/react-viro // 2. Import the Studio scene component import { StudioSceneNavigator } from '@reactvision/react-viro'; // 3. Drop the component into your app <StudioSceneNavigator />
ViroReact is a first-class React Native library. If your team ships React Native or Expo apps, you have the skills already. There is no new engine to learn, no new language to adopt.
ViroReact compiles to true native ARKit and ARCore draw calls, not a browser canvas. You get hardware-speed rendering, occlusion, PBR lighting, and shaders, the same primitives the platform vendors give to native devs.
Use Expo with development builds. Our Starter Kit ships as an Expo + TypeScript project with working AR demos ready to run on your device, no manual native setup required.
Declarative components, typed props, familiar React patterns. No new compiler, no proprietary editor, no runtime fees. Your existing CI, linting, and testing all just work.
React Native is one of the best-understood codebases in the world for AI coding agents. Clean JSX and typed props mean your AI tools, Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot, can reason about your AR scene the same way they reason about any other React component.
Three real choices for shipping AR on mobile. This is how the full ReactVision stack, Studio, Platform, and ViroReact, lines up against the alternatives.
| Capability | WebAR | Unity AR Foundation | ReactVision Studio + Platform + ViroReact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stack and language | JavaScript / WebGL | C# + Unity Engine | TypeScript + React Native |
| Visual scene editor | Varies by library | Unity Editor, C# scripting required | Studio in your browser, no code required |
| AI 3D asset generation | Third-party only | Third-party only | Built into Studio |
| Cloud and Geospatial Anchors | Third-party services | Self-managed Google Cloud | Built into Platform |
| Open source renderer | Mixed by library | Proprietary engine | ViroReact, MIT licensed |
| Rendering | Browser canvas (WebGL) | Native | Native via ARKit and ARCore |
| Cost at scale | Per-view fees common | $2,200 / seat / yr above $200K revenue | Free renderer, tiered Platform |
| Distribution | URL, no install | Native app install | Native app install |
| Team ramp-up | Days for web devs | Months, new engine and language | Days for React Native devs |
ReactVision wins almost everywhere, especially if you are already shipping a React Native or Expo app.
The short answers to what teams ask before they start building.
Yes. ViroReact has been the answer to that question since 2017. It is the most widely used open-source AR and VR library for React Native, used in production by retail, education, and entertainment apps on iOS and Android. Learn more about ViroReact.
Yes, ViroReact has full Expo support. You will need to run an Expo development build rather than Expo Go, AR APIs require native modules that Expo Go does not include. Our Starter Kit is an Expo + TypeScript template that handles the dev-build setup for you.
No. ReactVision Studio is built for developers who do not want to learn Blender. Build scenes visually in the browser, drag in models, set anchors, configure animations. Studio has AI-powered 3D asset generation built in, so you can spin up models from a text prompt without leaving the editor. If you would rather bring your own, ReactVision supports OBJ, FBX, and GLTF/GLB directly.
Yes. The scene lives in your Studio project. Edit it in the browser, publish, and connected apps pull the new scene the next time they load it. Your app binary stays the same.
ViroReact is MIT licensed, free forever, and fully open source, no paywalls, no feature tiers, no runtime fees. Scene editing and platform features like Cloud and Geospatial Anchors are available via Studio on a free tier, with paid tiers for production-ready apps. ReactVision scales with you.
Unity gives you a full game engine in C# with months of ramp-up if your team does not already use it. 8th Wall is browser-based, so you trade native performance for no-install access. ViroReact sits between the two, native ARKit and ARCore performance through familiar React Native APIs, with team ramp-up in days, not months.
Open Studio in your browser, design a scene, and drop the ViroReact component into your React Native or Expo app.
Have a quick question or need feedback? Jump into our Discord for real-time chat, or post on r/ReactVision to get answers, code samples, and tips from thousands of fellow builders.
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