BoxApp is a platform that turns any 360 image or video into an immersive experience – What we call a World.
A World is a 3D space where users can look around as if they where physically there.
BoxApp is compatible with all devices. So if users open a World from a desktop, tablet, smartphone, or VR headset they will be able to have as immersive of an experience as the device allows it:
- From a desktop they will be able to look around by dragging their mouse.
- From a tablet or smartphone they can look around by moving the device – Up to see the ceiling, down to see the floor, etc.
- And from a VR headset they will be completely immersed in the environment.
Register to begin using BoxApp
Creating a World
To create a World simply upload a 360 image or video.
Easy as Drag & Drop
Simply drag & drop 360 images and videos.
BoxApp takes care of the rest!
Make Worlds interactive
When you edit a World, you can add interactive elements and place them anywhere you like. There are two types of interactive elements currently available in BoxApp: Navigation Buttons and Information buttons (called Tooltips).
Navigation buttons let your users move from one World to another.
Tooltips can hold text, an image or a video, even a link to your website. When a user clicks on a Tooltip a window opens to display the Tooltip’s information.
Tooltips & Navigation Buttons
As you add Tooltips & Navigation Buttons from the right sidebar, they will automatically appear inside the World in front of you.
Share your Worlds
With BoxApp, it is extremely easy to share your 360 images and videos!
Every time you create a World BoxApp generates a unique url for that World. This means you can simply copy and paste that url anywhere (in an email, via text, slack, etc) and whoever clicks on that url will immediately be taken to that World.
No need to download anything, signup, or go through any hassle at all!
Share Your Content, Your way!
Click to share on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and more.
Or embed Worlds into your website.
Watch this tutorial
How much does it cost?
BoxApp is and always will be FREE!
Organization (business) accounts in BoxApp are also free. Users can create unlimited organizations and they can invite as many users as they like to each organization.
Organization accounts offer a little more control over your Worlds. Learn more about organization accounts here.
So how do you make money?
A lot of people ask us the same question. They wonder: How is a platform that seems to be so powerful in what you can create with it, free?
Before we answer that, let us answer a more important question, why?
At BoxApp, we believe that content creators should have control over how they publish their content, who they share it with, and how to customize it. We also believe that it is extremely expensive for anyone creating 360/VR content to do these three things today (publish, share & customize) unless they are a developer themselves. For a beginner or an industry unfamiliar with the technology it is too expensive to explore. We want to change that!
You don’t pay anyone to post content on your blog. It is your content, you decide how to post it. Why should it be any different with content you create in 360? We think it shouldn’t be.
Mario Vallejo – Founder @ BoxApp.io
So, how does BoxApp make money?
Even though we have not officially decided, one of the main streams of revenue we have explored is ads. If we do go this route, the way that we want to do it is the following:
- You, as the content creator decide whether you want ads on your Worlds or not.
- If you do want to display ads, you and BoxApp share the revenue that comes from those ads.
- So if we make money, you make money!