Material Box vs Blender Scene Viewer

Preview PBR materials as if they were actually on your phone. Material Box uses motion tracking and off axis rendering to give heightmaps the illusion of real depth as you move your phone.

Blender Viewer brings your live Blender scene to iPhone and iPad for review, presentation, and AR placement. A lightweight Blender add-on streams the open scene over your own local network — no account, no cloud upload, no clutter. Blender stays the source of truth. Blender Viewer is a fast review surface for artists, supervisors, clients, educators, and students who want to see and interact with a scene away from the desktop. CONNECT IN SECONDS • Install the free Blender Viewer add-on (Blender 4.5 LTS and 5.x) • Start the server from the sidebar and scan the QR code — or type the IP and port • Everything travels only over your local WiFi, directly between Blender and your device REVIEW THE REAL SCENE • Evaluated geometry with modifiers and Geometry Nodes baked in • Principled materials, textures, transparency, and emission • All your cameras (match a camera or the Blender viewport) and lights • Real object and scene statistics — never faked INTERACT • Orbit, pan, zoom, frame, and turntable • Shaded, Albedo, Normals, and UV Checker channels, wireframe overlay, studio backgrounds • Select objects and move, rotate, and scale them with on-screen gizmos • Completed edits create Blender Undo history — Undo and Redo right in the viewer PLACE IT IN AR • Drop the scene onto a real surface with RealityKit • Pinch, drag, and rotate; Studio or real-world lighting • Capture and share the viewport or AR view with the standard iOS share sheet TRY IT WITHOUT BLENDER • A built-in offline demo scene shows every feature with no setup PRIVACY • No accounts, no analytics, no advertising, no tracking • Scene data never leaves your local network and is never sent to Reimagine Fx Blender is a registered trademark of the Blender Foundation. Blender Viewer is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Blender Foundation.