ArtInAR – 2D to 3D Art

Sell more art without more marketing. ArtInAR lets art galleries and individual artists show their work at true scale on the customer's own wall, right before they buy. While competitors show static photos, you offer a real, in-room experience — removing doubt about dimensions and atmosphere, and reducing returns. ArtInAR adds a "View in your room" button to your WooCommerce product pages. On a phone the button opens the AR preview page, which guides the visitor and then launches native Augmented Reality (AR Quick Look on iOS, Scene Viewer on Android) — straight in the mobile browser, with no app to install. On desktop an optional QR code lets visitors scan and open the same preview on their phone. Built specifically for art: your 2D image is automatically turned into a realistic 3D canvas with proper depth and shadow (not a generic furniture/product viewer), shown at 100% scale accuracy. How it works

1. Upload your artwork image.
2. ArtInAR automatically creates a realistic 3D canvas — no 3D knowledge required.
3. The plugin adds a "View in your room" button to the matching WooCommerce product.
4. The customer taps the button on mobile (or scans the QR code on desktop).
5. The camera opens and the artwork appears at actual scale on their wall.

Why galleries and artists use it

• Increase sales — customers see the work at true size in their own interior, so they buy with confidence.
• Fewer returns — less hesitation about dimensions, visual impact and spatial fit.
• No technical barrier — automatic 2D-to-3D conversion; no 3D modelling skills needed.
• Made for art — realistic canvases with depth and shadow, designed for paintings.
• Browser-based — works directly in mobile browsers; nothing for customers to install.
• Seamless WooCommerce integration — fits naturally into your existing storefront. The preview page (interstitial) is hosted by the ArtInAR back-end; the plugin links to it via a per-product preview URL stored in post meta. This keeps the on-boarding and 3D experience in one place and works the same whether a visitor arrives from the product page or by scanning a QR code.

Plugin features

• "View in your room" button, auto-displayed via a configurable WooCommerce hook
• Shortcode: [art_in_ar_buttons] for manual placement
• Per-product AR preview URL via a meta key (supports variable products per variation)
• Optional QR-code fallback for desktop/unsupported devices
• Lightweight and privacy-friendly: no tracking, no external ads on the product page Start with a free demo — no payment and no credit card required. The setup wizard creates your demo account in one step (just your email). ArtInAR is then offered as a subscription for catalogues ranging from around 100 to 5,000+ works; see https://artinar.app/ for current plans and details.

Translations

• Base language: English (artinar).
• Included locales: Dutch (Netherlands nl_NL), Dutch (Belgium nl_BE), German (de_DE), French (fr_FR), Spanish (es_ES), Italian (it_IT), Portuguese (pt_PT).
• Community translations are managed via translate.wordpress.org. When this plugin is hosted on WordPress.org, translations are delivered automatically.

Requirements

• WooCommerce
• WordPress 5.8+
• PHP 7.4+

1.6

• The desktop QR code is now enabled by default, so visitors on desktop can immediately scan to view artwork in AR on their phone. You can still turn it off under Settings → Art In AR.
• When connecting your store, your WordPress site title is now sent as the shop name in ArtInAR.
• The setup wizard now shows which ArtInAR plan your store is on and how many of its products are in use.
• Added a notice for when your plan is full. ArtInAR only converts as many products as your plan holds; until now the artwork that didn't fit was skipped without WordPress telling you. The notice reports how many were left out and links straight to the plan picker.

1.5

• Added a setup wizard that opens on activation: start a free demo and connect your store to ArtInAR (one-click, email only — it provisions the account and creates the WooCommerce REST key automatically), choose how the button is displayed, and see a final readiness check.
• Added a "Setup" link on the Plugins screen and a "Run setup wizard" button on the settings page.
• Added translations for French (fr_FR), Spanish (es_ES), Italian (it_IT) and Portuguese (pt_PT), and refreshed the Dutch and German translations. Bundled translations are now loaded for self-hosted installs.

1.4

• The button and QR code now link to a hosted AR preview page (interstitial) via a per-product art_in_ar_preview_url meta key, instead of launching native AR directly. On-boarding and the 3D/AR experience now live on that page.
• Settings: replaced the GLB/USDZ meta keys with a single "Preview URL meta key".
• Removed the in-plugin native AR launch and QR hash auto-open (now handled by the preview page).

1.3

• QR fallback redesign to boost AR engagement: larger, more scannable QR code, a product image teaser with an AR badge, a benefit-led default title, and an attention-drawing pulse.

1.2

• Fixes for WooCommerce

1.1

• Add support for WooCommerce variable products: AR/3D models can now be set per variation.
• Refactor model URL retrieval into a reusable helper method.

1.0.0 Initial release.