The app uses state-of-the-art technology to turn students’ creations into an immersive gaming experience, transporting them through time and space.

With over 1.3 million downloads to date in over 36 countries, this app is available for Chromebooks and iPads. Share a sandbox made on a Chromebook, then turn it into augmented reality using an iPad. The AR app uses state-of-the-art augmented reality to project students’ creations onto their physical surroundings, transporting them through time and space.

Sandbox includes:

• Over a thousand 3D models that cover history, science, nature and more – think Viking houses, spaceships, plastic pollution, mosques, the solar system, triceratops... the list goes on!

• A life-size play mode so students can scale up their sandbox and walk into their virtual world using a character controller (keyboard-and-mouse controls) or augmented reality (iPad only).

• Pre-built sandboxes exploring diverse subjects such as ancient Greece, space exploration and descriptive writing.

• Camera, annotation, measuring tools and more tools to help create evidence within the app itself and provide additional objectives and challenge levels.

• Additional pre-made scenes can be accessed through free, pre-built lessons that educators can use to guide computing and immersive integration into classroom instruction.

• Free, pre-built lessons that educators can use to guide AR integration into classroom instruction.

Award-winning technology

In 2023, Sandbox AR was named Best XR/VR/AI Product at the GESS Awards!

It was also crowned the winner of the Hardware, AV, AR/AV, Robotics and Digital Device category at the 2023 Bett Awards.

In 2024, Sandbox won Best VR/AR App or Tool at the Tech Edvocate Awards.