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Getting Raree

Raree is on the App Store for iPhone and Apple Vision Pro.

Installing it

1. Find Raree on the App Store. On your iPhone or Apple Vision Pro, search for Raree, or use the button above.
2. Download it and open it. Raree comes with worlds to try, and opening them is free.
3. Open a portal. Viewing worlds shows how.

Someone sent you a world? Open the link on an iPhone: you don’t need to install Raree first.

Viewing worlds

Open a portal to a world on a wall or standing on the floor.

Opening a portal

1. Find some space. About 2 meters (6 feet) from a wall, or with open floor ahead.
2. Move your camera slowly. The mark turns blue when it finds a wall or the floor.
3. Tap to place the portal.
4. Walk up and look in. Step closer, lean, and look to the sides.

The controls hide once a portal is placed. Tap anywhere to bring them back.

Controls

• Resize it. Pinch.
• Move it. Drag with one finger.
• Raise or lower it. Drag two fingers up or down.
• Turn it. Twist two fingers, on a portal standing on the floor or a Wider world’s globe.

Selecting worlds

• Recent worlds. Tap one along the bottom of the screen to open it.
• Library. Tap Library to see all of your worlds.
• Create. Tap Create to make a new one.

Staying safe

Always be aware of the real world while using Raree.

• Look up before you move.
• Give yourself space. Away from streets, stairs, edges and anything to trip on.
• Mind the people and pets around you.
• Never on the move. Don’t use Raree while running, driving, jousting, or in other dangerous situations.
• Take a break. Dizzy, queasy or tired eyes? Stop and rest.
• Children need supervision. Children should only use Raree with a grown-up.
• On Apple Vision Pro. A Wider world covers what’s around you: Step Out before you walk.

What’s in a world?

A world is a 3D place you look into through a portal.

Every Raree world has…

• Real depth. Near things shift against far ones as you move.
• Its own sound. Most worlds have a soundscape made for the place.
• Effects. Rain, mist or dust, and other effects can be added to the world as needed.

Most worlds are seen through a portal that you look through. Wider worlds go all the way around you, so you can see the world from any angle.

What’s not in a world?

• Worlds hold still. Rain falls and leaves sway, but people and animals stay still.
• You can’t walk through it. Even a Wider world, all around you, is seen from one spot.

We designed Raree to give you great-quality worlds quickly. We’re working on adding these other features too, but they don’t yet meet our standards.

Imagine a world

Describe a world in a few words and watch as Raree creates it.

Creating a world

1. Tap the Create button, then select Imagine a world.
2. Describe the world you want to create. This can be a few words or a detailed description.
3. Optionally pick a built-in look. You can also describe a custom look in the world description.
4. You can also sketch it first. A sketch lets you preview and revise the world before fully creating it.
5. Watch it arrive. Worlds typically take a bit over a minute to fully create.

No need to wait. After starting the creation process, you can switch to other worlds or even close Raree. Your finished world will be waiting in your library.

Sketch first?

Sketches let you preview and revise your world before finalizing it. It’s quicker and cheaper, a good way to check an idea. Like it? Tap Finalize World. The first few sketches come off the world’s price.

Reimagine your world

Photograph what’s in front of you through a portal and then reimagine it with Raree.

Make one

1. Tap Create, then Reimagine your world.
2. Stand the portal on the floor. Place it so you can see what you want to reimagine through it.
3. Take the primary photo. Walk up to the portal to start capturing. Start by looking through the middle of the portal to capture the primary photo.
4. Add additional photos. For better quality, capture other views of the world. Turn slowly: Raree takes a photo each time you pause on a dot. Tap Done when you’ve captured everything you want to reimagine.
5. Say what it becomes. A few words, a look, or both.
6. Make your world or sketch it first. It arrives in the portal you photographed through.

Good to know

Tips for creating worlds

Imagine a world

• Say what you’d see from one spot. Something close, something across the way, something far off.
• Say a little or a lot. “A misty forest” leaves the rest to Raree. To choose where things go, say so: “a red boat just left of center”.
• Set the mood. “Eerie”, “peaceful” or “stormy”: the light, the colors and the effects follow it.
• Name the light and the weather. “At golden hour” or “in morning mist” does more than a list of things.
• Leave out people and writing. They come out oddly.
• Make it all the way around you. Turn on Make It Wider, under the ideas. A world you’ve made can become Wider too, from its menu in your library.

Reimagine your world

• Stand close and look through. Step up to the portal and aim through its middle at what you want.
• Turn slowly and pause. Raree takes a photo each time you pause on something new. Turn in place: don’t walk.
• Hold steady, in good light. A sharp photo makes a sharp world.
• A Wider world. Stand where its middle will be, then turn all the way around. It appears where you stood.
• Change it in a few words. “In deep winter” or “overgrown” works better than a long description.
• Name the light and the weather. “At golden hour” or “in morning mist” relights it.

Library

All your worlds in one place: the ones you’ve made, the ones sent to you, and the ones that come with Raree.

Open a world

1. Tap Library. At the bottom left.
2. Tap a world.
3. Place its portal. Aim at a wall or the floor and tap.

Manage a world

Press and hold a world in your library:

• Info. Where it came from, and switches for its effects and sound.
• Share link. Send it to anyone.
• Rename. Give it a name of your own.
• View in 2D. Look around it without the camera.
• Reimagine. A new world from a photo world’s photos.
• Delete world. It can’t be undone.

Sharing

Send a world as a link to anyone with an iPhone or Apple Vision Pro. It’s free, and on an iPhone they don’t need to install Raree first: the link opens the world.

1. Open the world or find it in your library.
2. Tap Share. At the top while a world is open, or in its menu in your library.
3. Send the link.

A link shows the world and its name, not your words. A photo world shows what the photos show.

Worlds sent to you

A world you open from a link is kept in your library, under Shared.

Pricing

Viewing and sharing worlds is free. Making them uses tokens.

Getting tokens

• Free trial. Curious is free for 3 days with 20 tokens, once per Apple Account. Cancel at least a day before it ends to pay nothing.
• Packs. Sets of tokens that never expire.
• Subscriptions. Give tokens every week at a discounted rate.

All three are under Get tokens on the Raree page.

What things cost

A world’s first three sketches come off its price, so sketching first doesn’t cost more. These costs are examples and may change: the price on each button in Raree is the one you pay.

Packs and subscriptions

Example prices in US dollars. What you pay is shown in Raree and the App Store, in your currency, and may vary.

Settings

Tap ••• at the top right to open the Raree page, where these settings are. On Apple Vision Pro, use the gear beside Create.

Mix with reality

Choose how much of what’s around you mixes with the world.

• Off. Disables all mix with reality effects.
• People. People show in front of the portal and in the world.
• In Front. Like People but any real object in front of the portal hides it too.
• Immersive. Experimental. The portal world blends fully with what’s around you.

The available levels depend on your device. On iPhone, In Front and Immersive need LiDAR.

Portal style

Choose Rift or Soft on the Raree page. Immersive uses the Soft style.

Sound

All sounds turns every sound on or off. Portal sound effects controls the portal’s own sounds. The volume is beside them on the Raree page.

World Effects

Tap a world’s name to open its Info, which has a switch for each of these it has.

• World effects. Its own motion, light and particles.
• Portal effects. What’s on the portal’s glass, like drops running down it or frost.
• Sound. Its soundscape, for this world alone.

Common problems

Still stuck? Contact support.

Contact support

Tap Send feedback on the Raree page and tell us what happened.

You can also email support@rarerealities.com.

For a world you made, tap the small version line at the foot of its Info first: it copies the details we need.