Design better buildings together. With Arkio, you can ideate, review and present your work in a powerful collaborative design environment, saving both time and money.
The new Arkio 2.0 takes design collaboration to a whole new level with built-in AI rendering, layers, issue export and more.
Immerse yourself in Arkio using Meta Quest or work on your PC, Mac, tablet or phone. Import large 3D models, including Revit, Rhino, SketchUp and Archicad projects (Pro plan required) to experience them at 1:1 scale, fully immersed or in Mixed Reality. Mark up, comment and try new architecture design ideas with ease. With Arkio you can make good designs great.
Present your designs and guide other users around them. Generate beautiful renders with the Arkio AI camera and share them using Arkio Cloud. Convert any photo or AI render into a persistent, collaborative frame in the scene. Capture notes and issues using text or voice and share them with others via Arkio Cloud. Quickly try new design ideas or sketch shapes on top of your models using Arkio’s intuitive modelling that feels like playing with physical building blocks. Map your surroundings using mixed reality, carve out openings, design spaces using parametric components and export your work back to your favorite AEC design tool.
Some features require a paid plan. Start for free with the Starter plan, then upgrade to Plus, Pro or Enterprise to experience the full power of Arkio. For more details, visit arkio.is/pricing
August 21, 2026
Arkio 2.3 brings major improvements to visual quality, mobile AR, and import workflows. Experience more realistic imported materials with PBR support, position and explore your designs more naturally in AR, and work more smoothly with movable elements, improved navigation, and better performance…
May 21, 2026
Arkio 2.2 is all about making immersive design collaboration easier to start, easier to share and more useful once you are inside your model. We are simplifying our pricing, streamlining plugin workflows and adding movable objects from Revit, Rhino and SketchUp so teams can test real design options…
April 2, 2022
I just spent the last hour trying out this app. I'm impressed. The team design options and plugin flexibility from day 1 is amazing. It's controls are intuitive and I'm sure they'll get even better with time. I'm going to try to incorporate this program into my level design workflow for an upcoming project and see how it pans out. Any level designers, architects, urban planners, landscape architects, designers, or artist should give this a try. With a little bit of an imagination the creative possibilities are literally endless.
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April 5, 2022
We’ve bought an apartment and are waiting for the place to be built. I really wanted to get a feel for the space so I built the apartment block in Sketchup, then imported the model into Arkio. There are lots of tutorials on YouTube on how to turn a floorplan into a Sketchup model, and you can also get a free months trial of Sketchup to get you started. Within literally a few hours I was inside the apartment in VR. Arkio has a feature to add the street map and 3d buildings, and I was somewhat surprised this even included New Zealand streets. The sun checker was also handy for seeing how light travelled across the apartment through the seasons. Once the model was imported into Arkio I’ve been using the tools on Arkio to add furniture and cabinetry. My friend bought an apartment in the same block so I added his apartment to the model and we went in together in Arkio for a look around which was great fun. The teleport movement is fine, but it would be good if there was a way to glide through the space using the joystick as there is on some similar apps. But overall it’s an awesome tool and for anyone who has bought an apartment off the plans and can’t wait to see what it’s like, do what I did, and you’ll be inside having a look around before you know it.
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July 5, 2022
I only ran through the tutorial so far but it seemed pretty well done. I enjoyed the pass thru capabilities. Maybe I'm an idiot but I couldn't figure out how to exit the app since it appears to take over regular oculus button and I don't see an exit action anywhere.
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September 29, 2022
Today, Year 3 Architectural studio in Hongik University (Seoul, Korea) had a project review using Arkio+Oculus. It was absolutely fantastic experience. Full of wow and excitement 😊 Students prepared their massing design option (school renovation) in rhino then export to Arkio using the plugin. Each student opened their own meeting room then other students joined the meeting room by simply typing in the room name and the password. Every step was easy and whole work flow was seamless smooth and straightforward. We also did live casting via meta casting so that students who didn’t wear Oculus can watch scenes. I honestly couldn’t recommend more. All architectural schools should try and utilize Arkio+Oculus combination.
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January 16, 2025
Hey lads, good sw! I have one point that can make it even better, do you think that it is possible to scan the room with the photo textures on the walls ? I am usualy drawing existing buildings electrity wirings im autocad and this would be awesome if i could just “teleport” my self to the building that i am drawing to see the socket and light placement 😁
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