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24 alternatives to POLARIS 🌏

Augmented Reality filters for the Earth

POLARIS is an augmented reality app that displays a 3D Earth model users can explore through their device camera. It allows millennials to visualize and learn about geographical data and global trends including climate… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. POLARIS 🌏 launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Polarsteps▲219
Easily plan, track, and relive your travels
2024 · polarsteps.com · its alternatives →
2
StriveSDK for iOS▲277
Augmented Reality SDK for face filters
2017 · its alternatives →
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Polarr 2.0a▲223
An online photo editor (big data meets Lightroom)
2015 · v2.polarr.co · its alternatives →
4
Shader▲315
New self-expression with AI
2023 · its alternatives →
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Google Earth▲675
The new Google Earth 🌎
2017 · earth.google.com · its alternatives →
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Aerial▲405
Climate action, in your hands.
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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voxelizeAR▲66
iOS AR app that turns the real world into voxels
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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SOLAR by Aireal ▲88
Walk among the planets via geospatial augmented reality
2016 · aireal.io · its alternatives →
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Polarr.co, a WebGL photo editor▲167
Web and mobile photo and video filters and editing tools
2014 · polarr.co · its alternatives →
10
Google Earth VR▲280
Walk the earth in VR
2016 · arvr.google.com · its alternatives →
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Reality Filters▲75
Paint image filters onto the world with this AR app for iOS
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Polarsteps▲131
Automatically track your journeys on a stunning map
2015 · polarsteps.com · its alternatives →
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GeoGeek AR▲74
Geography quiz in augmented reality
2021 · geogeek-ar.com · its alternatives →
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Metaverse▲197
Democratized augmented reality platform: AR for everyone!
2016 · its alternatives →
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The Earth▲81
interactive model that lets kids study and observe the geol…
2015 · tinybop.com · its alternatives →
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Global 3D topography explorer▲118
I made a web app to generate 3D models of real places on earth from land cover and elevation data. Click anywhere on the map to get a polygon, and then click "generate". It should work at most scales, but if your watershed or region selection is too large, the result can be less exciting because it's so flat. As a warning, the 3D models can sometimes be too much for my phone. It's nicer on desktop. I'm still working better on mobile support. The land cover data I'm using gives a cool effect, but at some point I'd like to add in global imagery and clouds. The backend is a Python thread…
2025 · topography.jessekv.com · its alternatives →
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Aipoly▲209
Augmented reality for visually impaired
2016 · aipoly.com · its alternatives →
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Google Live View▲260
Google Maps now has AR enabled directions
2019 · blog.google · its alternatives →
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XSight▲171
Find friends and places in AR using your phone camera
2021 · xsight.online · its alternatives →
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Snapchat World Lenses▲302
Paint the world around you with new 3D experiences
2017 · snap.com · its alternatives →
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MagiScan AI 3D Scanner app▲288
Turn anything into 3D with your smartphone
2024 · magiscan.app · its alternatives →
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AstraPixelsfree tier, from $5/mo▲267
A pixel-art solar system at its real current positions.
Aug 2026 · astrapixels.com · its alternatives →
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Polaris Data Collector▲71
Collect Data Effectively & Efficiently both Online & Offline
2022 · pdcollector.com · its alternatives →
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DeepAR▲176
Add 3D face filters and face AR to any app or website
2020 · deepar.ai · its alternatives →

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