Minecraft build in AR: on a desk and in the browser

A Minecraft build is usually seen in one place: inside Minecraft. Bring it into ARClip and the same castle stands on a desk in AR, opens from a link in any browser and becomes a level your friends can walk around together — without anyone installing the game.

Step 1. Export the build

Minecraft has no export of its own, so use Mineways, a free tool for Windows and macOS that reads Java Edition worlds.

1. Open your world in Mineways and select the area with the build. Set the depth so you take the whole build and not the ground under it.
2. Choose File → Export for Rendering and save as OBJ. You get an .obj file, a .mtl material file and the block textures as images.

Start with a small area: a whole village is a lot of blocks, and a heavy model loads slower on phones.

Step 2. Drop it into ARClip

Create a project and drop all the exported files onto the canvas at once — the .obj, the .mtl and the textures — or pack them into one zip first. ARClip turns them into one model with the textures in place.

Building in voxels outside Minecraft? Files from MagicaVoxel (.vox) go in directly, no conversion needed.

Step 3. Make it a place

• On a desk in AR. Fit the model to the size you need and publish: people point their phone at a table and the build appears on it.
• A level to walk around. Add a player and a spawn point and turn on multiplayer: everyone who opens the link walks around the build together. How multiplayer works.
• Something to do. Ask the assistant in plain words: "a chest that opens when a player comes close", "a sign with the build's story". Scenes that react.

Step 4. Share the link

Press Publish. The build opens from a link or a QR code in any browser, in AR on a phone and in VR headsets.

Or build it here from scratch

You don't need Minecraft at all for a blocky world: describe it to the assistant — "a small block village with a river and a bridge" — and it builds one in the scene.

Mind the rules

The default Minecraft textures belong to Mojang. Showing your builds is fine; before selling anything made with them, check Minecraft's usage guidelines.