8th Wall

8th Wall is a web-based augmented reality (WebAR) platform originally founded in 2016 and acquired by Niantic in March 2022. Following Niantic's 2025 sale of its gaming division to Scopely and the spin-off of Niantic Spatial, Inc. as an independent geospatial AI and XR company, 8th Wall's hosted cloud editor, login, and Niantic Studio services were retired on February 28, 2026 and the platform transitioned to a free, open-source distribution model. Existing published 8th Wall experiences continue to run through February 28, 2027. The 8th Wall stack centers on the XR Engine — a SLAM-based WebAR runtime providing World Tracking, Image Targets, Face Effects, Sky Segmentation, and World Effects — exposed to developers as a TypeScript/JavaScript SDK that integrates with A-Frame, three.js, PlayCanvas, and Babylon.js. The Distributed Engine Binary (released January 2026) ships SLAM under a binary-only license for commercial and noncommercial use, while the surrounding framework, utilities, and example projects are MIT-licensed on the 8thwall GitHub organization. 8th Wall Studio (formerly Niantic Studio) is a real-time visual editor and game engine for authoring 3D and XR experiences that can be deployed to any web host. 8th Wall does not publish a public REST or HTTP API; the developer surface is a client-side JavaScript SDK plus command-line and utility tooling distributed through GitHub.

8th Wall is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Augmented Reality, WebAR, Web AR, XR, and Extended Reality.

8th Wall’s developer surface includes documentation, getting-started guide, GitHub presence, engineering blog, and 14 more developer resources.

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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Augmented RealityWebARWeb ARXRExtended Reality3DSLAMWorld TrackingImage TargetsFace EffectsSky SegmentationNianticNiantic SpatialOpen SourceJavaScript SDKTypeScriptA-Framethree.jsPlayCanvasBabylon.js

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Composite quality — 11.8/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

MigrationGuide

MigrationGuide

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub

GitHub

Engine-GitHub

Engine-GitHub

Framework-GitHub

Framework-GitHub

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Forums

Forums

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

License

License

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

LegacyWebsite

LegacyWebsite

Blog

Blog

Other 6

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Studio

Engine

OpenSource

Troubleshooting

NianticSpatial

TransitionAnnouncement

TransitionAnnouncement

Source (apis.yml)

aid: niantic-8thwall
name: 8th Wall
description: 8th Wall is a web-based augmented reality (WebAR) platform originally founded in 2016 and acquired by Niantic
  in March 2022. Following Niantic's 2025 sale of its gaming division to Scopely and the spin-off of Niantic Spatial, Inc.
  as an independent geospatial AI and XR company, 8th Wall's hosted cloud editor, login, and Niantic Studio services were
  retired on February 28, 2026 and the platform transitioned to a free, open-source distribution model. Existing published
  8th Wall experiences continue to run through February 28, 2027. The 8th Wall stack centers on the XR Engine — a SLAM-based
  WebAR runtime providing World Tracking, Image Targets, Face Effects, Sky Segmentation, and World Effects — exposed to developers
  as a TypeScript/JavaScript SDK that integrates with A-Frame, three.js, PlayCanvas, and Babylon.js. The Distributed Engine
  Binary (released January 2026) ships SLAM under a binary-only license for commercial and noncommercial use, while the surrounding
  framework, utilities, and example projects are MIT-licensed on the 8thwall GitHub organization. 8th Wall Studio (formerly
  Niantic Studio) is a real-time visual editor and game engine for authoring 3D and XR experiences that can be deployed to
  any web host. 8th Wall does not publish a public REST or HTTP API; the developer surface is a client-side JavaScript SDK
  plus command-line and utility tooling distributed through GitHub.
type: Index
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  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Provider
access: 3rd-Party
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tags:
- Augmented Reality
- WebAR
- Web AR
- XR
- Extended Reality
- 3D
- SLAM
- World Tracking
- Image Targets
- Face Effects
- Sky Segmentation
- Niantic
- Niantic Spatial
- Open Source
- JavaScript SDK
- TypeScript
- A-Frame
- three.js
- PlayCanvas
- Babylon.js
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created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
apis: []
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/niantic-8thwall-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://8thwall.org
- type: LegacyWebsite
  url: https://www.8thwall.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://8thwall.org/docs
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://8thwall.org/docs/getting-started
- type: Studio
  url: https://8thwall.org/docs/studio
- type: Engine
  url: https://8thwall.org/docs/engine
- type: MigrationGuide
  url: https://8thwall.org/docs/migration-guide
- type: OpenSource
  url: https://8thwall.org/docs/open-source
- type: Troubleshooting
  url: https://8thwall.org/docs/troubleshooting
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/8thwall
- type: Engine-GitHub
  url: https://github.com/8thwall/engine
- type: Framework-GitHub
  url: https://github.com/8thwall/8thwall
- type: Forums
  url: https://forum.8thwall.com
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.8thwall.com/blog
- type: NianticSpatial
  url: https://nianticspatial.com
- type: TransitionAnnouncement
  url: https://www.8thwall.com/blog/post/202888018234/8th-wall-update-engine-distribution-and-open-source-plans
- type: License
  url: https://github.com/8thwall/8thwall/blob/main/LICENSE
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com