Kivicube

What It Is

Kivicube is a no-code augmented reality platform. It is a builder of AR scenes rather than conventional video games, and it is listed here because it also covers interactive AR games for product launches. The company's own article says it is "the augmented reality software designed for anyone who wants to make augmented reality app without complexity," and names marketers, designers and small business owners as the people who can build AR apps in hours rather than months. The home page is mostly in Chinese and its copyright line names Chengdu Kivisense Technology Co., Ltd.. The site offers a language switcher with English among many others.

What You Build and How

The editor is visual and runs online. The English article describes a no-code, drag-and-drop editor for designing interactive AR flows, and the Chinese home page describes layout, asset adjustment and interaction events as one-stop visual editing that works without coding. The home page presents the first step as choosing an AR scene type, then editing, then publishing. It claims you can finish an AR scene in 5 minutes and make one for free.

Scene types and features show up in the site menu: AR tracking, AR virtual try-on and clothing try-on, an "AR Agent," and AI tools including an AI 3D model generator, a 3D animation maker and an AI video generator. The article adds AI image generation and AR interaction generation, and says these help when you have no AR or 3D assets of your own. Another menu section covers AR headsets, with a Vision Pro developer page.

The home page showcase gives a feel for what people make. Examples listed include AR jewelry try-on for GRAFF, a SKYY fruit wine interactive scene, a Burberry bag shown in 3D online, a Gucci shoe AR try-on, AR furniture placement, a landmark interaction at the Arc de Triomphe, an AR holiday card and Apple Vision Pro scenes. The English article walks through a custom AR car showroom, where you place a 3D car model on any flat surface with no coding or app required, and says the path from idea to a working AR app takes a few hours.

Recognition is its own feature. The home page says the platform supports AI recognition of images, gestures, logos, text and real-world scenes, on the web and in WeChat mini programs, and that enterprise users can buy an AI recognition license for stronger recognition.

The article says a template library of over 300 templates covers industries such as beverages, packaging, fashion, publishing and education. It also describes flexibility beyond the editor: if the visual editor does not meet your customization needs, you can use Kivicube's out-of-the-box APIs to develop additional features. The menu lists a WebAR SDK, an app embed option and an Open API with a WeChat mini program reference.

Publishing is where the platform differs from game engines. Scenes publish in one click to the web and to WeChat, and the home page lists WebAR, WeChat AR and mini program AR. It says viewers can experience AR without downloading an app. The article adds that scenes can be experienced in a browser or embedded in an app, and that you can share via a link or place the experience on your website. Teams with higher customization needs can do secondary development.

Learning material is a visible part of the offer. A video tutorial section called Kivicube AR Academy covers more than 10 scene types, the content editor, modeling in Nomad, the AI model generator (3D models from 1 image), Apple Vision Pro, chroma key video backgrounds, transparent GIF assets and custom animation.

Plans, Claims and Support

The home page shows 4 plans, but no prices; upgrades are ordered by scanning a code to contact sales, and a pricing details link is provided.

• Basic. Described as for individuals, with free AR scene building and common features included.
• Personal. For individuals who need more scenes, with scene counts that can be bought separately.
• Advanced. For domestic small and medium teams and companies, in the page's words, with more scenes, more recognition counts and upload capacity, and some advanced and backend features.
• Enterprise. For companies with higher AR demands: unlimited scenes, data security and confidentiality, global CDN support, one-to-one technical support, and full advanced and backend features.

The company makes large claims on the home page. It says the page figure "100 万" (1 million) users make AR with Kivicube, that 95% of developers choose it first for lightweight AR experiences, that scenes have been visited 500 million times in total, and that scenes made with it have driven 1 billion in orders. All of these are the company's own statements.

Commercial credibility comes from the article. It says the team has a track record of working for L'Oréal and LVMH and offers full-service customization from creative design to development. It describes Taopiaopiao, Alibaba's online ticketing platform, using Kivicube for AR features for movie merchandise, and a full-service AR campaign for the grand opening of Pop Mart's first flagship store in Australia, spanning in-store check-ins and interactions with classic IPs through to online promotion. CHAGEE appears as a custom AR campaign showcase.

On data, the FAQ states that Kivicube does not use your projects, assets or data to train its AI models. It also states that Kivicube supports both personal and commercial use. The home page links to documentation, quick-start guides, a community on Xiaohongshu and a contact page, and the article's header carries a Discord invite.

Who It Suits

Kivicube suits a marketing team, agency or brand that wants an AR campaign, product viewer or try-on experience without hiring AR engineers. It suits small businesses and designers whose audience is on WeChat, given the native WeChat and mini program publishing. It suits a creator who wants an interactive AR game for a launch event but not a full game engine. Teams that outgrow templates can use the API and SDK options, and those that want the work done for them can use the full-service customization.

Some caveats apply. Its output is AR scenes for the browser, WeChat and app embeds rather than standalone games for Steam or the mobile app stores. Prices are not published, so budgeting needs a conversation with sales. The home page is written in Chinese, the Advanced plan is aimed at domestic teams, and the AI recognition upgrade is sold to enterprise users.