Start here · 8 minutes
Explore your first wreck
Open a wreck, focus the camera, move around it, take a measurement, and continue in a headset.
BelowVR documentation
Task-based tutorials for exploring and investigating wrecks, preparing models, collaborating, working in shared AR, exporting, and running BelowVR.
Tutorials
Archaeological investigation · 25–35 minutes
Identify an unknown shipwreck
Work through a real example: how Port Gregory’s “boiler wreck” became a supported identification of SS Xantho.
Model workflow · 25–45 minutes plus processing
Optimise and publish a photogrammetric wreck
Prepare a sound survey model, choose GLB or 3D Tiles, upload it, and verify the published wreck.
Collaboration · 15 minutes to prepare
Host a guided virtual dive or presentation
Put people into the same room, guide them with your torch, and use the desktop view to follow what each headset sees.
Shared spatial computing · 20–30 minutes
Create a shared AR and telepresence space
Align physical rooms around the same wreck while keeping the model in a stable room frame.
BelowVR Local · 15–25 minutes
Run BelowVR privately or without internet
Run the complete BelowVR app from one computer and connect local browsers or headsets without uploading project data.
Self-hosting · 45–90 minutes
Deploy your own BelowVR instance
Install BelowVR on a Docker host, create the administrator, and add HTTPS.
Portable publishing · 10–20 minutes plus packaging
Export a static BelowJS site
Press Download in a room, receive a self-contained site, and run it offline or publish it on an ordinary static host.