Ordinary Objects is a mixed reality (MR) prototyping platform designed to accelerate the validation of complex spatial user experiences. It allows design teams to create, test, and refine high-fidelity interactive simulations for vehicles and interiors at true scale.
Prototype Spatial UX for Vehicles & Interiors
Ordinary Objects is a mixed reality prototyping platform designed specifically for automotive UX, interior design, and interaction teams to validate in-car interfaces, materials and spatial flows at true scale.
Prototyped in Ordinary Objects Editor, tested and recorded on Apple Vision Pro Mirror. No post-processing.
With Ordinary Objects, create playable high-fidelity interactive simulations and mockups. Achieve unparalleled iteration velocity and ensure every touchpoint and visual cue is refined at the speed of thought, eliminating the costly creative-engineering disconnect of sequential prototyping.
Ordinary Objects runs native everywhere, taking full advantage of the latest hardware features.
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Mirror
iOS/iPadOS
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Gesture & Interaction Design
Designing Next Generation Embodied Interactions
Our platform empowers UX designers to prototype and test intricate micro-gestures and embodied interactions utilizing gaze, hand and finger movements. This allows for early Human-in-the-Loop validation of novel multi-modal HMI concepts, ensuring these next-gen controls are intuitive, safe, and established years before production, closing the gap between vision and testable experience.
Prototyped in Ordinary Objects Editor, tested and recorded on Meta Quest 3 Mirror. No post-processing.
Prototyped in Ordinary Objects Editor, tested and recorded on Meta Quest 3 Mirror. No post-processing.
Scenario Validation
Rapid Cabin Configuration and Verifiable Design
With Ordinary Objects, you can rapidly cycle through configurations— validating reconfigurable layouts and advanced device behaviours. Provide the immediate visual clarity necessary to accelerate crucial decision-making around ergonomics of bespoke cabin experiences.
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Built for Automotive & Mobility
From HUDs to gesture control, dashboards to trims, Ordinary Objects helps automotive teams validate ideas faster.
Prototype ergonomics, reachability with flows in phygital cabins
Validate material finishes and interactions before physical mockups
Trusted by experts
Designers and creative technologists are thrilled to use Ordinary Objects to rapidly prototype, iterate, and bring spatial concepts to life with unprecedented ease and quality.
Made for the next generation connected systems.
Systems are becoming connected intelligent, aware and all around us. Outside a screen, designer and developers are challenged to think of new ways to ideate and conceptualise novel interfaces, interactions and user flows.
OO far exceeded my expectations. It makes it so much more accessible for designers to imagine new worlds!
Bini Park
XR Product Designer & Prototyper, New School
I’ve used OO for a range of client projects, for internal teams and client communication. Can’t overstate how great it is to rapidly set up and iterate on spatial prototypes that update in real time in-headset.
Francesco Bagni
XR UX Director, Unit9, Nexus Studios
I love how easy OO makes it to bring spatial concepts to live with great animations, transitions and interactions.
Matt Rice
Co-Founder/Creative Director, Sennep Ltd
Ordinary Objects truly allows us to explore concepts faster with higher confidence.
Sebastian Wolf
UX Engineer CARIAD SE / Volkswagen Group
For spatial prototyping, OO is my go-to. There is no prototyping tool on the market that achieves this level of quality for interaction simulations!
Binna Lee
XR Experiential Design, New School Parsons
I absolutely love Ordinary Objects. Exactly what I was looking for.
Orlando Mathias
Design Leader, Founder of The Blend
Start prototyping with the Editor
Download the native editor for macOS or windows.
Test prototypes with a Mirror
Get the mirror apps for Quest 3 and iOS.
FAQ
Product & Target Audience
While Ordinary Objects is exceptionally powerful for automotive UX use cases, it can be utilized in any industry where spatial planning, previewing, and pre-experiencing are essential. For example:
Interior Architects can use it to plan and preview layouts for retail spaces, residential building lobbies, or public areas.
Digital Agencies can prototype spatial productivity and entertainment apps.
Universities can incorporate it into spatial UX curricula.
Interior Architects can use it to plan and preview layouts for retail spaces, residential building lobbies, or public areas.
Digital Agencies can prototype spatial productivity and entertainment apps.
Universities can incorporate it into spatial UX curricula.
Ordinary Objects is focused on prototyping user flows for spatial computing apps and services. Its workflow emphasizes interactions, embodiment, and physical sensing capabilities such such as surface anchoring. It is currently the only XR design tool that allows designers to define complex anchoring flows and add an unlimited number of anchors.
It is first and foremost a prototyping platform. You can import 3D assets, and use the platform to define, simulate, and validate the behavior, interactions, and spatial placement of objects and interfaces, allowing for rapid iteration and testing of user flows.
Technical & Compatibility
The platform consists of two parts: the Editor (for creating prototypes) and the Mirror (for testing in MR). You need a computer (macOS or Windows) for the Editor, and a compatible MR/XR headset or device for the Mirror.
The Ordinary Objects Mirror App currently supports: visionOS (Apple Vision Pro), Meta Quest (Quest 3), and iOS/iPadOS. This ensures broad accessibility for testing spatial experiences.
You can import a variety of assets: 3D models using .GLB (including animations), static textures/UIs with .PNG / .JPG, audio files such as .WAV / .MP3 for spatialized sound and .MP4 to add video elements and effects.
Details in the docsYes. Ordinary Objects supports real-time collaboration across both the Editor and Mirror applications. Any changes made by a designer in the Editor are instantly synchronized to all collaborators testing the prototype in their respective Mirror headsets.
Currently, we support the manual import of custom files. If you are looking for specific integrations with tools like Alias or VRED, please reach out to our team—we are actively seeking feedback for future development.
Yes. You can export individual prototype states as .glb files. For a step-by-step guide on how to export states, please refer to our documentation.
Export States as .GLBFeatures & Workflow
Our platform provides dedicated tools to prototype and test embodied interactions. It natively surfaces available features like head, hand, and finger tracking, which designers can then utilize to create custom micro-interactions and gestures. This workflow enables designers to refine next-gen HMI concepts that are both intuitive and safe.
These are core features for MR realism. Plane Anchors allow you to seamlessly align virtual objects with real-world physical surfaces (like a dashboard). Spatial Anchors let you lock virtual content to a specific point in 3D space, ensuring persistence and stability within the environment.
Yes, we are currently in free beta. You can download the Editor and Mirror apps and begin prototyping immediately. For advanced users and teams, we offer upgrade packages that unlock higher upload and usage limits.
Find more details in our docs.Create an account and start prototyping.
