Magoo FAQ

Magoo is a web-based augmented reality platform and social network that uses image recognition to connect physical images and objects with video and digital experiences.

Choose an image, add your video and share your Magoo. When someone scans the image, Magoo recognizes it and the video comes alive.

No. Magoo is web-based and does not require users to install a Magoo mobile app to experience a Magoo.

Photos, illustrations, printed designs, cards, posters, packaging, merchandise and many other recognizable images.

No. Magoo is designed so that people can create AR experiences without programming or building their own augmented reality application.

Upload the image you want Magoo to recognize, add your video and publish it. If you can upload an image and a video, you can create a Magoo.

Yes. You can record your video when you create your Magoo.

Yes. You can upload a video you already have.

Yes. You can add a YouTube video instead of recording or uploading one.

Yes. A Magoo can continue to be edited after it is created.

Yes. The image can be changed after the Magoo has been created.

Yes. One image can have multiple Magoos, including Magoos created by different people.

Magoo includes a Store that lets users turn their image into a physical product, such as a T-shirt, so the printed item can become part of the experience.

People can reach a Magoo by scanning its image, scanning its QR code or opening its shared link.

Yes. Magoo generates a QR code that provides an additional way to access and share the experience.

Yes. You control whether a Magoo remains private or is made discoverable for others to find.

A discoverable Magoo can be found by anyone who scans the image, and by people searching and exploring Magoo. A private Magoo is shared only with the people you choose.

Yes. Magoo combines augmented reality creation with social discovery and interaction. Users can create experiences, share them and make them discoverable to others.

Yes. Businesses can use Magoo to connect products, packaging, printed materials, merchandise and marketing pieces with video and other digital experiences.

Your first 3 published Magoos are free. After that, 1 Magoo is $1.99, 5 Magoos are $6.99 and 10 Magoos are $9.99. It is a one-time payment, with no subscription.

WebAR is augmented reality that runs in a web browser instead of a dedicated app. Magoo is WebAR: people open a Magoo in their phone's browser, with no Magoo app to install.

When someone scans an image, Magoo recognizes it and brings the experience connected to it to life.

An image target, or target, is the image Magoo recognizes when it is scanned. A Magoo is the experience a person creates and connects to that image.