# Xplore: Playful learning and digital creativity with Xbrick®! - Published: 2026-05-18 - Updated: 2026-09-01 - Author: Heide Sorn - Source: https://www.xbrick.eu/en/story/xplore-playful-learning-and-digital-creativity-with-xbrick --- With the **Xplore** app, Xbrick® becomes a gateway to new worlds—combining movement, teamwork, and **augmented reality (AR)**. Whether in the classroom, in workshops, or as an activity in museums, planetariums, science centers, or media centers, Xplore is the perfect complement to physical play with Xbrick. It opens up entirely new possibilities for active, creative, and playful learning. ![Verschiedene bunte geometrische Bausteine schweben vor einem Sternenhimmel. Der Schriftzug 'Xplore by Xbrick' ist mittig](https://www.xbrick.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Xbrick-Xplore-1.jpg) #### What is Xplore and what makes the app special? Digital and real worlds united: Xplore is an immersive app that we developed specifically for Xbrick®. It runs on your iPad and (of course) works best in combination with Xbrick®. With Xplore, Xbrick® becomes an interactive medium. The app recognizes your Xbrick constructions and seamlessly integrates them into a digital world—for a fascinating **AR experience,**which adds an exciting dimension to learning and playing. **Theme: Space and the Solar System.** Just like in an escape room, tasks in the app are solved using (physical) Xbrick®. Since this involves a great deal of understanding sizes and geometries, the app trains spatial perception in real-world settings. Solving the tasks requires communication and cooperation among the students. And, of course, everything happens on the move, as the lightweight Xbrick® blocks are meant to be rearranged again and again. [![Kind mit Tablet vor Wandgemälden und schwebenden Planetenmodellen in einem Ausstellungsraum](https://www.xbrick.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Xbrick-Xplore-2.jpg)](https://www.xbrick.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Xbrick-Xplore-2.jpg) **Perfect for education and workshops:** - As a learning station on the topic of size perception in your classroom, particularly suitable for elementary school students in grades 3 and 4. - Ideal as an interactive supplement to the topics of AR or the solar system in museums, planetariums, science centers, and workshops. - Promotes teamwork, spatial thinking, and motor skills. **Learning through fun and movement:** Travel through the solar system as an astronaut, discover planets, and solve tricky puzzles—all while moving and being creative. Learning AR through play can be so exciting! [![Zwei Kinder stehen neben einem Stapel aus bunten Bausteinen in Gelb, Pink und Grün.](https://www.xbrick.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Xbrick-Xplore-4.jpg)](https://www.xbrick.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Xbrick-Xplore-4.jpg) [![Kind berührt ein interaktives Kunstwerk aus bunten Paneelen und Lautsprechern](https://www.xbrick.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Xbrick-Xplore-3-1.jpg)](https://www.xbrick.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Xbrick-Xplore-3-1.jpg) Watch the video about the app: https://youtu.be/vIgupe-Dc08?si=N1CWZYSUESl-hCW7 #### Why Xbrick® and Xplore are a perfect match: Xbrick® is lightweight, sturdy, and sustainable multifunctional furniture—perfect for movement, creativity, and learning. With Xplore, you can turn Xbrick® into a bridge between physical play and the digital world, all while staying active. #### What do you need to play? ##### Xplore app: Free download for tablets. The app is designed specifically for iPads and uses the camera to recognize Xbrick® blocks marked with tags. [→ Download Xplore in the AppStore here](https://apps.apple.com/de/app/xbrick-xplorer/id6476190354?l=en-GB) ##### Xbrick® set: **Xbrick® Set** (9 pieces) – for maximum fun, best in all colors; see the [**Xbrick®** Set Chair and Seating Circle](https://www.xbrick.eu/en/produkt/seating-circle-seating-furniture) ##### Xplore marker band: If you like the gaming experience, order durable, vibrantly colored fabric marker sleeves here that you can easily slip over your Xbrick® (either permanently or repeatedly). 9 markers for the Xplore app with Xbrick®: [Xplore Marker Banderole](https://www.xbrick.eu/en/produkt/x-loop-set-9-markers-for-the-xplore-app-with-xbrick) ##### Xplore markers for printing: Just download, print, and attach to Xbrick®. **→**[Download marker PDF for A4 printout](https://www.xbrick.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Xplore-App_Marker_Appstore-A4_web.pdf) **→**[Download marker PDF for A3 printout](https://www.xbrick.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Xplore-App_Marker_Appstore-A3_web-2.pdf) - **Try it out:** If you don’t have an Xbrick® yet but want to try out Xplore, that’s totally fine. Since the markers work even without an Xbrick®, you can play using just the printed markers. Attach them to chairs, pin them to the board, or simply place them on the table. This way, you can complete the “Solar System” task and get a feel for Xplore. - **Try Xplore without any equipment:** Try out the AR functionality without any equipment and simply explore the virtual spaceport. [![Kinder spielen mit bunten Bauklötzen auf hellblauem Grund](https://www.xbrick.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Xbrick-Xplore-5.jpg)](https://www.xbrick.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Xbrick-Xplore-5.jpg) #### Discover Xplore and let yourself be inspired! [→ Download Xplore in the AppStore here](https://apps.apple.com/de/app/xbrick-xplorer/id6476190354?l=en-GB) #### Your equipment to start into new worlds with Xbrick® and Xplore: [![Verschiedenfarbige, rechteckige Bausteine aus Schaumstoff auf weißem Hintergrund.](https://www.xbrick.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Basis-Shop-600x900_Farben24.jpg)](https://www.xbrick.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Basis-Shop-600x900_Farben24.jpg) #### Xbrick® set woth all 9 colors [buy now](https://www.xbrick.eu/en/produkt/seating-circle-seating-furniture) [![Ein Stapel hellblauer Blöcke mit einer schwarzen Verpackung, die ein digitales Interface zeigt.](https://www.xbrick.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Xbrick-Web-Xplore-banderole-600x900-hoch-1.jpg)](https://www.xbrick.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Xbrick-Web-Xplore-banderole-600x900-hoch-1.jpg) #### Xplore marker band 9 markers for the Xplore app with Xbrick® [buy now](https://www.xbrick.eu/en/produkt/x-loop-set-9-markers-for-the-xplore-app-with-xbrick) **Xplore** was developed by: [halbautomaten Kommunikationsdesign GmbH](http://halbautomaten.com) [![Weißes Logo auf schwarzem Grund: ein Zahnrad-Symbol links neben dem Schriftzug 'halbautomaten'.](https://www.xbrick.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/halbautomaten_Logo_Schriftzug_weiss-300x66.png)](http://halbautomaten.com) **Xplore** was funded by: ![Logo des Ministeriums für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Tourismus Baden-Württemberg](https://www.xbrick.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/logo-m-wm_de-300x58.jpg)