Step Into the Babel Nexus Public Domain Library — 814 Unique Works, 53 Galleries, Free
A visual library where you explore classic books and ideas by clicking through connected rooms.
Babel Nexus is a visual library and experimental book platform. Its core Public Domain Library organizes classic primary works into connected hexagonal galleries. Additional collections explore modern editions and the changing technology of books, including book-discovery applications, digital-library software, experimental readers, open publishing tools, spatial books and immersive AR/VR/XR reading experiences.
Beyond the public-domain library, Babel Nexus explores the future of the book through a curated bookstore and a growing Book Applications collection covering discovery, digital libraries, experimental reading, open publishing technology, spatial books and AR/VR/XR reading.
Book Applications extends the Babel Nexus mission beyond preserving and organizing books of the past. It documents emerging ways of discovering, creating, reading and experiencing books. The collection is curated rather than automatically aggregated, with particular attention to unusual, experimental, open and spatial approaches to the book.
The collection includes free book apps and open technologies, alongside freemium tools, experimental projects, waitlists and unavailable or historical projects. Access, compatible hardware and availability are recorded per entry; inclusion does not mean every project is free or currently usable. This is a discovery directory, not a marketplace.
36 applications and projects across 6 application galleries (39 category placements), separate from Public Domain Library and bookstore totals.
Book Applications collection · Open the existing visual collection
Applications for discovering books through new interfaces, recommendations, places, and reading communities.
Explore Book Discovery visually
Discover books by swiping through curated literary excerpts, saving favorite lines, and opening the books behind them.
Creator: Nazareno Jesus Alvarez Garin (App Store developer) · Organization: unknown
Access: freemium · Platform: iOS · Status: current
Catalog tags: book discovery
Hardware: unknown · Software: unknown
Last verified: 2026-09-25. Official site says Android is not yet available. Free tier and optional Canto Pro are stated on the official site. Developer name is from the linked App Store, not a claim about the product’s founding.
Official project: CantoFind related reads through a book’s voice, atmosphere, pacing, and themes, or build personalized discovery stations from books and moods.
Creator: unknown · Organization: Novelome LLC
Access: free · Platform: web, iOS, Android · Status: current
Catalog tags: book discovery
Hardware: unknown · Software: unknown
Last verified: 2026-09-25. Official home links iOS and Google Play apps; the App Store listing describes free browsing without an account. No premium plan was found in the checked sources; access refers to observed discovery functionality.
Official project: NovelomeChoose a book by reading its opening page with its cover, author, and title hidden, then reveal and save books that catch your attention.
Creator: Nathaniel Peters (founder) · Organization: unknown
Access: free · Platform: web, mobile web · Status: current
Catalog tags: book discovery
Hardware: unknown · Software: unknown
Last verified: 2026-09-25. Official about page identifies the founder and states free browser-based use, including phones. No native mobile app was verified. This is not the separate Uncover reading tracker.
Official project: UncoveredExplore books through the real-world streets, landmarks, and other places that appear in their stories.
Creator: unknown · Organization: Squirl, Inc.
Access: free · Platform: web, iOS, Android · Status: current
Catalog tags: book discovery
Hardware: unknown · Software: unknown
Last verified: 2026-09-25. Official FAQ says free for readers and authors; the download page links browser, App Store, and Google Play. Store availability can vary by region.
Official project: SquirlBrowse an interactive world map connecting books and their story settings with real places.
Creator: unknown · Organization: unknown
Access: free · Platform: web · Status: current
Catalog tags: book discovery
Hardware: unknown · Software: unknown
Last verified: 2026-09-25. Map and book listings are publicly accessible. No named creator or native app was verified. Free denotes public map browsing, not an audited business model.
Official project: Planet of the BooksChoose nine visual cards to express today’s reading mood and receive a first book pick with four alternatives.
Creator: unknown (independent individual; name undisclosed) · Organization: unknown
Access: free · Platform: web · Status: current
Catalog tags: book discovery
Hardware: unknown · Software: unknown
Last verified: 2026-09-25. Official site says no account is needed and discloses commissions on some purchase links. Terms identify an unnamed independent operator. No native app or paid discovery tier was verified.
Official project: PresentReadExplore applications that extend what libraries can do with books, collections, primary sources, discovery, reading, navigation, and digital space. The collection includes library reading applications, primary-source tools, experimental interfaces, and virtual or three-dimensional libraries.
Explore Library Applications visually
SimplyE was an open-source library ebook application developed under the New York Public Library's Library Simplified initiative. It was designed to combine ebook discovery, borrowing, downloading, and reading from multiple library sources within a unified interface. NYPL discontinued the SimplyE application in August 2025, but the Library Simplified source code and project repositories remain an important example of open-source library reading technology.
Creator: The New York Public Library · Organization: New York Public Library
Access: unknown · Platform: iOS (historical), Android (historical) · Status: HISTORICAL / DISCONTINUED
Catalog tags: LIBRARY APP, EBOOK READING, BOOK DISCOVERY, DIGITAL LENDING, OPEN SOURCE, HISTORICAL
Hardware: unknown · Software: unknown
Last verified: 2026-09-25. SimplyE was discontinued by NYPL in August 2025. The primary link points to the Library Simplified GitHub organization and its repositories, not a live downloadable app.
Official project: SimplyE / Library SimplifiedA library-focused application providing discovery, borrowing, and reading access to ebooks and audiobooks from multiple providers and collections through a unified interface.
Creator: The Palace Project · Organization: LYRASIS (with DPLA)
Access: free · Platform: iOS, Android · Status: current
Catalog tags: LIBRARY APP, EBOOK READING, DIGITAL LENDING, BOOK DISCOVERY
Hardware: unknown · Software: unknown
Last verified: 2026-09-25. The official patron page describes iOS and Android apps and library-card sign-in; the official digital-content page describes the free open-access bookshelf. Library loans depend on participating libraries and eligibility.
Official project: PalaceAn augmented-reality application for exploring digitized cultural materials. Booksnake uses IIIF resources to allow digitized collection items to be experienced as virtual objects within physical space.
Creator: Sean Fraga and collaborators · Organization: USC–Mellon Humanities in a Digital World and Ahmanson Lab in USC Libraries
Access: free · Platform: iOS, iPadOS · Status: current
Catalog tags: LIBRARY APP, PRIMARY SOURCES, AR, IIIF, SPATIAL
Hardware: AR-capable iPhone or iPad · Software: iOS / iPadOS 17 or higher
Last verified: 2026-09-25. Official site says the app is free for iPhone and iPad (iOS 17+), uses IIIF, and is led by Sean Fraga with collaborators; collection items include books, manuscripts, newspapers and maps.
Official project: BooksnakeAn open-source application for viewing, comparing, and annotating digitized manuscripts, rare books, maps, artworks, and other image-based cultural resources using IIIF.
Creator: Mirador / IIIF community · Organization: Mirador / IIIF community
Access: free · Platform: web · Status: current
Catalog tags: PRIMARY SOURCES, IIIF, ANNOTATION, COMPARATIVE VIEWING, OPEN SOURCE
Hardware: unknown · Software: unknown
Last verified: 2026-09-25. Official project site describes an open-source, web-based multi-window image viewer with comparison and annotation; the repository documents IIIF support. Availability of particular collections depends on their providers.
Official project: MiradorAn open-source application for presenting books, manuscripts, images, audio, video, and other digital cultural-heritage resources delivered through IIIF.
Creator: Universal Viewer community · Organization: Universal Viewer community
Access: free · Platform: web · Status: current
Catalog tags: LIBRARY APP, PRIMARY SOURCES, IIIF, DIGITAL BOOKS, OPEN SOURCE
Hardware: unknown · Software: unknown
Last verified: 2026-09-25. Official project site describes IIIF manifest viewing and audio/video support; official repository identifies it as a community-developed open-source viewer. Individual collections are hosted by their own institutions.
Official project: Universal ViewerA collaborative application for transcribing, indexing, annotating, and working with digitized manuscripts and historical documents, allowing readers and researchers to participate directly in interpreting primary sources.
Creator: FromThePage · Organization: FromThePage
Access: freemium · Platform: web · Status: current
Catalog tags: PRIMARY SOURCES, TRANSCRIPTION, ANNOTATION, DIGITAL HUMANITIES, COLLABORATIVE READING
Hardware: unknown · Software: unknown
Last verified: 2026-09-25. Official about page describes collaborative transcription of archival material and identifies Ben and Sara Brumfield as creators. Official pricing says transcription is free for volunteers while institutions pay to host projects.
Official project: FromThePageAn experimental browser-based 3D interpretation of Jorge Luis Borges's *The Library of Babel*. The application presents an explorable library of interconnected hexagonal galleries with books that visitors can approach and interact with, turning the idea of a library into a navigable three-dimensional environment.
Creator: Ethan Mollick · Organization: unknown
Access: free · Platform: web · Status: experimental
Catalog tags: 3D Library, Experimental Library, Three.js, Spatial Interface, Interactive Books, Open Source
Hardware: unknown · Software: unknown
Last verified: 2026-09-25. Ethan Mollick’s public repository identifies the Three.js, open-source deterministic 3D recreation and links a live demo. This is not the separate libraryofbabel.info project.
Official project: The Library of BabelAn experimental three-dimensional reconstruction of Umberto Eco's personal library. The project uses available photographs, videos, catalog information, and other records to recreate and explore the organization of Eco's extensive book collection as a navigable digital environment.
Creator: Ethan Mollick · Organization: unknown
Access: free · Platform: web · Status: experimental
Catalog tags: 3D Library, Digital Reconstruction, Personal Library, Three.js, Spatial Interface, Experimental Library
Hardware: unknown · Software: unknown
Last verified: 2026-09-25. Ethan Mollick’s project repository describes a walk-through Three.js model built from public catalogues, film and photographs, with uncertain placements identified. Its README links a live site. This is an experimental reconstruction by Ethan Mollick and should not be confused with the separate official Umberto Eco library projects operated by the Fondazione Umberto Eco and University of Bologna.
Official project: Umberto Eco's LibraryMyShelves is a browser-based first-person 3D library that users build book by book. Books can be added using real bibliographic metadata and covers, carried through the virtual environment, read, placed on shelves, and rearranged. Users can also customize the library environment and share their room with others.
Creator: David Zadzora · Organization: unknown
Access: unknown · Platform: web · Status: current
Catalog tags: 3D LIBRARY, PERSONAL LIBRARY, INTERACTIVE BOOKS, VIRTUAL BOOKSHELF, SPATIAL INTERFACE, THREE.JS, REACT THREE FIBER
Hardware: unknown · Software: unknown
Last verified: 2026-09-25. The official site presents “a library you can walk around in,” adding your own books, and entry to the library. Creator attribution, detailed functionality, and technology tags follow the supplied project information; these were not independently tested. Pricing and organization remain unverified.
Official project: MyShelvesExperiments in close reading, annotation, book interfaces, and personal reading environments.
Explore Experimental Reading visually
A local-first ebook reader with sentence-focused reading, annotations, extensible plugins, and optional AI that works with a reader’s highlights and reading history.
Creator: ahpxex (project maintainer) · Organization: unknown
Access: freemium · Platform: Windows, macOS, Linux, Android · Status: current
Catalog tags: CLOSE READING, OPEN SOURCE, AI
Hardware: unknown · Software: unknown
Last verified: 2026-09-27. Official site offers free offline reading and optional paid sync and AI. Bringing an API key can incur separate provider charges; relevant context is sent to the chosen model provider. The download section says iOS is coming soon, despite broader marketing copy.
Official project: ReadAwareA proposed social EPUB reader built around highlights, margin notes, and following other readers’ public passages in DRM-free books.
Creator: unknown · Organization: unknown
Access: unknown · Platform: web · Status: WAITLIST / NOT YET GENERALLY AVAILABLE
Catalog tags: ANNOTATION, SOCIAL READING, EPUB
Hardware: unknown · Software: unknown
Last verified: 2026-09-27. The official page invites readers to join a waitlist and says it will write when ready. Features are announced, not tested or confirmed publicly available. Pricing and creator identity are unknown. This is the getmarginalia.com project, not similarly named services.
Official project: MarginaliaA social annotation platform for discussing passages in web texts and documents, making reading a shared activity through highlights and contextual comments.
Creator: Hypothesis · Organization: Hypothesis
Access: unknown · Platform: web · Status: current
Catalog tags: ANNOTATION, COLLABORATIVE READING
Hardware: unknown · Software: unknown
Last verified: 2026-09-27. The official site describes social annotation and educational integrations. Access depends on the personal or institutional offering; no universal free institutional license is implied.
Official project: HypothesisAn EPUB, PDF, and comics reader with adjustable reading surfaces, ambient sound, and a spatial Mini Book experiment on Apple Vision Pro.
Creator: unknown · Organization: unknown
Access: freemium · Platform: visionOS, iOS, iPadOS · Status: current
Catalog tags: SPATIAL READER, EPUB, PDF, ACCESSIBILITY
Hardware: Apple Vision Pro for spatial features; iPhone or iPad for mobile reading · Software: unknown
Last verified: 2026-09-27. Official page links the App Store and identifies Mini Book Mode as an experimental Pro feature. Side-rail controls use focus plus pinch or Dwell Control, not eye-only page turning. Exact OS requirements and regional pricing were not verified.
Official project: FolioSpace ReaderA browser reading desk for uploaded PDFs and books, with a shelf interface and optional narration, ambient audio, and AI reading tools.
Creator: unknown · Organization: unknown
Access: freemium · Platform: web · Status: current
Catalog tags: READING ENVIRONMENT, PDF, AI
Hardware: unknown · Software: unknown
Last verified: 2026-09-27. The live official page offers uploads and a library plus a paid Patron Pass advertising AI, narration, and sync. The named creator is undisclosed. The decorative “1892 Digital Heirloom Press” line is not treated as a real founding date or organization.
Official project: InkFolioA local-first EPUB and PDF library with manipulable 3D hardcovers and an integrated reader, exploring the physical feel of a personal digital collection.
Creator: unknown · Organization: Agenti
Access: freemium · Platform: web, iOS, iPadOS, macOS · Status: current
Catalog tags: 3D INTERFACE, EPUB, PDF
Hardware: unknown · Software: unknown
Last verified: 2026-09-27. The official machine-readable product description lists free local storage and optional paid cloud features; the about page identifies Agenti in New Zealand. This is a reader/library interface, not a spatial scholarly edition. No community integration is included here.
Official project: Biblio.inkTools and open technologies for creating, converting, rendering, and presenting digital books and scholarly editions.
Explore Book Creation & Open Technology visually
An open-source JavaScript library for rendering EPUB books in browsers, with hooks for reader interfaces and annotations.
Creator: FuturePress and contributors · Organization: unknown
Access: free · Platform: web · Status: current
Catalog tags: OPEN SOURCE, EPUB, RENDERING
Hardware: unknown · Software: JavaScript development environment for integration
Last verified: 2026-09-27. Official repository documents browser rendering, hooks, a separate reader repository, and development builds. This is a developer library, not a hosted consumer reading service.
Official project: Epub.jsAn open-source JavaScript tool for turning HTML documents into paginated, print-ready publications and PDFs.
Creator: Adam Hyde; Julien Taquet, Fred Chasen and Gijs de Heij · Organization: unknown
Access: free · Platform: web · Status: current
Catalog tags: OPEN SOURCE, PAGINATION, HTML, PDF
Hardware: unknown · Software: HTML/CSS and JavaScript tooling
Last verified: 2026-09-27. Official homepage calls it an open-source, standards-compliant JavaScript library for print-ready PDFs and identifies its founder and maintainers. Hosting and production services are not included in this access classification.
Official project: Paged.jsAn open-source EPUB editor for creating and revising ebooks, with tools for working directly on their publication structure and content.
Creator: Sigil contributors · Organization: unknown
Access: free · Platform: Windows, macOS, Linux · Status: current
Catalog tags: OPEN SOURCE, EPUB, AUTHORING
Hardware: unknown · Software: unknown
Last verified: 2026-09-27. The official Sigil-Ebook organization site identifies Sigil as its EPUB editor, distinct from its PageEdit XHTML editor. Download and system requirements should be checked for the chosen release.
Official project: SigilAn open-source ebook toolkit for organizing, converting, editing, and transferring digital books across reading formats and devices.
Creator: Kovid Goyal and contributors · Organization: unknown
Access: free · Platform: Windows, macOS, Linux · Status: current
Catalog tags: OPEN SOURCE, CONVERSION, EPUB
Hardware: unknown · Software: unknown
Last verified: 2026-09-27. The official about page describes a free, open-source ebook manager and its development history. Format conversion does not confer rights to redistribute books or bypass restrictions.
Official project: calibreOpen-source tools for authoring and publishing interactive 3D stories, including annotations and guided tours that can support object-based scholarly editions.
Creator: Smithsonian Digitization Program Office · Organization: Smithsonian Institution
Access: free · Platform: web · Status: current
Catalog tags: OPEN SOURCE, 3D AUTHORING, SCHOLARLY EDITIONS
Hardware: unknown · Software: Web development tools for deployment
Last verified: 2026-09-27. Official documentation describes Voyager as a 3D storytelling tool suite. Listed here as publishing infrastructure, not a book reader or hardware product. Software access does not determine the rights of models published with it.
Official project: Smithsonian VoyagerAn open-source publishing platform for media-rich scholarly books, nonlinear paths, annotations, and visual explorations of relationships among texts and media.
Creator: Alliance for Networking Visual Culture · Organization: Alliance for Networking Visual Culture
Access: free · Platform: web · Status: HOSTED SERVICE HAS PUBLISHED CAVEATS
Catalog tags: OPEN SOURCE, SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING, NONLINEAR BOOKS
Hardware: unknown · Software: unknown
Last verified: 2026-09-27. Official site describes publishing features but retains a June 2025 service notice: hosted content loads, while saving is slow and extra metadata may be removed on save. No resolution was verified; this warning concerns scalar.usc.edu hosting, not all installations.
Official project: ScalarBooks and scholarly editions whose arguments, pages, or stories become spatial experiences—not simply books displayed on virtual shelves.
Explore Spatial Books visually
A digital companion to the MIT Press book that organizes its discussion of AR and VR as connected 2D pages and immersive 3D galleries.
Creator: Jay David Bolter, Maria Engberg and Blair MacIntyre · Organization: unknown
Access: free · Platform: web · Status: 2D AVAILABLE / 3D GALLERIES UNAVAILABLE
Catalog tags: SPATIAL BOOK, WEBXR, DOCUMENTED EXPERIMENT
Hardware: unknown · Software: unknown
Last verified: 2026-09-27. The official site explicitly says the virtual galleries are undergoing conversion and unavailable. Its restoration hope for December 2024 is not evidence of restoration. Free access describes public 2D companion pages, not the separately sold print book.
Official project: Reality MediaA mixed-reality comics experience where publications become objects that readers can hold, resize, and share in their physical surroundings.
Creator: unknown · Organization: Readality
Access: unknown · Platform: Meta Quest · Status: current
Catalog tags: SPATIAL BOOK, COMICS, MIXED REALITY
Hardware: Compatible Meta Quest headset · Software: unknown
Last verified: 2026-09-27. Official site describes spatial comics, lists launch titles, and links a Meta destination. Pricing, title entitlements, exact supported headset models, and actual multiplayer operation were not independently verified.
Official project: ReadalityA 3D scholarly digital edition of a Mesoamerican manuscript, connecting the modeled codex with annotations, articles, images, video, and contextual interpretation.
Creator: Alice Bordignon and Davide Domenici · Organization: PURE3D
Access: free · Platform: web · Status: current
Catalog tags: 3D SCHOLARLY EDITION, 3D BOOK, MANUSCRIPT
Hardware: unknown · Software: unknown
Last verified: 2026-09-27. Official project page names the creators and links its Codex Cospi edition. Free denotes public edition access, not permission to reuse its models, manuscript photographs, or editorial content.
Official project: Codex CospiAn object-based scholarly narrative using a three-dimensional baby doll to examine cultural history, gender stereotypes, and ideas of motherhood.
Creator: unknown · Organization: PURE3D / Toys with Voice
Access: free · Platform: web · Status: current
Catalog tags: 3D SCHOLARLY EDITION, OBJECT-BASED NARRATIVE
Hardware: unknown · Software: unknown
Last verified: 2026-09-27. The public edition identifies itself as an object-based multimodal narrative in 3D and embeds a Voyager viewer. Included as a spatial scholarly edition, not a conventional ebook. Creator attribution remains unknown here; model and content reuse rights are separate.
Official project: The Baby DollA spatial scholarly edition reconstructing Rembrandt’s birthplace and guiding readers through the house, its architecture, and everyday life in early modern Leiden.
Creator: P.J. De Vos, Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken · Organization: PURE3D
Access: free · Platform: web · Status: current
Catalog tags: 3D SCHOLARLY EDITION, SPATIAL NARRATIVE
Hardware: unknown · Software: unknown
Last verified: 2026-09-27. The official edition presents the house as a virtual narrative; its parent project names the creator and describes a historical reliability matrix. The reconstruction is an interpretation, not a surviving building. Public access does not establish asset reuse rights.
Official project: Rembrandt's BirthplaceA 3D scholarly edition exploring an early home-cinema viewer, its paper flipbook mechanism, historical uses, and the research behind a working replica.
Creator: Tim van der Heijden · Organization: PURE3D
Access: free · Platform: web · Status: current
Catalog tags: 3D SCHOLARLY EDITION, OBJECT-BASED NARRATIVE
Hardware: unknown · Software: unknown
Last verified: 2026-09-27. The official edition explicitly describes a 3D scholarly narrative and the parent project identifies Tim van der Heijden. This is an edition about an object, not a hardware listing. Public access is not a model or image reuse license.
Official project: The KinoraReaders and publishing experiments for augmented reality, virtual reality, and spatial computing. Device and access requirements vary.
Explore AR / XR / VR Books & Readers visually
An augmented-reality application for exploring digitized cultural materials. Booksnake uses IIIF resources to allow digitized collection items to be experienced as virtual objects within physical space.
Creator: Sean Fraga and collaborators · Organization: USC–Mellon Humanities in a Digital World and Ahmanson Lab in USC Libraries
Access: free · Platform: iOS, iPadOS · Status: current
Catalog tags: LIBRARY APP, PRIMARY SOURCES, AR, IIIF, SPATIAL
Hardware: AR-capable iPhone or iPad · Software: iOS / iPadOS 17 or higher
Last verified: 2026-09-25. Official site says the app is free for iPhone and iPad (iOS 17+), uses IIIF, and is led by Sean Fraga with collaborators; collection items include books, manuscripts, newspapers and maps.
Official project: BooksnakeAn EPUB, PDF, and comics reader with adjustable reading surfaces, ambient sound, and a spatial Mini Book experiment on Apple Vision Pro.
Creator: unknown · Organization: unknown
Access: freemium · Platform: visionOS, iOS, iPadOS · Status: current
Catalog tags: SPATIAL READER, EPUB, PDF, ACCESSIBILITY
Hardware: Apple Vision Pro for spatial features; iPhone or iPad for mobile reading · Software: unknown
Last verified: 2026-09-27. Official page links the App Store and identifies Mini Book Mode as an experimental Pro feature. Side-rail controls use focus plus pinch or Dwell Control, not eye-only page turning. Exact OS requirements and regional pricing were not verified.
Official project: FolioSpace ReaderA mixed-reality comics experience where publications become objects that readers can hold, resize, and share in their physical surroundings.
Creator: unknown · Organization: Readality
Access: unknown · Platform: Meta Quest · Status: current
Catalog tags: SPATIAL BOOK, COMICS, MIXED REALITY
Hardware: Compatible Meta Quest headset · Software: unknown
Last verified: 2026-09-27. Official site describes spatial comics, lists launch titles, and links a Meta destination. Pricing, title entitlements, exact supported headset models, and actual multiplayer operation were not independently verified.
Official project: ReadalityAn XR reader for importing books, comics, and manga as digital objects that can be held, manipulated, and read in VR or with passthrough.
Creator: Chronicbite · Organization: unknown
Access: unknown · Platform: Meta Quest · Status: current
Catalog tags: XR READER, PDF, COMICS
Hardware: Compatible Meta Quest headset · Software: unknown
Last verified: 2026-09-27. Official developer page links the Quest store and lists PDF, CBZ, and ZIP support plus up to three simultaneous books. It does not establish current price or support for EPUB; neither is assumed.
Official project: LivroPersonalized printed storybooks with augmented-reality scenes, accompanied by a browser-based demonstration of the AR experience.
Creator: unknown · Organization: ARXprints
Access: free_demo · Platform: mobile web · Status: current
Catalog tags: AR, PHYSICAL BOOKS, STORYTELLING
Hardware: Camera-equipped phone plus a second screen displaying trigger pages for the online demo; printed storybook for the full product · Software: unknown
Last verified: 2026-09-27. Official page advertises a free AR demo; full personalized books are commercial products. Some embedded shop components were blocked during source extraction, so live AR behavior and device compatibility were not verified.
Official project: ARXprintsA companion app linking printed educational books to augmented and virtual reality experiences for young readers through participating libraries and schools.
Creator: Library Ideas, LLC · Organization: Library Ideas, LLC
Access: free · Platform: iOS, iPadOS · Status: current
Catalog tags: AR, VR, PHYSICAL BOOKS, EDUCATION
Hardware: Compatible iPhone or iPad; companion book; phone goggles for the described VR mode · Software: iOS / iPadOS 13 or later per checked listing
Last verified: 2026-09-27. Developer-controlled App Store listing identifies Library Ideas and describes books supplied through participating libraries and schools. Free refers to the app download, not books or goggles. Availability varies by region; no device test was performed.
Official project: IR BooksBabel Nexus is an independent curated resource. Projects listed here are included for discovery and research; inclusion does not imply affiliation, sponsorship, or endorsement.