Harbor Software Suite: Complete Guide (Platform & Apps)

Harbor Platform and Harbor Apps: Two Complementary Solutions for a Complete Ecosystem

The Harbor suite is built on an intelligent two-component architecture: Harbor Platform (creation) and Harbor Apps (playback). This fundamental distinction defines the roles and responsibilities of each, while creating a fluid and integrated ecosystem.

Understanding the Model: Creation vs. Playback

Imagine Harbor as a complete movie studio. Harbor Platform is your editing room and studio—it is where you create, structure, and organize your content. Harbor Apps are the movie theaters—the playback points where your final users consume and interact with your immersive experiences.

This separation allows for maximum flexibility: the same experience created in Harbor Platform can be played on a Vision Pro headset, an Android tablet, or a Meta Quest device. Each device benefits from the specialized tools it needs, without unnecessary complexity.

Use Cases: How Both Solutions Work Together

• Industrial Training: A technician creates a maintenance guide in Harbor Platform. They model the parts in 3D, add control points, annotations, and measurements. The experience is published. A field mechanic opens Harbor Player on their Meta Quest headset, accesses the guide, and executes the procedure in real time, guided step by step.
  
  
• Medical Consultation: A radiologist uses Harbor Platform to import a DICOM scan, annotate it, and create an interactive 3D visualization for a colleague. The colleague consults the model on their tablet via Harbor Reader, even without an internet connection, and can zoom, slice, and measure critical areas.
  
  
• Architecture: A design team creates an immersive model of a building in Harbor Platform. They structure the rooms and add interactivity. The client projects the experience in their space via Harbor Player on a Vision Pro headset, explores the layouts in 3D, and validates the concept before construction begins.

Harbor Platform: The Creative Heart of Your XR Ecosystem

Harbor Platform is a complete web platform, accessible from any modern browser, which centralizes your entire immersive content creation strategy. It caters to organizations of all sizes, from SMEs to large corporations, and removes technical barriers to XR adoption.

The Strengths of Harbor Platform

Secure Centralization

Store all your digital assets (3D, documents, videos, DICOM) in the cloud or private servers with full control over sensitive data.

No-Code Creation

Intuitive 3D editor to create complex immersive experiences in just a few clicks, featuring advanced animations and fluid transitions, without any programming.

Real-Time Collaboration

Work simultaneously with live updates, granular permissions (view/edit/admin), and a complete history of changes.

Multi-Format Import

Direct integration of CAD models, Microsoft Guides, immersive videos, and DICOM data in native 3D.

Harbor Platform Pricing

Harbor Platform offers flexible plans adapted to your growth stage. Start for free to test the platform, then scale up according to your needs.

Note: All plans include automatic updates, real-time collaboration, and version history. Plans from Starter and above also benefit from priority support.

Harbor Apps: Transforming Your Devices into Immersive Players

Once your experience is created and published in Harbor Platform, your users can access your content via Harbor Apps. This application suite is optimized to provide a smooth, intuitive, and powerful playback experience tailored to each device type.

Harbor Player and Harbor Reader: Two Specialized Applications

• Harbor Player is the application designed for high-end XR headsets and mixed reality devices. It fully leverages the spatial tracking capabilities, natural gestures, and immersive interfaces of headsets like the Apple Vision Pro, HoloLens 2, Meta Quest 3, Pico 4, or Magic Leap 2. The experience is fluid, responsive, and unleashes the full power of the hardware.
  
  Image taken from the Meta page (Harbor Player)
  
  
  
• Harbor Reader is the specialized mobile application for Android smartphones and tablets. Available on Google Play, it brings access to your immersive content right into your users' pockets. Even without a headset, field teams, clients, or learners can explore, manipulate, and interact with your 3D experiences.
  
  Image taken from the Meta page (Harbor Reader)

Harbor Apps Pricing (per Device/Month)

Pricing for Harbor Apps is simple and predictable: you pay per device and per plan, based on the tools you need.

Example: To equip 50 technicians with Meta Quest headsets running Harbor Player on the Education plan, you will pay €25 excl. VAT × 50 devices × 1 month = €1,250 excl. VAT monthly. Add your Platform subscription (€249 excl. VAT) and you create a complete ecosystem for your organization.

5 Major Use Cases: How Harbor Transforms Your Business

Harbor is not a theoretical tool. It is a practical solution that organizations use today to solve real problems and create tangible value. Here are the use cases generating the fastest return on investment.

Immersive 3D Visualization: Transforming Data into Insights

Your complex 3D data—building architectures, engineering models, scientific simulations—are often difficult to understand on a flat screen. Harbor transforms this data into immersive visualizations that your teams can explore, interact with, and analyze intuitively. Architects, engineers, and scientists save hours understanding their models. In an architectural firm, an immersive model replaces dozens of hours of 2D presentations.

Guidance and Procedures: Reducing Errors in Production

Maintenance, assembly, and critical operations are areas where every mistake is costly—leading to downtime, scrap, or accidents. Harbor guides your operators step by step through complex procedures. Visualize exactly what to do, where, and how, directly in your line of sight thanks to your XR headset. Studies show a 30 to 50% reduction in errors and a 70% acceleration in learning.

Training and Education: Memorable and Scalable Learning

Immersive learning yields 4 times higher retention rates than traditional training. Create structured, autonomous, or collective training modules where your learners explore, experiment, and retain knowledge for the long term. Schools, universities, training companies, and HR departments use Harbor to quickly train entire cohorts, reduce new hire attrition, and certify skills.

Showcasing and Events: Captivate Your Audience

Immersive pre-sales journeys, interactive cultural tours, and XR events create unforgettable memories. Transform a simple product into a memorable experience. Museums, galleries, car dealerships, and event agencies use Harbor to engage their audience, increase visit duration, and generate word-of-mouth.

Space Planning and Layouts: Validate Your Concepts Before Construction

Visualize your layouts in 3D within their real context. Test different configurations, adjust dimensions, and validate circulation flows—all virtually before committing construction budgets. Reduce costly changes and validate your concepts with stakeholders in a shared immersive experience.

Hardware Compatibility: Harbor on All Your Devices

One of the core strengths of Harbor is its universal compatibility. No matter what hardware your users have, you can deploy your content. This flexibility ensures that your immersive experiences reach your audience, regardless of their current or future equipment.

Supported Headsets and Devices

• High-End Headsets: Apple Vision Pro, HoloLens 2
• Accessible Headsets: Meta Quest 3, Pico 4
• Specialized Headsets: Magic Leap 2
• Mobile Devices: Tablets and Android Smartphones

This multi-platform approach means you do not lock yourself into a single technology. As the XR market evolves and new devices emerge, your content remains compatible and accessible.