Our Universe AR is an augmented Reality app which allows you to explore the objects in our Solar System, using your Android phone or tablet. Using the app, you can explore 3D models of the planets in our Solar System, holding them in your hand, putting them on your desk or even hanging them from the wall!

The app uses your smart device camera to recognise a set of images, which you can download for free by clicking on the images in the gallery below. When you point the camera at one of these images, a 3D model of the planet will appear on your phone, making it look as if the planet was there in the real world in front of you!

Each of the planets features ‘highlight points’, which you can click on to find out more about them. You can discover more about the giant storm that is rolling around Jupiter’s surface, Saturn’s rings and how they formed and what the darker spots on the Sun are.

You can download the app for free from the Google Play Store, by clicking here.

You can download the images from the gallery below.

This project is funded by the Royal Astronomical Society, the Institute of Physics and the Science and Technology Facilities Council.