--- title: "Arkio v1.3 & Meta Quest Pro · Arkio" description: "Arkio featured as launch app for Meta Quest Pro enabling anyone to design, mix and share realities using color passthrough!" url: https://www.arkio.is/blog/arkio-featured-as-launch-app-for-meta-quest-pro/ published: 2022-10-11 archived: true # written before Arkio 3.0; describes an earlier version --- # Arkio v1.3 & Meta Quest Pro Arkio featured as launch app for Meta Quest Pro enabling anyone to design, mix and share realities using color passthrough! By Hilmar Gunnarsson, Co-founder and CEO, October 11, 2022 · 1 min read ![Arkio v1.3 & Meta Quest Pro](https://www.arkio.is/_astro/blog-mixedreality2.CYaRtssJ_Z1b9sJ0.webp) _From the archive. This post is from October 2022, about Arkio 1.3, before Arkio 3.0 brought the AI design agent to the browser. See what’s new in Arkio 3.0_ We’re excited to share the news that Arkio was featured at today’s [Meta Connect event](https://metaconnect.com/) as a launch app for the new Meta Quest Pro mixed reality headset. Arkio has been optimized for the Meta Quest Pro to take full advantage of color passthrough as well as face and eye tracking, enabling new professional workflows and experiences. Video: https://vimeo.com/753145096/509cc0280e Arkio version 1.3, available today for free [on the Quest App Store](https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/2280319701979278/), adds new physical room import and passthrough capabilities that enable anyone to design, mix and share realities like never before. Place virtual furniture in your living room, sketch an extension on top of a building you’re remodeling, carve a virtual window into a wall or remove physical walls. View 3D models as scale models or experience them at true scale in the real world before they’re built. “With Arkio on Meta Quest Pro our users will be able to design in mixed reality, seamlessly blending the real and virtual worlds using color passthrough and the Meta Presence Platform”, said Hilmar Gunnarsson, Founder & CEO of Arkio. “Being able to sketch and visualize changes to physical spaces and buildings in real-time opens up a world of possibilities for people doing spatial design, from hobbyists to design professionals.” In addition to new passthrough capabilities, version 1.3 introduces a new cloud workflow that simplifies the transfer of 3D files and images to and from Meta Quest and other mobile devices. More than 50 new components, props and materials have been added to the Plus Content Pack and a new tutorial mode makes it easy to get started with Arkio. Version 1.3 is available today for Meta Quest while Meta Quest Pro users will be able to immerse themselves in Arkio on October 25th. **Please note: Room import and spatial anchors require Quest OS v46, or developer mode to be turned on if your device is on an earlier version.** ## Keep reading [All posts](https://www.arkio.is/blog/) - [Introducing Arkio 3.0](https://www.arkio.is/blog/introducing-arkio-3/) (Product update, November 3, 2026): Turn sketches, words and floor plans into editable 3D designs in minutes, with an AI agent that models alongside you. - [Arkio 2.2.1 - Smarter AI renderings from every angle](https://www.arkio.is/blog/release2-2-1/) (Product update, June 5, 2026): Arkio 2.2.1 is a big step forward for the AI camera. This release gives you higher-quality AI renderings, a simpler rendering workflow, and a new way to guide AI results directly from your 3D scene using visual markups. - [Arkio 2.2 - Simpler workflows, movable objects and design collaboration for everyone](https://www.arkio.is/blog/release2-2/) (Product update, May 5, 2026): Arkio 2.2 is all about making immersive design collaboration easier to start, easier to share and more useful once you are inside your model. We are simplifying our pricing, streamlining plugin workflows and adding movable objects from Revit, Rhino and SketchUp so teams can test real design options together at human scale. ## What will you design first? Describe it in a sentence. The agent takes it from there. Start designing: [open the Arkio web app](https://app.arkio.is/?prompt=A%20garden%20studio%20with%20a%20green%20roof) and describe your idea, for example “A garden studio with a green roof”. The design agent uses AI credits. More ideas to try: A 3-bedroom family house; Open up my kitchen; A primary school for 300 pupils; Massing for a mixed-use block. AI credits required · Runs in your browser · No 3D skills needed ![A finished design in colour among grey neighbours](https://www.arkio.is/_astro/film_4.D103mK7s.svg) --- Arkio: Arkio turns sketches, words and floor plans into editable 3D designs in minutes, with an AI agent that models alongside you, so people can explore options together and make better design decisions, faster. Start designing at https://app.arkio.is. All pages for AI agents: https://www.arkio.is/llms.txt