Halo AR vs U.S. Army STARS Anatomy

Halo AR is a mobile augmented-reality creation and sharing app that works without desktop software or coding. Using a phone or tablet, creators can build experiences in its AI-powered studio and distribute them through QR codes or deep links. Viewers can use phones, tablets, or mixed-reality headsets including Apple Vision Pro, Meta Quest, and Microsoft HoloLens. The app overlays photos, YouTube videos, or 3D models on photographed flat objects. Educational projects can add video, audio, 3D models, voice explanations, and animations to posters, textbooks, worksheets, and flashcards. Museums can create digital exhibits, self-guided tours, interactive artwork, expanded collections, and historic-site visualizations. Catalogues, prints, and souvenirs can link to supplementary educational experiences. Halo AR says experiences work without Wi-Fi. It supports iOS and Android; Android setup requires a camera-equipped phone or tablet with ARCore. Plans include BASIC at free billed annually, PRO at $99 a year billed annually, and ENTERPRISE with no listed price. The company also offers custom collaboration, Discord, and live-chat support.

U.S. Army STARS Anatomy is a free app designed to help students learn foundational anatomy through activities focused on bones. Explore presents a 3D human skeleton that users can search and select; each bone has its name, shape, function and pronunciation. Quest is a physics-based puzzle game with more than 30 levels in which players find bones and collect artifacts in caves. Quizzes cover subjects such as Torso and Legs & Feet, while the Master Challenge provides an all-inclusive quiz. Bone Hunter tracks a streak of finding bones and can cover the full skeleton or selected groups such as Hands, Legs or Cranium. On supported devices, users can view the skeleton in augmented reality, and Bone Hunter is also playable in AR. The site offers educator-written sample lesson plans for grades 9 to 12 and teacher guides for using STARS apps. The app is listed for web, iOS, Android and macOS, with wearable support. Its Free plan costs nothing and includes the listed learning activities.