How to Migrate from 8th Wall: Moving Your Projects to Mattercraft and Universal AR

With 8th Wall winding down, many developers are asking the same hard questions. What happens to my existing projects? What tools actually replace what I use today? And how much work is this really going to take?

In this live webinar, Francesca Ellis, Senior Technical Account Manager at Zappar, is joined by Alex Di Guida, Lead XR Designer and Creative Technologist at Designium in Tokyo, to walk through the practical reality of moving from 8th Wall to Zappar’s ecosystem. Together, they will break down how Mattercraft and Universal AR align with familiar 8th Wall workflows, what changes you can expect, and where you can take advantage of more flexible deployment and ownership going forward.

This session focuses on real projects, real constraints, and real trade-offs. Not a sales pitch, but a clear-eyed look at how to move forward with confidence.

What You'll Learn

In this live session, you’ll discover:

• How common 8th Wall project types translate into Mattercraft and Universal AR.
• What actually changes when moving from 8th Wall Studio to Mattercraft’s visual editor and scripting model.
• How Universal AR supports image tracking, world tracking, VPS, and camera-based experiences on the web.
• Practical migration tips to avoid common pitfalls and rework when rebuilding existing experiences.
• How Mattercraft’s publishing, hosting, and export options compare to 8th Wall’s hosted model.
• Lessons learned from real-world studio workflows, including what is faster, what is different, and what requires rethinking.