XR platform for universities Jordan and Saudi Arabia: the 3D library a university ownsWorking prototype · not a deployed service
MIHWAR (محور) is a working prototype of an XR platform for universities Jordan teaching teams can try today: a library of interactive 3D models and 360° captures that the university's own students and faculty build, review and keep, instead of renting a per-seat subscription to someone else's content. Nplay for Interactive Solutions, Amman, built it for a Jordanian university. You can open the MIHWAR prototype in a browser now. It is a prototype, not a deployed service, and this page says exactly where it stops.
A 3D teaching library that belongs to the university, not the supplier
Most universities that adopt XR end up renting it. A global XR content library sold per seat gives access while the subscription runs, and the content, the licences and the student work live on somebody else's servers. When the contract ends, so does the access.
MIHWAR takes the opposite approach. Every model, scene and 360° capture carries a declared licence and a named owner, and is stored as glTF in the university's own storage: readable, exportable and still working the day any supplier contract ends. Students build, academics approve, and the library grows through coursework rather than purchase orders.
If you are weighing an XR platform for universities Jordan has to offer, or a 3D learning platform university IT teams can audit, MIHWAR is a worked example of what ownership means in practice. It is aimed at deans, IT directors and e-learning centres who need to explain the choice to a committee. Our evaluation checklist sets out the questions to ask any supplier, including us.
To talk it through, WhatsApp or call +962 78 185 5552 (Amman), or write to info@nplay.tech.
What MIHWAR is built around
A library the university owns
Declared licence and named owner on every asset, in open glTF, in your own storage.
Students build it, faculty approve it
A student uploads a model, an academic reviews it, and it becomes an asset the whole university teaches from. Cost per module should fall each year instead of recurring.
Places, not just objects
A lecturer captures a ward, a hangar or a dig site on a consumer 360° camera, adds teaching hotspots and stands library models inside it.
One scene, four ways out
The same experience runs in a browser, in a headset over WebXR, on a phone in AR and inside Unity or Unreal. Nothing built is trapped.
WebXR and glTF explained →One scene, four ways outCoverage, not asset count
Four production routes (student coursework, campus capture, AI-assisted generation, commissioned modelling) all pass one academic review gate. The planning target is about 660 assets covering every practical module in eleven colleges, a number a university can reach, audit and own.
Per-seat subscription library or university-owned library
Both have a place. This is where they differ in what a university is left with.
| Question | Per-seat subscription library | University-owned library (MIHWAR approach) |
|---|---|---|
| Who owns the content | The supplier | The university, with a named owner per asset |
| When the contract ends | Access ends | Files remain, in open glTF, in your storage |
| Fit to your curriculum | Generic catalogue, mapped to modules by you | Built and checked against your own course modules |
| How it grows | By purchase order | By coursework, campus capture and commissioned work |
| Who checks quality | The supplier | An academic in the owning college |
| What drives cost | Seats and renewals | Production routes, review capacity and integration scope |
What a lecturer or dean can try today
The prototype is not a mock-up or a video. Models are real geometry rendered in the browser, the level builder composes scenes, the review queue publishes and the export writes files. Nothing needs an install, plugin or network connection to try it.
The model viewer offers orbit, animation, exploded view, section cut, X-ray and measurement in millimetres. One example is a high-bypass turbofan, sectioned so the gas path is visible; run the animation and fan, compressor and turbine turn on one shaft. Its teaching content lists what it teaches and its learning outcomes, such as tracing the gas path from inlet to exhaust. 360° captures carry numbered hotspots anchored in space, and models can stand inside them casting shadows.
Other screens include student tasks set by instructors, assignments with assessed scenarios, the Level builder, the review queue, an institution view with a replacement-case map, and a Developers screen with Unity and Unreal reference loaders. AI Studio lets you describe what you need to teach; a draft comes back and a human decides whether it is fit for students. The review gate and licence declaration are real; the model generation in the prototype is a stand-in for a provider call. For related reading, see AI-generated 3D models and the review gate and student-built 3D content.
What the MIHWAR prototype does not do yet
- The 3D models are indicative rather than teaching-grade, and the 360° captures are painted rather than photographed
- Four stages of the ingest pipeline are represented rather than executed
- Course progress would come from the LMS in a real deployment; it is not connected in the prototype
- REST endpoints are design, not deployment; AI Studio provider calls are specified, not live
- The student marketplace, a way for students to earn from contributed models, is a proposal for the university's legal office only. It touches intellectual property, student contracts and tax, we expect it to change in review, and no earnings are promised
- There is no deployment, signed contract, user base or result to report
Working now, planned, and research, kept apart on purpose
| Tier | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Working now | Ten capabilities in the prototype, across viewing, building, review, export and the institution view |
| Phase 1 | Months 1 to 6 of an engagement: eight items agreed with the university |
| Phase 2 | Months 7 to 12: multi-user sessions led by a lecturer, a packaged Unreal plugin, in-platform AI-assisted generation and scenario drafting behind the review gate, higher-fidelity simulation per college, a public API, and analytics for deans on coverage, contribution and attempt outcomes |
| Research, from year 2 | Native headset breadth beyond what WebXR reaches, and cross-institution library sharing. Not costed and not promised |
From a short brief to a library your colleges use
An illustrative sequence for a university or e-learning centre; the scope is agreed with you.
Brief
Tell us the colleges, the course modules in scope, the languages and who owns IT, legal and e-learning decisions.
Concept and sample
We try the prototype with your team, then build a sample around one or two of your modules.
Build and connect
We set up storage, the licence declaration, the review gate and the integrations you choose, such as the LMS.
Pilot and handover
A lecturer-led pilot with a few colleges, then handover of the library, the process and the training for reviewers.
For universities in Amman, Riyadh and beyond
Nplay has offices in Amman and Riyadh. For an XR platform for universities Saudi Arabia institutions might consider, the Riyadh office can scope the project in Arabic or English; the prototype was prepared for a Jordanian university, so colleges, languages and licence rules would be defined with yours. For other Saudi cities we serve from Riyadh, and on-site work is arranged with the client or a local integrator.
MIHWAR sits alongside other Nplay education work. Nplay Scholar is a concept 3D training platform from Nplay Academy, and our campus digital twin use case shows how a virtual campus can complement a teaching library. Our 3D content studio can also commission models where students cannot build them.
Further reading: Khronos OpenXR standard (external source).
XR platform for universities Jordan: frequently asked questions
How much would it cost?
We do not publish prices. Cost depends on the number of colleges and modules, which production routes you use, the review capacity you want, integrations such as the LMS, and the hosting and storage you choose. We quote after a short brief.
Does it support Arabic?
Arabic and English interfaces, right-to-left layout and Arabic teaching content are part of what we scope with each university. We do not claim a finished Arabic edition of the prototype.
What do we need to install?
To try the prototype, nothing: it runs in a browser. In a project, the library sits in your own storage, and headsets, phone AR and Unity or Unreal are optional routes to the same scene.
Who creates the content?
Four routes feed the library: student coursework, campus capture, AI-assisted generation and commissioned modelling. All go through the same academic review gate, so an academic in the owning college decides what is published.
Who maintains it afterwards?
Reviewers in your colleges keep the library current, with Nplay support defined in the project scope. Later roadmap items are planned, not promised.
Keep exploring
Guides and articles
Case studies
See MIHWAR with your own course modules in mind
Open the prototype, then tell us the colleges and modules you would start with. We will propose a sample and a quote. WhatsApp or call +962 78 185 5552 (Amman).