8th Wall Is Shutting Down — Here’s What That Means, and Why Wintor Is a Solid Path Forward

Mojtaba Ostad
3 days ago
2 min read

The AR industry just lost a major player — and if you’re relying on 8th Wall, the impact is real.

The company has officially announced its shutdown timeline:

Platform access ends on February 28, 2026. All hosted AR projects go offline by February 28, 2027.

In short: the tools you’ve been depending on are disappearing.

Here’s the reality:

Development stops cold: After Feb 28, 2026 you won’t be able to log in or export your work.
Live experiences vanish: Anything hosted on 8th Wall goes dark in early 2027.

If you’re running campaigns, city tours, museum activations, or commercial AR workflows, waiting will only make the transition messier.

Wintor AR: A Practical Continuation, Not a Compromise

If 8th Wall has been your WebAR engine, you don’t need to lose momentum.Wintor gives you a no-code environment to rebuild — and in many cases, simplify — your AR experiences. It’s built specifically for location-based, markerless, and storytelling-driven AR, not for experimental demos.

Here’s what Wintor brings to the table:

No-code AR editor: Place 3D models, media, guides, and interactions directly in real space.
Layered storytelling: Mix video, audio, images, 3D assets, and virtual hosts without dev overhead.
Points of interest: Trigger content precisely where visitors stand.
360° portals: Drop users into immersive panorama scenes.
Quizzes & gamification: Straightforward tools to boost engagement.
Navigation & maps: Guide visitors across indoor or outdoor routes.
Multilingual support: Localize once, deploy everywhere.
White-label apps: When full branding control matters.
Simple content updates: Your team changes content remotely — no hardware swaps or signage updates.

Wintor AR Tour application available for both Android and iOS

This is exactly the type of clarity and value expected across our PR strategy and target audiences (museums, tourism boards, event organizers, XR professionals)

Migrating from 8th Wall: The Straightforward Part

8th Wall still lets you export assets until early 2026.

That gives you a clean window to move:

Export your 3D models and media.
Drop them into the Wintor editor.
Place your content and publish.

No complex build pipeline. No hosting headaches. No code rewrites.

Want to See It in Action?

We can show how your existing 8th Wall work translates into Wintor — and where you can take it next.

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