Help & FAQ

You describe a place or a game in a sentence, and Aetherbound builds it as a 3D scene you can look around and walk through, on your phone, in a Cardboard-style viewer, in a VR headset, or in a normal browser. Everything you see is AI-generated, and it says so on screen.

1. Open the home page and pick Put me inside a world or Make me a game.
2. Sign in (a free account is needed to generate anything).
3. Type what you want and start the build.
4. When it's ready, open it from your generations and tap Enter.

Code-only generations don't use credits. See Pricing for what does.

The first time you enter, a short setup asks how you'll play and checks it really works:

1. Choose how you'll control it (touch, gamepad, keyboard and mouse, another device, or camera gestures).
2. Test it. You'll be asked to press a key, tap, or move a stick, and it confirms only when it actually receives that.
3. You'll see “You're all set up” with a short how-to-play.
4. On a phone in magic-window mode, you can also fine-tune the view (which way is “front” and, for a Cardboard viewer, the lens warp).

Your choices are saved to your account. To change them later, tap the ⚙ icon in the top-right while you're in a world.

Yes. On the enter screen, choose Play with a friend: one person hosts a room and shares the 5-letter code, the other joins with it. Worlds you make can also be shared as a link from the same screen.

To keep the view clear, everything overlaying the world (the score, the controls hint, the ⚙ buttons, Reduce motion, the Cardboard button) fades after a few seconds of no input. Touch the screen, move the mouse, or press a key and it all comes back. The small “AI-generated” label always stays visible.

• Look: turn your phone, or drag the screen. Hold it in landscape.
• Move: with a paired keyboard or gamepad, or another device (see below). In a Cardboard viewer you can also sweep a hand in front of the rear camera.
• Interact: tap the screen.
• Cardboard viewer: tap View in Cardboard (bottom-right) to split the view for the lenses, then use the ⚙ to adjust lens warp.

When you walk with a keyboard or gamepad, “forward” is the way you're looking.

• Look: drag with the mouse.
• Move: W A S D or the arrow keys, or a gamepad's left stick.
• Interact: click, Space, or a gamepad button.

On a headset, look by moving your head and move with the controller's stick. On an AR-capable phone, point at a flat surface and tap to place the scene, then walk around it. The setup screen and ⚙ button appear in these modes only when your browser supports overlays inside the session.

It softens movement effects that can make some people uncomfortable. It's remembered on your device and can be switched from the button at the bottom-left while in a world.

On some iPhones a paired Bluetooth keyboard or mouse isn't passed through to web pages, so it can't be detected. Use the computer as the controller instead. It works through our server, so the two devices don't need to be on the same network.

1. On the phone, in the setup, choose Another device and tap Test it. You'll see a 5-character code.
2. Tap Send link… to send yourself the link, or on your computer open aetherbound.online/pair.html and type the code.
3. Click Join, then Click to start, and press W. The phone shows a check mark.

Keep the phone awake while you do this. A paired controller needs a new code each time you open the world. To use it later, open the ⚙ on the phone and choose Another device again.

Yes. Open the same pairing page on the second phone and enter the code. It shows an on-screen stick for moving and buttons for interact and jump.

Installed copies update themselves, but an old copy can stick around.

• Installed app: close it completely and reopen it, twice if needed.
• Still old on iPhone: Settings → Apps → Safari → Advanced → Website Data, remove aetherbound.online, then reopen. Or delete the home-screen icon, open the site in Safari, and add it to the home screen again.
• On a computer: hard-reload with Ctrl+Shift+R (⌘+Shift+R on a Mac), or open a private window.

Hold your phone in landscape. If the interesting part isn't in front when you enter, tap the ⚙, press Recenter while facing where you want “front” to be, or move the look sliders. This is remembered for every world.

iPhones ask permission for motion sensors, and only when you tap Enter. If you tapped Don't Allow, close the app fully, reopen it and allow Motion & Orientation when asked. Until then you can drag the screen to look.

On some iPhone setups a paired keyboard or mouse isn't passed through to web pages, so the test can't see it. It isn't a fault with your keyboard. Choose Another device in the setup and use a computer's keyboard instead (see above).

Pair it in your device's Bluetooth settings first, turn it on, then press any button while the setup is waiting. Some browsers only notice a gamepad after a button press.

• Check the code, including letters versus digits. It can't contain 0, 1, O or I.
• Reload the pairing page with Ctrl+Shift+R, or use a private window, so you don't have an old copy.
• Keep the phone awake and on the setup screen. If it went to sleep, tap Choose a different one then Test it for a new code.
• Both devices must be online. The controller may run with a short delay on some networks.

They need permission to use the rear camera. Allow it when asked, and make sure your viewer has a camera opening. Gestures are only meant for the Cardboard view.

• Check your connection, then reload.
• Close other heavy tabs and try again. Worlds are drawn on your device.
• Try another browser if you can. If it keeps happening, email us the device, browser, and what you were opening.

They fade when idle. Touch the screen, move the mouse, or press a key to bring them back.

Your account page shows your balance and history. A generation that fails never uses a credit. If something looks wrong, email us with the email you signed up with.