CinterForge AR

CinterForge AR is the mobile experience engine of the CinterForge ecosystem. It’s a free app on the App Store that transforms your entire card collection into immersive, interactive augmented reality experiences — no apps to install per card, no cloud sync required beyond Steam for backups.

Point your iPhone or iPad at any physical TCG card and watch it come alive in AR. Browse your custom character skins as animated figures. Preview Minecraft worlds before converting them. CinterForge AR turns your desk into a playground of interactive digital content.

How It Works

CinterForge AR connects seamlessly with the desktop application — everything you build on desktop syncs to your mobile device through Steam Cloud.

Scan physical TCG cards (Magic, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!) with your camera
Browse your card collection in immersive AR mode
Preview custom skins and characters as animated 3D figures
Interact with your content — rotate, zoom, and compose multi-card scenes

Steam Account Required

To use CinterForge AR, you must link it to a Steam account. We use Steam’s infrastructure and Steam Cloud to securely store your custom AR content, cards, and game files so they’re always backed up and accessible across devices. No separate account or registration required — just sign in with Steam.

Device Compatibility

CinterForge AR runs on iOS devices with AR capabilities:

iPhone: iPhone XS / XR and later (ARKit 3.0+)
iPad: iPad Pro 3rd gen and later, iPad Air 3rd gen and later
Apple Vision Pro: Full visionOS support for spatial computing experiences

Complementary to Desktop

CinterForge AR isn’t a standalone product — it’s the mobile half of the CinterForge architecture. The desktop app builds and creates; AR reveals and displays. Together they form a complete creative pipeline: design on your machine, experience in augmented reality.

Core Capabilities

Card Scanner

Point your device at any Magic: The Gathering, Pokémon, or Yu-Gi-Oh! card to instantly capture its data and bring it into your CinterForge library.

Instant TCG card recognition
Market value lookup on scan
Auto-populate card metadata

AR Renderer

Watch your cards come to life as immersive, interactive augmented reality figures. Every card renders with rich visuals and animations that respond to your environment.

Animated AR card rendering
Environment-aware placement
Multi-card scene composition

Skin Picker Experience

Browse and preview custom character skins in AR. Select from your collection, compare designs side by side, and see how they look as animated figures before deploying them.

Visual skin comparison
Animated figure previews
One-tap equip and deploy

Steam Cloud Sync

Your custom AR content, card collections, and game worlds are securely stored via Steam Cloud — always backed up and accessible across your devices.

Automatic cloud backup
Cross-device synchronization
No separate account required

Identifire AR Mode

Scan physical TCG cards in your environment and see them rendered as augmented reality figures. Identifire brings the same powerful card scanning and indexing to AR — point your device at any Magic, Pokémon, or Yu-Gi-Oh! card.

AR-powered card recognition
Scan real-world cards with camera
Instant market value overlay