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News · Vol. 02 Since 2025

What's new.

A running log of features, improvements, and fixes shipped to Galerra — from the first room in June 2025 to this week.

Read the longer story of how it was built


For teachers

Students no longer need an account

A whole art class can now exhibit in 3D without a single student account. You share one link; a student types a name and starts uploading. No email addresses, nothing for a school to approve.

  • Every student gets their own walkable show, and the class gets one page that lists them all.
  • Built for minors: student shows are unlisted and not indexed by search engines, and carry no price, no contact form and no comment box.
  • You stay in control: hide a show from the class page, remove it, or revoke a student's access at any time.
  • Coming back on another computer: a student saves four digits and picks their work up anywhere.

Galerra for Education

We listened

You asked. We changed it.

This update is all your feedback — the things you told us were confusing, ugly or slow. Thank you for writing in. Keep going.

  • Walking is one tap now: tap any spot on the floor and you glide there. You see the gallery through your own eyes — no avatar in the way. W A S D still works on desktop.
  • Creating is three plain steps: drop your photos, choose "Let AI set it up" or "I'll set it up myself", publish. No jargon — and you can now try the whole thing before creating an account.
  • No more filenames on the wall: IMG_2041.jpg will never appear as a title again — unnamed works read as Untitled until you name them, and Greek titles stay exactly as you wrote them.
  • Rooms feel like rooms: plants in the corners, softer lighting, cleaner doorways — and every gallery opens with a proper title page while it loads.

Spotted something else? Use the feedback button — a person reads every message.

New

Sharing that makes people walk in

Share is now built for the person on the other end — the one who taps your link and steps inside.

  • Story cards: every gallery can hand you a tall, gallery-lit image — your cover work, your name, a scannable code — sized for Instagram and TikTok stories. One tap on your phone shares it straight into the story flow.
  • One share sheet everywhere: gallery cards, the 3D viewer, the book — copy link, WhatsApp, Instagram, email, plus a QR card you can download and print for openings.
  • Publishing is an opening night: the moment your gallery goes live you land inside it in 3D, and the share sheet is right there.

A new Galerra — the Catalogue redesign

Galerra has a whole new look — drawn from printed exhibition catalogues. Warm paper, elegant serif type, numbered works, and your art as the only colour on the page.

  • Every page, one language: landing, explore, profiles, settings, the viewer — all redrawn in the same calm, printed style.
  • Simpler pricing: start free with 5 works. Then either unlock a gallery with a single payment — yours forever — or subscribe and have everything open while you're a member.

Real marble, wall paint & frames — your gallery goes photorealistic

The biggest visual upgrade since launch. Open Edit → Look in your gallery and dress the whole space — every change appears instantly as you click, and you stay right where you're standing.

  • 13 wall & floor finishes: smooth plaster, painted brick, night fabric, graphite, terrazzo, checker marble, oak and more — crafted to make your work the hero.
  • The Photo collection (Pro): materials scanned from real stone and wood — Travertine, the classic museum wall; architectural Concrete; polished Marble that mirrors your lighting; and warm oak Parquet.
  • Frames, your call: black, white, oak, museum gold (Pro) — or no frame at all. One click restyles every artwork in the room.
  • Wall Paint (Pro): pick any colour and the walls repaint live — the texture stays, the colour is yours.
  • Stay where you stand: rearranging rooms or adding work no longer sends you back to the entrance, and every style change is instant — no stutter, no waiting.

Turn your gallery into a video — meet Tour Videos

One tap, and Galerra films your gallery for you. The camera glides room to room, pausing on your work — and hands you a vertical video signed with your name and your gallery's link, sized perfectly for Instagram Reels, Stories and TikTok.

  • One tap, zero editing: open your gallery and hit the new Reel button at the top. About twenty seconds later, your video is ready.
  • Signed & linked: every clip carries your gallery's name and link — anyone who sees it can walk straight in.
  • Share it anywhere: on your phone, the share sheet posts it straight to Instagram, WhatsApp or TikTok. On desktop, save the video and post it wherever you like.

Also in this update: galleries open noticeably faster, artwork details like price and year are always kept when you add new pieces, and dozens of small fixes make everything feel smoother.

New

Your galleries now reach more people

A round of improvements aimed at getting your art in front of more people — and making every visit smoother.

  • Opens on every device: If a visitor's browser can't run 3D — some in-app browsers block it — they now automatically get a fast 2D view of your gallery instead of an error screen. No one misses your work.
  • Found faster: When you publish a public gallery it's submitted to search engines within minutes, and your 2D artwork pages are now indexed too — so collectors discover your work sooner.
  • Smoother to walk through: Your character now turns to face the direction the camera is looking, so moving around your space feels more natural.
  • Manage your plan anytime: Every Pro member can now open billing straight from Settings to update, change, or cancel their subscription.

Your artwork — now exactly as you uploaded it

A big visual + performance refresh focused on one thing: making sure visitors see your work the way you intended.

  • True-to-source rendering: Paintings inside the 3D gallery now display the exact colours of your uploaded image — no more warm tint from the room lights, no more muted blues or washed reds. What you upload is what your visitors see.
  • Smoother to walk through: Galleries run faster on every device — especially on retina laptops and older phones — thanks to a rewritten rendering pipeline.
  • Cleaner walls and floors: Fixed those weird dark patches that used to appear on flat surfaces. Spaces now read as real museum interiors.
  • Better third-person camera: The camera frames your character in the lower third of the screen like a proper cinematic shot, instead of putting their back in the centre. And when a wall gets between you and the camera, it now fades out so you can always see yourself.
  • "Contact the artist" button is always visible: Even when an artwork is priced as "On request", visitors can still reach out — you'll always get the chance to start a conversation with potential collectors.
  • Sharper artwork detail: Brushwork stays crisp even when you look at a painting from an angle, instead of going blurry.

Galerra for Education (Beta)

Professors can now create classrooms and invite students to build 3D galleries together. Free for up to 5 students, or upgrade for a full class of 40.

  • Classrooms: Create a classroom from Education or from Settings. Share an invite link with your students.
  • Student Dashboard: Students see their classroom, classmates, and galleries. Professors see all student work in one place.
  • Educator Plan: €29.99/month or €139.99/semester for 40 students. Students in paid classrooms get Pro access automatically.
  • Promo Codes: All checkout pages now support promo codes.
  • Gallery Limits: Pro users can now have up to 10 galleries with 50 artworks each (500 total asset cap).

Browse Artworks, Follow Artists & More

Big update. You can now browse artworks without entering the 3D gallery, follow your favorite artists, and save galleries for later.

  • Artworks Page: Every gallery now has a 2D artworks page. Browse all pieces, see prices, click for details — no 3D required. Look for the "See Artworks" button on any gallery card.
  • Follow Artists: Hit Follow on any artist's profile or gallery page. Then use the "Following" filter on Explore to see only their work.
  • Save Galleries: Bookmark galleries you love. Save them from inside the 3D gallery and find them later.
  • Free Plan: Free accounts include up to 5 artworks per gallery — a focused starter portfolio. Unlocking a gallery lifts it to 50.

Gallery Analytics is Live

From now on, you can see your gallery analytics. Go to SettingsAnalytics and you'll see everything — views, unique visitors, which paintings people click, and where your traffic comes from.

All data is anonymous. No cookies, no personal info. Just the numbers that matter.

New

1,000 Artists & What's Next

We've reached 1,000 artists on Galerra. Thank you to every single one of you who uploaded your work, shared your gallery, and gave us feedback. This milestone means the world.

Here's what we've been working on and what's coming next:

  • Infrastructure Upgrades: We've been optimizing our servers and CDN to reduce loading times. Galleries now load faster, especially on mobile and slower connections. Our goal is zero lag when entering a 3D space.
  • Gallery Analytics (Coming Soon): We're building a dashboard that shows you exactly how your gallery is performing — total views, views per artwork, where your visitors come from, and which pieces get the most attention. You'll finally know if people are actually seeing your work.
  • Refreshed Settings & Edit Pages: We've completely redesigned the gallery settings, edit, and profile pages with a cleaner tab-based layout. Everything is simpler and faster to use.
  • Improved Create Flow: Gallery creation now includes a category picker (Photography, Digital Art, Traditional Art, etc.) and clearer limit indicators for free plan users.

More updates coming soon. Keep creating — we're building this for you.

Artwork Inquiries & Activity Feed

Interested collectors can now reach out to you directly from inside the gallery — no emails to hunt down, no forms to fill out elsewhere.

  • For collectors: Walk up to any artwork with a price, click it, and hit "Inquire About This Piece". Leave a name, email, and a short message. That's it.
  • For you: The bell in the top bar lights up the moment someone reaches out. Click it to see who messaged you and reply to them directly by email.
  • Your Activity page: A clean inbox for everything — inquiries, sticker notifications, all in one place. Check it out here.
  • Stay on top of it: Each inquiry shows whether it's new, replied to, or sold — so nothing slips through.

Add a price to any artwork to start receiving inquiries.

A Note from the Developer

"I'm building Galerra as a solo dev, so your feedback means the world to me. Many of these updates came directly from your suggestions — I'm doing my best to implement them and squash bugs as fast as I can. Keep 'em coming! ✨"

Edit Gallery Page

Big update to how you manage your galleries:

  • Refined Layout: A clean, tabbed interface separates "Settings" from "Artworks" for a more focused workflow.
  • Advanced Asset Details: Edit title, year, price, and description for any image (new or existing) in a dedicated modal.
  • Mobile-First Controls: Persistent edit and delete buttons on every artwork card for easy management on touch screens.
  • Seamless Switching: Jump directly between editing gallery details and the 3D space editor with a single click.
  • Cover Image Picker: Choose which image represents your gallery by clicking on it in the settings tab.

Have feedback or ideas? We'd love to hear from you — use the chat button in the bottom-right corner to tell us what you think. ✨

iPhone HEIC Support

We've added support for Apple's High Efficiency Image Format (HEIC), making it easier to upload photos directly from your iPhone.

  • Direct Uploads: You can now select and upload .heic files directly from your library without needing to convert them to JPEG first.

Notifications, Controls & Performance

Gallery owners now get notified when visitors leave stickers, the in-gallery controls guide got a visual overhaul, and multiplayer presence is smarter about network usage.

  • Notification Bell: A new bell icon in the header shows unread notifications with a badge count. Clicking a notification marks it as read and takes you to the gallery.
  • Real-time Notifications: Notifications appear instantly when someone leaves a sticker — no page refresh needed.
  • Mark All Read: Clear your unread count with a single tap from the notification dropdown.
  • Controls Redesign: The in-gallery "How to explore" guide now uses a card-based layout with a visual WASD keyboard, grouped touch controls, and feature cards for stickers and voice.
  • Smarter Presence: Multiplayer heartbeat requests now skip when you're standing still, dropping network traffic by ~70% while idle.

v0.2.0 — Version Tracking & Sticker Fix

App version is now visible across the platform so you always know what build you're running.

  • Version Badge: Shown in the footer on every page and in the gallery viewer (bottom-left). Links to this Updates page.
  • Sticker Mode Fix: Sticker mode now toggles off immediately after placing a sticker, instead of waiting for the database save to finish.

Wall Stickers

Galleries now have a spatial guestbook. Visitors can leave emoji stickers with optional messages directly on gallery walls.

  • Leave a Sticker: Tap the floating button at the bottom of any gallery, then tap a wall to place an emoji sticker with an optional message and your name.
  • Persistent: Stickers are saved and visible to all visitors — no account required to leave one.
  • Owner Controls: Gallery owners can tap any sticker and remove it.
  • Sticker Look: Stickers render as compact cards with a white background, slight random tilt, and text directly on them — distinct from artworks.

Mobile Audio & Navigation

Refined the mobile experience for better control over gallery visits.

  • Streamlined Audio Controls: Moved microphone and volume controls to the main action stack for easier access and a cleaner view.
  • Live Indicator: Added a high-visibility green pulse animation to the microphone button so you always know when you're live.
  • Online Count: Moved the visitor count to a discreet indicator in the top-left corner.
  • Navigation: Added this Updates page to keep you informed about what's new.

Swiss Brutalist UI

A major visual overhaul brings the "Swiss Brutalist" aesthetic to more parts of the platform.

  • Pricing Page: Redesigned with hard edges, bold typography, and high-contrast layouts.
  • Create Flow: Simplified the gallery creation process with a focus on typography and spacing.
  • Performance: Optimized asset loading for faster gallery entry.

Rooms that feel like rooms

The whole look of Galerra was rebuilt this winter — warmer light, cleaner walls, frames that sit properly on them, and rooms that open into one another instead of ending.

We also took something out. For a while, other visitors appeared beside you as you walked. It turns out a gallery you walk alone is closer to the real thing, so it went.

Other people in the room

For a while you were not alone in a gallery. You could see other visitors moving through the rooms with you, and say something to them.

It lasted two months. Walking a show alone turned out to be closer to the real thing — you slow down when nobody is watching — so it came out again in February.

Galerra, rebuilt from scratch

The first version could only hang your work in a handful of fixed rooms, in positions set by hand. That was never going to fit real exhibitions, so we started over.

The Galerra you use now begins here: rooms built around your actual work — however many pieces you have, and whatever shape they are.

Open to everyone

The first Galerra opened to anyone who wanted to try it. Artists walked their own work for the first time and told us what was wrong with it — and most of what they said became the rebuild that followed.

Where this started

The first day of Galerra. By that evening you could put a photograph of a painting in and get a wall you could walk up to. Eight days later the whole thing worked end to end: upload your work, walk through the room it makes, and send the link to someone else.

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