Aeria

Say what. Draw where.

A spatial pen, language and AI, designed together.

3D ideas are still gated by the interface.

Beginners can't get in.
2D designers face a big gap into 3D.
Experts still spend their time operating tools.

AI is making geometry cheap. Spatial intent is still expensive.

The bottleneck moves from construction to communication.

Say what. Draw where.

SPEAK=semantic intentWhat: "make a staircase."
DRAW=spatial intentWhere, which direction, what curve, which section, how wide, continue where.
AI=executionConstructs the geometry.

One interface. Every level of expertise.

Experts, fasterAnyone, sooner
3D professionalsFaster sketching, ideation and AI direction.
2D designersA bridge into 3D without a full modeling workflow.
LearnersCreate earlier. Learn spatial skill through guided practice.
Everyday usersWork with spatial information without being a "modeler."Vision

The future of 3D creation isn't teaching everyone to model. It's letting more people express spatial intent.

Rough gesture in. Useful geometry out.

DrawSpeakGenerateManipulateIterate
PrototypingFlagship demo, in development. Concept visualization.

Draw, speak, change. No menus.

DrawSpeakGenerateManipulateIterate
Near-termAI as UI. Illustrative sequence, not yet built.

Don't just watch the tutorial. Step inside the gesture.

WatchTraceCorrectRepeatFreehand
Near-termIllustrative. A browser Learning flow exists; the VR version is not built.

Creators make. Their gestures become lessons.

No marketplace or community exists yet.

Spatial computing has a cold-start problem.

The bet isn't a headset boom. It's lighter hardware, cheaper content and easier creator tools arriving together.

Same interaction. Screens today, headsets next, glasses later.

TodayLaptop, desktop, tablet, phoneCreate and manipulate 3D content on existing screens.Prototyping
Now / nearVR and MR headsetsA direct spatial creation and learning interface.Near-term
FutureLightweight AR glassesDraw, annotate, select and talk to AI in the physical world.Vision

Annotate the physical world.

HighlightCircleNoteAskReturn
VisionEnvisioned interaction. Not built.

Existing products validate the form factor. The interaction model is the opening.

They are building better pens for existing spatial software. Aeria is rethinking the software around what becomes possible when AI and a spatial pen are designed together.

VisionAeria software can become the ecosystem. Aeria Pen can become its best native interface.

What exists today.

BuiltPrototypingNear-term
PrototypingAnnotated CAD model of Aeria spatial input components
Spatial input componentsElectronics and component layout model.
CAD / IterationThree Aeria pen enclosure iterations shown as CAD studies
Enclosure progressionCAD studies across iterations.
Next iterationConcept 4 CAD cutaway of the next Aeria pen enclosure iteration
Concept 4 enclosureNext CAD iteration. Not printed or validated.
In developmentTracking and calibration development interface showing disconnected hardware and empty input readings
Tracking developmentCalibration interface. Hardware is not connected or validated here.
BuiltTrace browser experiment showing a spatial stroke in a 3D volume
TraceBrowser spatial drawing experiment.
Working prototypeAeria Create prototype displaying a generated spiral staircase
CreateFlagship deterministic creation demo.
Concept prototypeAeria Learn lesson prototype with a blue reference gesture
LearnDesktop simulation of a spatial art lesson.
ExperimentAeria Annotate surface drawing experiment on a 3D object
AnnotateSurface drawing experiment.

As AI takes over construction, communicating spatial intent becomes the interface.

Say what. Draw where.

Freya — FounderTsinghua Architecture · Cornell Tech
Former Aptos DevRel · former tech creator
Building nowV1 tracking · flagship Create demo · first creator lesson
VisionA persistent canvas across digital and physical space.