Simply You, the augmented reality social network

By Adrien Gisclon, founder of LoveQR. Published on 27 September 2026.

In brief: Simply You is the lightweight augmented reality engine built by LoveQR. Tap “Enter AR” and a local social layer opens on top of your camera view: posts, emojis, LoveQR profiles, places and activities float around you, exactly where they were left, in city streets and in remote rural areas. No headset, no installation, and nobody is shown without deciding to be.

A news feed replaced by a place

On a classic network, the question is “what's happening?”. On Simply You, it becomes “what's happening here?”. The change looks minor, but it changes everything: content only exists attached to a place, and you discover it by being in that place.

In practice, your street becomes a page. So does the park below your home, the corner café, the market square, your neighbourhood, your village and your whole city. It's the first time you can look at your own street, check in there, and end up chatting with neighbours you had never said a word to.

🏙️ Your city place card 💬 A resident's post 55 m ☕ Café de la Poste 4 people checked in 🎉 Concert tonight 210 m 🌳 Fountain Park 120 m You, in the centre

Each label floats in the real direction of the place or content, with its distance. Tap it to open its card.

Enter AR, in one gesture

Getting started takes one button. Tap Enter AR, allow the camera and location, and the world around you fills with elements you can tap. No ten-minute tutorial, no equipment, no mandatory account to look at public content.

Tap “Enter AR” from wherever you are.
Slowly sweep the horizon with your phone: labels appear in the direction of real places and content.
Tap an element to open its card, read the Community section and see the Presence section.
Add your contribution: a post, an emoji, an activity, or a check-in if you are looking for company.

What you see floating

Place cards: city, village, neighbourhood, street, square, park, beach, bar, café, shops, shopping centre, university, and more broadly the public places around you.
Activities and outings on offer in the area, surfaced by the local social activity search engine of Simply You.
Posts and AR emojis left on the spot by members: a recommendation, a memory, an invitation, a friendly wink.
LoveQR profiles shared by people who have checked in to a place, with their emoji and the interaction they are looking for.

Elements stay where they were left: it's a memory of the space, not a scrolling feed.

A place card: two sections

Community

What members have left here: posts, emojis, tips, activities, events. This memory of the place stays available for the people who come after you.

Presence

The check-in. You choose an emoji to match your mood, write the interaction you are looking for and select the profile you share. People also checked in there can see you, and you can message each other privately.

It's the combination of the two that brings a place to life: content that stays, and people who are there right now. How the check-in works in detail is explained in the guide to meeting people in public places.

You see the content, not the people

This is the most important design choice in Simply You, and it's worth repeating: by default, you don't see users. You see what they have left in the space. Nobody is displayed permanently, nobody appears on a live map, and nobody is visible without explicitly asking to be, through a check-in.

This reversal protects everyone's privacy and makes the app accessible to more reserved people: you can explore an entire neighbourhood, read dozens of posts and spot activities without ever being seen by anyone. The day you want to become visible, you simply check in — in three nearby places at most, with the option of staying listed for 48 hours after you leave. The details are on the privacy page.

How it works, technically

The AR view uses three things your phone already has: the camera for the image, the orientation sensors and the compass to know where you are looking, and your location to know what is around you. The engine is deliberately lightweight, so it runs in the browser without installation and without draining the battery in ten minutes.

If it doesn't work well

Check the site's permissions for camera and location, in your browser settings.
Step out of very enclosed areas. Between tall buildings, your position can drift by several tens of metres.
Recalibrate the compass by drawing a figure of eight in the air with your phone. It's the compass that places the labels in the right direction.
Switch to the map. It shows exactly the same content, and is more comfortable indoors or in bright sunlight.

Why AR makes a difference

Direction and distance are information. “120 metres, that way” is immediately useful, where a list of addresses takes effort to translate.
Content stays in the right place. A recommendation about a café makes sense in front of that café, much less in a feed.
It shows who is really around you, instead of suggesting people on the other side of the planet.
It naturally limits quantity. There is only a finite number of things around you, so the session has an end.
It brings you back outside. To see something new, you have to move, not scroll.

Two limits, stated clearly. First, the value depends on the number of active people around you: in an area that is still quiet, you will mostly see places and little content. Second, a phone's accuracy isn't perfect, and a label can seem a few metres off. None of this prevents use, but it's better to know beforehand.

A common-sense rule

The AR view is for when you are standing still. On a pavement, on a bike, by the water or in the mountains, keep your eyes on the real world and open the map rather than the camera. The goal is to look up, not to walk with your nose on the screen.

Frequently asked questions

What is an augmented reality social network?

It's a network where content is attached to real places instead of a feed. Lift your phone and the posts, emojis, places and activities around you appear in your camera, in their real direction. What you see depends on where you are, not on a calculated ranking.

Do I need a headset or an app for Simply You?

No. No headset, no installation. The AR view runs in your phone's browser, using the camera and the orientation sensors. Just tap “Enter AR” and allow camera and location when the browser asks.

What can you see in the AR view?

Floating elements you can tap: the place cards around you (city, village, neighbourhood, street, square, park, beach, café, bar, shops, shopping centre, university), the activities and outings in the area, and the posts and emojis members have left on the spot. People only appear if they have checked in.

Does it work in the countryside?

Yes. A village, a trail, a lake or a village-fair square has its own card, just like a city street, and the AR view works even in remote rural areas. What you will find there does depend on how active the area really is.

How is location used?

Only when you open the map or the AR view, to show what is around you. There is no background tracking and no live position sharing: you are visible in a place only if you deliberately check in there.

What if the AR view doesn't display properly?

Check that camera and location are allowed for the site, step away from tall buildings, draw a figure of eight in the air with your phone to recalibrate the compass, and reload the page. The map remains available as a fallback and shows the same content.

See your street differently

Create your profile, tap “Enter AR”, and see what's around you.

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