Zu3D Spark on Chromebook

 Zu3D Spark

Connect Spark to your Chromebook.

Install Spark Connector, approve Zu3D in Chrome and connect your camera.

Zu3D camera preview and captured animation

What you need

Use Zu3D in the Chrome browser together with the Zu3D Spark Connector app. Spark Connector lets Zu3D in Chrome talk to the camera. Keep it running while you animate.

Open Zu3D in ChromeGet Spark Connector on Google Play

Have your Wi-Fi network name and password, and the camera sticker, ready. If a school manages your Chromebook, ask its IT team to allow the Connector app and camera connection.

Connect your Chromebook

  1. Open Spark Connector. Install it from Google Play, open it and check that it shows Running.
  2. Switch on Spark. Press the rear power button and wait for slow amber flashes from the camera status light.
  3. Open Zu3D in Chrome. Go to app.zu3d.com. Choose Set up Zu3D Spark Camera, then Connect to Zu3D Spark Connector.
  4. Approve this browser. In the Spark Connector app, open the Connect tab. Choose Allow for Zu3D in Chrome, then return to Chrome.
  5. Pair Spark. Choose Connect Spark to Wi-Fi, then Scan Spark QR code. Scan the camera sticker. If needed, choose Enter sticker details and type the sticker’s Device ID and setup Wi-Fi password.
  6. Send your Wi-Fi details. Follow the prompts to join Spark’s Wi-Fi, choose your home network, enter your home Wi-Fi password and choose Send Wi-Fi details.
  7. Return to your home network. Rejoin it in the Chromebook’s Wi-Fi settings if needed. Return to Zu3D, wait for Spark Camera ready, then choose Use Zu3D Spark Camera. Follow any Premium activation prompt shown.
  8. Check the live picture. Open a project, select Spark and focus by turning the lens rim. Leave Spark Connector running.

When Spark is already on your Wi-Fi

Open Spark Connector and Zu3D in Chrome, approve their connection if asked, then use Find Spark already on Wi-Fi. Scan the sticker or choose Enter ID / Key and enter the Device ID and Device Key.

Pair another device

Next time you animate

Switch on Spark, connect the Chromebook to the same Wi-Fi, open Spark Connector, then open Zu3D in Chrome. Check that Connector shows Running if the live picture stops.

Chromebook connection help

Chrome asks to connect to devices on my local network

Allow the request when you are using Zu3D with your own Spark and network. If you previously blocked it, review the site permissions for app.zu3d.com in Chrome and try the connection again.

The browser does not connect to Spark Connector

Open Connector, check Running, then open its Connect tab and approve the request from Zu3D in Chrome. Return to the same Chrome tab. If Zu3D offers a connection code, follow its on-screen pairing instructions.

I cannot install the Connector app

Check Google Play on the Chromebook. On managed devices, your school or organisation may need to enable the app. Contact support with the Chromebook model and the message you see.

Wi-Fi setup timed out

Check whether Spark has joined your Wi-Fi and reconnect the Chromebook to that network. Return to Zu3D and choose Try again if offered.