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What is Vuforia Engine?

Vuforia Engine is the leading augmented reality software solution that's been chosen by over half a million registered developers worldwide. By bringing together powerful computer vision, dynamic features and easy-to-use software tools we enable developers to create sophisticated, branded AR experiences. With the widest range of supported devices on the market Vuforia ensures your application will reach the broadest audience possible. This leadership has been achieved through almost a decade of innovative technology development. Our agnostic technology paired with support for leading development platforms like Unity empowers users with complete creative freedom when designing an AR application.

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Vuforia offers both a web app and APIs that allow you to upload and manage targets.


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PTC enables manufacturers to achieve product and service advantage in the age of the Internet of Things. The company's technology solutions transform the way smart, connected products are created, operated and serviced.


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German N.
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German N.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"great augmented reality tool for unity 3d"
vuforia engine, is a very professional solution to make augmented reality in unity, it has a very complete documentation and examples, it is very r...
Atharva V.
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Atharva V.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Perfect tool for creating Augmented Reality based applications"
With its smooth integration, Vuforia Engine provides Unity developers access to advanced augmented reality capabilities. Its performance optimisati...
Sughosh P.
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Sughosh P.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Best image tracking solution"
Vuforia provides best in class Image tracking solution with seamless integration with other softwares packages with world class support and documen...
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Vuforia Engine Media

Vuforia Engine Demo - Model Targets
Use CAD models to create powerful AR targets.
Vuforia Engine Demo - Image Targets
Robust image tracking on IOS, Android, and UWP.
Vuforia Engine Demo - Large Object Tracking
Use Model Targets to track large objects like cars and industrial machines.
Vuforia Engine Demo - Toys & Games
Vuforia Engine offers the flexibility to make industrial solutions or engaging game experiences.
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What do you like best about Vuforia Engine?

vuforia engine, is a very professional solution to make augmented reality in unity, it has a very complete documentation and examples, it is very robust and the engine is frequently updated to the latest versions of unity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Vuforia Engine?

It has a very confusing and expensive licensing program, especially for small companies or studios, and something I don't like is that the license costs according to the size of the customer's sales. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Vuforia Engine solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use it in marketing and advertising projects, where different types of augmented reality experiences are required, such as image recognition and ground detection. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Atharva V.
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What do you like best about Vuforia Engine?

With its smooth integration, Vuforia Engine provides Unity developers access to advanced augmented reality capabilities. Its performance optimisation features and marker-based and markerless tracking make it easy for developers to develop seamless augmented reality experiences in Unity applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Vuforia Engine?

Vuforia Engine may be challenging for Unity developers to learn, especially for beginners. Development can be delayed by difficulties with tracking performance and stability optimisation, and workflow may be impacted by updates and Unity version compatibility issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Vuforia Engine solving and how is that benefiting you?

Developers are finding it simpler to integrate and utilise different Augmented Reality-based elements into their applications by using Vuforia Engine, particularly for game engine platforms like Unity where there are very less such option when it comes to Agumented Reality based features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Vuforia Engine?

Vuforia by PTC has been an entry point for a lot of XR developers including myself. Their patented Image tracking is still the best in the industry and easy to use and the recent addition of the area targets is incredible. Vuforia cloud with cloud targets is a pretty impressive service to manage an app with multiple targets. They also have very good community support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Vuforia Engine?

Vuforia is a freemium SDK and almost all the features are unlocked if you can ignore the watermark, it is the best for AR prototypes. The ground plane detection can be improved a bit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Vuforia Engine:

Vuforia powered by PTC is one of the best in the industry right now and is using the cutting edge technologies behind the scenes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Vuforia Engine solving and how is that benefiting you?

Right from Image Target recognition to SLAM-based experiences to Area target-based ones, Vuforia got it all. Only your imagination is the limit. You can literally target and build a product for any industry using Vuforia SDK. Recently I built an Indoor-navigation solution using their area target and iPhone's LiDAR camera which is proving to be quite helpful especially in challenging times like Covid. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Vuforia Engine?

Vuforia cloud with cloud targets is a tool that will allow you to develop augmented reality applications. It offers an impressive array of features while still offering ease of use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Vuforia Engine?

I encountered a few issues while using the Vuforia SDK. Overall, its functionality was reliable, but I ran into some problems with image tracking in low-light conditions and focus issues after building my application with the Vuforia SDK and Unity Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Vuforia Engine solving and how is that benefiting you?

The library offers a variety of augmented reality experiences that do not require markers or specialized equipment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rob F.
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Virtual Reality Developer - VR Mindfulness on Oculus Quest 1 + PCVR
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What do you like best about Vuforia Engine?

* It's almost drag and drop application augmented reality application creator, import the SDK to Unity game engine and use it to create quick AR experiences.

* Easy interface

* Good and explained documentation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Vuforia Engine?

For ground plane detection it lacks support for all devices, otherwise, everything works great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Vuforia Engine solving and how is that benefiting you?

I created a course on Augmented Reality with Vuforia on the Unity game engine, the course has sold more than 3000 copies and still counting. I have used Vuforia for many of my personal as well as freelance projects. Vuforia is a great lightweight tool for creating AR experiences at ease. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sughosh P.
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What do you like best about Vuforia Engine?

Vuforia provides best in class Image tracking solution with seamless integration with other softwares packages with world class support and documentitation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Vuforia Engine?

Vuforia has very bad surface tracking integration. In order to track a surface, a lot of effort needs to be put. Additionally, when uploading images on Vuforia for image tracking, better information can be provided to show how a developer can achieve better tracking with images and examples. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Vuforia Engine:

Best in class Image Tracking solution with seamless integration for Unity and Android developers. I would highly recommend Vuforia to my fellow developers around the globe. The technology packaged with world class documentation and reliable support makes it one of the best solutions out there. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Vuforia Engine solving and how is that benefiting you?

Vuforia has provided with best in class image tracking solution. As a developer, I really appreciate Vuforia providing SDK for other software through which integration is effortless. Vuforia keeps getting better and better with time. Over time I've realized how I can use Vuforia over the different application and game implementations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Vuforia Engine?

Vuforia Engine is simple and sophistated. With just some simple tweaks, it lets you develop an AR application. The procedure is really easy and user friendly. Its lets you develop both AR marker based and markerless applications without any hassle. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Vuforia Engine?

Vuforia Engine is quite simple and has its own set of disadvantages. The Marked-based AR is not so stable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Vuforia Engine solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have been using Vuforia Engine for making simple AR applications both for myself and some SaaS. It's is really simple and beginner friendly as I have mentioned earlier. I suggest all to try out Vuforia for developing AR apps! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

suraj k.
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What do you like best about Vuforia Engine?

It's capacity to work on small devices and also one of the most user friendly software which let you create augmented reality applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Vuforia Engine?

One it got an update and a feature was not working and i could not find any solutions on the website. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Vuforia Engine solving and how is that benefiting you?

I was learning augmented reality and had created few android applications. It was awesomely compatible with Unity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Vuforia Engine?

It is effortless to get started with Vuforia, the dashboard to setup your apps is easy to use, markers are easy to configure and manage, among others, and its Unity SDK works without a hitch for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Vuforia Engine?

I'm not too fond of the pricing it takes to license an app. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Vuforia Engine solving and how is that benefiting you?

Vuforia has enabled me to create some basic interactive AR experiences. I have realized that using an AR app is excellent for edutech purposes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.