Vuforia Augmented Reality SDK
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Vuforia is an
perspective
on the object corresponds with the perspective on the target. It thus appears that the virtual object is a part of the real-world scene.
The Vuforia SDK supports a variety of 2D and 3D target types including ‘markerless’ Image Targets, 3D Model Target, and a form of addressable Fiducial Marker, known as a VuMark. Additional features of the SDK include 6 degrees of freedom device localization in space, localized Occlusion Detection using ‘Virtual Buttons’, runtime image target selection, and the ability to create and reconfigure target sets programmatically at
runtime.[2]
Vuforia provides
Unity game engine.[3]
In this way, the SDK supports both native development for iOS, Android, and UWP while it also enables the development of AR applications in Unity that are easily portable to both platforms.
Vuforia has been acquired by
PTC Inc. in November 2015.[4]
References
- ^ "Vuforia". Vuforia website.
- ^ "Developing with Vuforia". Vuforia Developer.
- ^ "Vuforia SDK Native - Android & iOS API Reference". Vuforia Developer.
- ^ "PTC Acquires Vuforia". www.ptc.com. Retrieved 2016-02-15.