What is Vuforia?
It is an augmented reality software development kit for mobile devices that enables the creation of augmented reality applications. It uses computer vision technology to recognize and track planar images and simple 3D objects
Vuforia is a tool in the Virtual Reality category of a tech stack.
Who uses Vuforia?
Companies
6 companies reportedly use Vuforia in their tech stacks, including everything, internet-of-things, and Q:MARKETING AG.
Developers
32 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Vuforia.
Vuforia Integrations
Android SDK, Unity, Cocoa Touch (iOS), pygame, and Godot are some of the popular tools that integrate with Vuforia. Here's a list of all 11 tools that integrate with Vuforia.
Vuforia's Features
- Allow you to recognize objects by shape using pre-existing 3D models
- Attach content onto flat images, such as print media and product packaging
- Object Targets are created by scanning an object
- Recognize images wrapped onto objects that are approximately cylindrical in shape
- Access video data from a camera outside of the one in a phone or tablet when creating AR experiences
Vuforia Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Vuforia?
Wikitude
It is a library for location based AR, image recognition and tracking for Android, iOS and Smart glasses.
TensorFlow
TensorFlow is an open source software library for numerical computation using data flow graphs. Nodes in the graph represent mathematical operations, while the graph edges represent the multidimensional data arrays (tensors) communicated between them. The flexible architecture allows you to deploy computation to one or more CPUs or GPUs in a desktop, server, or mobile device with a single API.
OpenCV
OpenCV was designed for computational efficiency and with a strong focus on real-time applications. Written in optimized C/C++, the library can take advantage of multi-core processing. Enabled with OpenCL, it can take advantage of the hardware acceleration of the underlying heterogeneous compute platform.
React VR
React VR is a framework for the creation of VR applications that run in your web browser. It pairs modern APIs like WebGL and WebVR with the declarative power of React, producing experiences that can be consumed through a variety of devices.
A-Frame
It allows you to make WebVR apps with HTML and an Entity-Component system. Works on Vive, Rift, Daydream, GearVR, desktop.
