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Vuforia Engine is the most widely used platform for AR development, with support for the majority of phones, tablets, and eyewear. Developers can easily add advanced computer vision functionality to Android, iOS, and UWP apps, to create AR experiences that realistically interact with objects and the environment.

Play Mode is configured in the Vuforia Configuration section, and you may use a webcam, simulator mode, or recording mode to test your Vuforia targets. See Vuforia Play Mode in Unity for more information. Building and Running your App¶ Vuforia Engine-powered Unity apps are built and run like other Unity apps for Android, iOS, and UWP.

Note that some Vuforia features are required to run on a Device Pose supported device. Enable Device Tracking in Unity — Learn more on enabling this capability. Pose Status and Status Info — The Device Pose Observer returns tracking states that you can use to optimize the user experience and tracking use cases.

Upgrade the project to the latest version of Vuforia Engine. Click Update to install Vuforia Engine SDK. Add Vuforia Engine Package from the Package Manager¶ If you have downloaded the Vuforia Engine package for Unity before, you can add the tarball (.tgz) from the Package Manager window. First, download the package from the developer portal.

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To build a Vuforia Engine sample for the Android platform, follow these steps: Launch Android Studio. Select Open an existing Android Studio project from the Quick Start launch page. Browse to the \…\vuforia-sdk-android-xx-yy-zz\samples\Vuforia-samples-x-y …

The Vuforia VFX Library is a collection of ready-to-use visual effects designed to help develop augmented reality apps in Unity following best practices. The library includes the following effects: The library includes the following effects:

The list below represents some of the most popular devices used with Vuforia Engine, and includes additional information about specific device compatibility with Vuforia Engine features. Beyond the list of devices below, Vuforia Engine supports vision-only tracking for features such as Image Targets, Cylinders, Multi Targets, and VuMarks.

The Target Manager is available on the Engine Developer Portal by logging in with a Vuforia Engine Developer account. What is a Vuforia database? ¶ A Vuforia database holds the information necessary to track various predefined targets in the form of dataset files; an XML and DAT file, and sometimes other files.