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Link | Type | iOS | Marker | NaturalFeature | Windows Mobile | Web | PC/Mac/Linux | 3D Object Tracking | GPS | IMU Sensors | Visual search | Face tracking | ContentAPI | Unity (3D) | Website |
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| XZIMG | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes HTML5 | via Unity/Native | Yes Beta | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | xzimg.com | |||
| xpose visual search | Commercial SDK only | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes via website or API | buzzar.net/... | |||||||||
| Xloudia | Commercial SDK only | Yes | Yes Markerless | Yes | Yes | Yes | PC/Mac/Linux via Unity3D | Yes | Yes Optionnally | Yes Optionnally | Yes | Yes but not for mobile | Yes REST | Yes | xloudia.com |
| windage | Other | Yes | Yes | google.com/... | |||||||||||
| Wikitude | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Yes Advanced | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes Cloud Recognition and Offline (on device) | - Face Detection | Yes with Wikitude Studio and Cloud Recognition | Yes 3D Tracking Included | wikitude.com | ||
| Win AR | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Yes | nus.edu.sg/... | |||||||||||
| Zenitum Feature Tracker | Commercial SDK only | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | zenitum.com/... | |||||||||
| yvision | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | yvision.com | |||||||||
| UART | Open Source | Yes | Yes | gatech.edu/... | |||||||||||
| Studierstube Tracker | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | tu-graz.ac.at/... | ||||||||||
| Studierstube | Open Source | Yes | tugraz.at | ||||||||||||
| Viewdle | Commercial SDK only | Yes | Yes | viewdle.com | |||||||||||
| String | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Yes | Yes | poweredbystring.com | ||||||||||
| SSTT | Other | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | technotecture.com/... | |||||||||
| snaptell | Yes | Yes | snaptell.com | ||||||||||||
| SLARToolkit | Open Source | No | Yes | Yes | codeplex.com | ||||||||||
| Robocortex | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | PC/Mac/Linux | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | robocortex.com | ||||
| Vuforia | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Yes Advanced + VUMark | Yes | Yes Vuforia now available for windows app dev & also for MS Hololens | No | Yes Only on box and cylinder and small size 3D objects too | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes With Vuforia Cloud | Yes | vuforia.com | |
| Kudan AR Engine | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Cros-platform development Unity3D | Yes SLAM | Yes | Yes | Yes unlimited local visual search (no network connection required) | - Extensible with FT/FR Plugins | Yes With SLAM | kudan.io | |
| PTAM | Other | PC | ox.ac.uk/... | ||||||||||||
| PRAugmentedReality | Open Source | Yes | No | No | github.com/... | ||||||||||
| popcode | Commercial SDK only | Yes | Yes | popcode.info | |||||||||||
| PointCloud | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | pointcloud.io | |||||||||
| PanicAR | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Yes | Yes | dopanic.com/... | ||||||||||
| osgART | Open Source | Yes | Yes | Yes | osgart.org | ||||||||||
| omniar.com | Commercial SDK only | Yes | omniar.com | ||||||||||||
| Obvious Engine | Commercial SDK only | Yes | Yes | Yes | obviousengine.com | ||||||||||
| NyARToolkit | Open Source | Yes | PC | Yes | nyatla.jp/... | ||||||||||
| MXR Toolkit | Open Source | Yes | PC | sourceforge.net | |||||||||||
| Morgan | fraunhofer.de/... | ||||||||||||||
| mixare | Open Source | Yes | Yes | mixare.org | |||||||||||
| Minerva | Open Source | Yes | Yes | sourceforge.net/... | |||||||||||
| Microsoft Read/Write World | Yes | Yes | cloudapp.net | ||||||||||||
| Metaio SDK (now Apple inc) | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | PC/Mac | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes Client-based +100 unique objects, cloud-based continuous visual search engine | Yes | Yes OpenGL support, in-house 3-D renderer | Yes | metaio.com | |
| MAXST AR SDK 4.1 | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Yes Marker / QR Code Tracker / QR/Barcode Reader | Yes | No | Supports Windows & Mac Platform | Yes Visual SLAM, Object Tracker | No | Yes | Yes Cloud Recognition, Image Tracker | No | Yes OpenGL, Metal, SceneKit, MAXST Cloud Recognition | Yes | maxst.com | |
| Luxand FaceSDK | Commercial SDK only | Yes Facial recognition | luxand.com | ||||||||||||
| linkme | linkmemobile.com | ||||||||||||||
| LinceoVR | Commercial SDK only | Yes | Yes | seac02.it | |||||||||||
| LibreGeoSocial | Open Source | Yes | Yes | libregeosocial.org | |||||||||||
| Koozyt | Commercial SDK only | Yes | Yes | koozyt.com | |||||||||||
| Kooaba | Yes | kooaba.com | |||||||||||||
| instantreality | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | instantreality.org | ||||||||||||
| IN2AR | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes via Adobe ANE | Yes | Yes Flash-based, Unity3D | PC/Mac via Adobe AIR | Yes | in2ar.com | ||||||||
| idee | Yes | ideeinc.com | |||||||||||||
| HOPPALA | Free | Yes | hoppala-agency.com | ||||||||||||
| HoloBuilder | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes Native Unity App | Yes QR codes | Yes | Yes | Yes (HTML 5 Browser) | PC/Mac/Linux (HTML 5 Browser) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | holobuilder.com |
| Google Goggles | Yes | Yes | google.com/... | ||||||||||||
| Goblin XNA | Open Source | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | codeplex.com | |||||||||
| FLARToolkit | Open Source | Yes | Yes | libspark.org/... | |||||||||||
| flare* | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Yes | imagination.at/... | |||||||||||
| DroidAR | Free | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | - can be added via opencv | No | Yes OpenGL or jMonkey Engine | github.io/... | |||||
| Designers ARToolkit (DART) | Free | Yes | Yes | gatech.edu/... | |||||||||||
| D'Fusion | Commercial SDK only | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes Flash | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Cortexia | Yes | Yes | Yes | cortexica.com | |||||||||||
| Catchoom | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Yes Markerless | Yes | Yes | PC/Mac/Linux | Yes Supports both cloud for very large collections and on-device search of hundreds of images (with no internet connection required) | Yes | Yes | catchoom.com | |||||
| BeyondAR | Open Source | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | beyondar.com/... | |||||||||
| Beyond Reality Face | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes via Adobe AIR (ANE) | Yes Flash-based and HTML5/JS | PC/Mac via Adobe AIR | Yes | beyond-reality-face.com | |||||||||
| BazAR | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | epfl.ch/... | ||||||||||||
| Awila | Free + Commercial SDK option | - Under dev | Yes | Yes | awila.co.uk | ||||||||||
| Aurasma | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||
| Augmented Pixels | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Yes | augmentedpixels.com | |||||||||||
| ArUco | Open Source | Yes | www.uco.es/... | ||||||||||||
| ARToolkit | Open Source | Yes | Yes Basic | Yes | Yes | PC/Mac/Linux | No | Yes | artoolworks.com | ||||||
| ARPA | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Yes | via Unity plugin | Yes | Yes Soon | Yes | arpa-solutions.net/en | |||||||
| ARMES | Commercial SDK only | Yes | Yes | PC | armes-tech.com | ||||||||||
| ARmedia | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Yes | Yes | - Soon | Yes | ARmedia supports PC/Mac and Linux | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | inglobetechnologies.com | ||
| ARLab | Free + Commercial SDK option | Yes | Yes QR code | Yes | Yes | Yes Support for thousands of images in pools of 50-60 images | Yes | arlab.com | |||||||
| ARcrowd | Free | - HTML5 Browser | Yes Black / White | Yes | - HTML5 Browser | Yes HTML5 Browser | No | No | No | No | arcrowd.com | ||||
| AndAR | Free | Yes | google.com/... | ||||||||||||
| ALVAR | Free | Yes Tracks multiple markers; 256 possible markers | Yes Flash, Silverlight | virtual.vtt.fi/... |
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User reviews and comments
Vuforia is sufficiently specific and the product is no longer owned or developed by Qualcomm.
Website Gone
Project Aura
This is now, the company's name.
Alvar in not for iOS
The company name was changed in August 2013. If you go to the website, you will see redirection.
This + Toolbox for 3D tracking is awesome!
Extremely lightweight, fast, angle-robust; connects quickly and easily to Unity. Imperfect rating solely due to necessity of having black border around marker.