Augmented Reality SDK provide to developers the tools and libraries to develop more easily Augmented Reality applications (i.e: add AR technology to Android, iOS application...).
This Augmented Reality SDK comparison chart compares Augmented Reality (AR) SDKs and frameworks. Based on spreadsheet created by Gerhard Reitmayr and shared on the Augmented Reality Professionals Group on LinkedIn.
Enlace | Type | Unity (3D) | NaturalFeature | Web | 3D Object Tracking | PC/Mac/Linux | GPS | IMU Sensors | Visual search | Face tracking | ContentAPI | Do you recommend ? | Sitio web |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XZIMG Augmented Vision | Free + Commercial SDK option | Sí | Sí | Sí HTML5 | Sí alpha | Unity / Native | Votes 4 | xzimg.com/... | |||||
| EasyAR | Free + Commercial SDK option | Sí | Sí | Sí | PC/Mac/Linux via Uniity3D | Votes 2 | easyar.com | ||||||
| ARmedia | Free + Commercial SDK option | Sí | Sí | Sí | Sí | ARmedia supports PC/Mac and Linux | Sí | Sí | No | Votes 2 | inglobetechnologies.com | ||
| HERE Mobile SDK | Free + Commercial SDK option | Sí | Sí | Sí | Sí | Sí HERE Maps, LiveSight API | Votes 2 | here.com/... | |||||
| Metaio SDK (now Apple inc) | Commercial SDK only | Sí | Sí | Sí | Sí | PC/Mac | Sí | Sí | Sí Client-based +100 unique objects, cloud-based continuous visual search engine | Sí | Sí OpenGL support, in-house 3-D renderer | Votes 0 | metaio.com |
| Robocortex | Free + Commercial SDK option | Sí | Sí | No | PC/Mac/Linux | Sí | Sí | Votes 2 | robocortex.com | ||||
| Banuba Face FIlters SDK | Commercial SDK only | Sí | Sí | Sí | Sí | PC only | No | Sí | Sí | Sí | Sí | Votes 2 | banuba.com/... |
| Kudan AR Engine | Free + Commercial SDK option | Sí With SLAM | Sí | No | Sí SLAM | Cros-platform development Unity3D | Sí | Sí | Sí unlimited local visual search (no network connection required) | - Extensible with FT/FR Plugins | Votes 1 | kudan.io | |
| ARMES | Commercial SDK only | Sí | PC | Votes 2 | armes-tech.com | ||||||||
| Zenitum Feature Tracker | Commercial SDK only | Sí | Sí | Votes 4 | zenitum.com/... | ||||||||
| DroidAR | Free | Sí | Sí | Sí | Sí | - can be added via opencv | No | Sí OpenGL or jMonkey Engine | Votes 4 | github.io/... | |||
| flare* | Free + Commercial SDK option | Sí | Votes 0 | imagination.at/... | |||||||||
| osgART | Open Source | Sí | Sí | Votes 2 | osgart.org | ||||||||
| SSTT | Other | Sí | Votes 2 | technotecture.com/... | |||||||||
| windage | Other | Sí | Votes 3 | google.com/... | |||||||||
| Studierstube Tracker | Sí | Votes 0 | tu-graz.ac.at/... | ||||||||||
| Wikitude | Free + Commercial SDK option | Sí 3D Tracking Included | Sí | Sí | Sí | Sí | Sí Cloud Recognition and Offline (on device) | - Face Detection | Sí with Wikitude Studio and Cloud Recognition | Votes 1 | wikitude.com | ||
| Vuforia | Free + Commercial SDK option | Sí | Sí | No | Sí Only on box and cylinder and small size 3D objects too | Sí | Sí | Sí | No | Sí With Vuforia Cloud | Votes 11 | vuforia.com | |
| ARToolkit | Open Source | Sí | Sí | No | PC/Mac/Linux | Votes 1 | artoolworks.com | ||||||
| ARcrowd | Free | No | Sí | Sí HTML5 Browser | No | No | No | Votes 3 | arcrowd.com | ||||
| Vidinoti PixLive | Free + Commercial SDK option | Sí | Sí | Sí Using Google Tango | Sí & beacons | Sí Cloud and offline recognition | Sí PixLive Maker | Votes 0 | vidinoti.com | ||||
| MAXST AR SDK 4.1 | Free + Commercial SDK option | Sí | Sí | Sí Visual SLAM, Object Tracker | Supports Windows & Mac Platform | No | Sí | Sí Cloud Recognition, Image Tracker | No | Sí OpenGL, Metal, SceneKit, MAXST Cloud Recognition | Votes 2 | maxst.com | |
| Xloudia | Commercial SDK only | Sí | Sí | Sí | Sí | PC/Mac/Linux via Unity3D | Sí Optionnally | Sí Optionnally | Sí | Sí but not for mobile | Sí REST | Votes 0 | xloudia.com |
| Catchoom | Free + Commercial SDK option | Sí | Sí | Sí | PC/Mac/Linux | Sí Supports both cloud for very large collections and on-device search of hundreds of images (with no internet connection required) | Sí | Votes 0 | catchoom.com | ||||
| HoloBuilder | Free + Commercial SDK option | Sí | Sí | Sí (HTML 5 Browser) | Sí | PC/Mac/Linux (HTML 5 Browser) | Sí | Sí | Sí | No | Sí | Votes 1 | holobuilder.com |
| Obvious Engine | Commercial SDK only | Sí | Sí | Votes 0 | obviousengine.com | ||||||||
| IN2AR | Free + Commercial SDK option | Sí | Sí | Sí Flash-based, Unity3D | PC/Mac via Adobe AIR | Votes 3 | in2ar.com | ||||||
| ARPA | Free + Commercial SDK option | Sí | Sí | via Unity plugin | Sí | Sí Soon | Votes 0 | arpa-solutions.net/en | |||||
| LinceoVR | Commercial SDK only | Sí | Sí | Votes 0 | seac02.it | ||||||||
| Aurasma | Free + Commercial SDK option | Sí | Sí | Votes 2 | |||||||||
| BazAR | Free + Commercial SDK option | Sí | Votes 2 | epfl.ch/... | |||||||||
| Win AR | Free + Commercial SDK option | Sí | Sí | Votes 2 | nus.edu.sg/... | ||||||||
| BeyondAR | Open Source | Sí | Sí | Sí | Votes 0 | beyondar.com/... | |||||||
| String | Free + Commercial SDK option | Sí | No | Votes 2 | poweredbystring.com | ||||||||
| NyARToolkit | Open Source | Sí | PC | Votes 0 | nyatla.jp/... | ||||||||
| Koozyt | Commercial SDK only | Votes 2 | koozyt.com | ||||||||||
| AndAR | Free | Votes 0 | google.com/... | ||||||||||
| Designers ARToolkit (DART) | Free | Sí | Votes 4 | gatech.edu/... | |||||||||
| Augmented Pixels | Free + Commercial SDK option | Votes 2 | augmentedpixels.com | ||||||||||
| yvision | Free + Commercial SDK option | Sí | Votes 3 | yvision.com | |||||||||
| ArUco | Open Source | Votes 0 | www.uco.es/... | ||||||||||
| FLARToolkit | Open Source | Sí | Votes 2 | libspark.org/... | |||||||||
| Goblin XNA | Open Source | Sí | Votes 2 | codeplex.com | |||||||||
| Minerva | Open Source | Sí | Votes 0 | sourceforge.net/... | |||||||||
| MXR Toolkit | Open Source | PC | Votes 2 | sourceforge.net | |||||||||
| SLARToolkit | Open Source | Votes 0 | codeplex.com | ||||||||||
| UART | Open Source | Votes 2 | gatech.edu/... | ||||||||||
| ARLab | Free + Commercial SDK option | Sí | Sí | Sí Support for thousands of images in pools of 50-60 images | Sí | Votes 1 | arlab.com | ||||||
| ALVAR | Free | Sí Flash, Silverlight | Votes 0 | virtual.vtt.fi/... | |||||||||
| Magic Face | Free + Commercial SDK option | Sí | Sí HTML5 WEBGL | Sí | PC/Mac/Linux | Sí | Sí GLES, METAL, UNITY | Votes 6 | xzimg.com/... | ||||
| Luxand FaceSDK | Commercial SDK only | Sí Facial recognition | Votes 2 | luxand.com | |||||||||
| omniar.com | Commercial SDK only | Sí | Votes 0 | omniar.com | |||||||||
| Viewdle | Commercial SDK only | Sí | Votes 0 | viewdle.com | |||||||||
| xpose visual search | Commercial SDK only | Sí | Sí via website or API | Votes 0 | buzzar.net/... | ||||||||
| HOPPALA | Free | Sí | Votes 0 | hoppala-agency.com | |||||||||
| DeepAR.ai | Free + Commercial SDK option | Sí | Sí | Sí | Votes 3 | deepar.ai | |||||||
| Beyond Reality Face | Free + Commercial SDK option | Sí Flash-based and HTML5/JS | PC/Mac via Adobe AIR | Sí | Votes 1 | beyond-reality-face.com | |||||||
| Awila | Free + Commercial SDK option | Sí | Sí | Votes 3 | awila.co.uk | ||||||||
| instantreality | Free + Commercial SDK option | Sí | Votes 0 | instantreality.org | |||||||||
| PanicAR | Free + Commercial SDK option | Sí | Sí | Votes 0 | dopanic.com/... | ||||||||
| LibreGeoSocial | Open Source | Sí | Sí | Votes 0 | libregeosocial.org | ||||||||
| mixare | Open Source | Sí | Votes 3 | mixare.org | |||||||||
| PRAugmentedReality | Open Source | No | Votes 1 | github.com/... | |||||||||
| Studierstube | Open Source | Sí | Votes 2 | tugraz.at | |||||||||
| PTAM | Other | PC | Votes 0 | ox.ac.uk/... | |||||||||
| ARLab | Votes 0 | arlab.com | |||||||||||
| Cortexia | Sí | Votes 3 | cortexica.com | ||||||||||
| Google Goggles | Sí | Votes 0 | google.com/... | ||||||||||
| idee | Sí | Votes 0 | ideeinc.com | ||||||||||
| linkme | Votes 0 | linkmemobile.com | |||||||||||
| Microsoft Read/Write World | Sí | Sí | Votes 0 | cloudapp.net | |||||||||
| Morgan | Votes 2 | fraunhofer.de/... | |||||||||||
| snaptell | Sí | Votes 2 | snaptell.com |
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User reviews and comments
Mann1ng on 2020-10-14 16:42:05 
MarcusA on 2017-12-18 21:05:21 
mtillmann on 2017-02-01 11:07:58 
christina on 2016-10-13 11:07:07 
Anthony Liard on 2016-09-01 23:31:48 suggested on String to set Nombre to String (discontinued) 
Eddie Offermann on 2016-07-08 08:09:57 suggested on Vuforia to set Nombre to Vuforia 
jjgomezs on 2016-04-12 19:25:18 suggested on HoloBuilder to set Android to yes 
jjgomezs on 2016-04-12 19:25:07 suggested on HoloBuilder to set Android to yes 
Sanky on 2016-04-02 16:58:37 
Txasti on 2016-02-15 16:40:02 suggested on Vuforia to set Nombre to PTC Vuforia 
howard on 2016-02-15 15:06:53 suggested on ARPA to set Nombre to ARPA [DISCONTINUED] 
jutzizu on 2015-12-11 11:17:46 suggested on HoloBuilder to set Face tracking to no 
howard on 2015-09-30 18:55:28 commented on Google Goggles 
howard on 2015-09-30 18:55:06 suggested on Kudan AR Engine to set Nombre to Kudan Engine 
howard on 2015-09-30 18:47:59 suggested on Kudan AR Engine to set Nombre to Kudan AR SDK 
andrea.lucent on 2015-07-07 17:23:29 
RA'pro on 2015-06-04 14:13:57 suggested on Metaio SDK (now Apple inc) to set Nombre to Metaio SDK (now Apple inc) 
techprodi on 2015-01-12 10:59:58 
trungtran on 2014-10-29 18:17:20 suggested on Vuforia to set Nombre to Qualcomm Vuforia 
jjn1977 on 2014-07-07 18:18:23 suggested on Augmented Pixels to set Nombre to Augmented Pixels
ver mayores comentariosMany thanks for the informative matrix. I note you left out 8th Wall, which is one of the biggest names in WebAR platforms currently. Is that a deliberate omission, or something I can bring to the table?
ARCore ? Also, column checking support for Android (and which versions of that and iOS)?
You may want to add the LiveSight API, for geolocated AR, which is part of the HERE Mobile SDK: here.com/...
Augment (www.augment.com) is going to launch their AR SDKs for omni-commerce.
Vuforia is sufficiently specific and the product is no longer owned or developed by Qualcomm.
Update: ARToolKit professional SDKs, previously only available under paid licenses, have been released to the open source community for free use
Website Gone
Project Aura
AugmentedKit SDK is not in the list. Can be found augmentedkit.com
Super outils
This is now, the company's name.