Verified User in Computer Games
UC
Verified User in Computer Games
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Vuforia Engine is really easy to use ARKit for beginners who are trying to learn AR."
3.5/5
What do you like best about Vuforia Engine?

Vuforia Engine is user-friendly and can be integrated with the application with a minimum number of steps. Even new learners can easily use it and create good AR applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Vuforia Engine?

Vuforia Engine is still in development, and sometimes, I have faced issues with surface detection. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

ASHUTOSH M.
AM
ASHUTOSH M.
Web Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Best AR SDK for starters"
5/5
What do you like best about Vuforia Engine?

Vuforia is fast reliable and compact AR SDK, available in the market with proper documentation and hands on code for the any individual who wants to kick start the AR development.

With a large community and active integration with unity through c#, Vuforia offer many advantages over other SDK present out there in the market.

The feature of Image Target Detection specially with virtual buttons gives out the feeling of immersive reality.

Some of the notable features provided by Vuforia which caught my eye :

1. VuMARK : the whole new concept of generating barcode solely for business (Highly Customizable)

2. Easy Integration and management of image targets, options to use different objects as targets Ex: Cube, spherical, plane.

3. Virtual Buttons : Smart use of obstruction to give out feel of immersion, Virtual buttons that triggers when user obstruct the view in real space. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Vuforia Engine?

I have been using the SDK from more than a year, as of now i don't see any fallback apart from the pricing if you are planning to go commercial with the SDK. Free Usage allows pretty much everything needed to run the application on mobile devices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ahmet S.
AS
Ahmet S.
Graduate Research Assistant
Computer Software
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"A handy SDK if you are looking for an AR application platform with Unity. "
4/5
What do you like best about Vuforia Engine?

I like its compatibility with Unity and the feature that allows to test the application without the need to deploy to a mobile device. Vuforia is able to do many different things, such as recognition of different types of visual objects (such as boxes, cylinders, and planes), text and environment recognition, and VuMark, which is a combination of picture and QR code. Also, using the Vuforia Object Scanner, you can scan and create object targets. Also, large community provides hands on experience and feedback as well as tutorials about how to use download, install, setup, and use for different platforms. Moreover, Unity plugin is simple to integrate and very powerful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Vuforia Engine?

In my experience, the use of my storage is too much. It could be reduced. I have not bought it but it would be better if it is offered free for students. One of the downsides is that it is not 100% free software, although they do have a developer tier with 1,000 cloud recognition and 1,000 targets for free per month. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Saksham N.
SN
Saksham N.
Saksham Nigam
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Best SDK for AR immersive experineces"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Vuforia Engine?

Vuforia comes with the feature of implementing Virtual buttons which gives the user the feel of immersing into augmented world providing 3D floating texts and surround sound ( implemented manually).

Vuforia SDK helps to build industry ready solutions in one go. The feature of cross compatibility and easy integration helped me to deploy application without much hassle. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Vuforia Engine?

As of my experience, I did not encounter any serious issue with Vuforia, some quality of image tracking issues in low light conditions and focus through application build with Vufoira SDK and unity. but it could be customized if opened into android studio. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vivek K.
VK
Vivek K.
Vivek Kumar
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Best SDk Available for AR"
4/5
What do you like best about Vuforia Engine?

Vuforia is best available SDK for Unity users, Easily integrates and supports cross platform deployment with Platforms like Unity.

Free version of SDK could easily be used to create Target based Detection which could be Markerless and Cloud based as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Vuforia Engine?

Free version gives enough support to create application for Small purpose but scaling the application to business level would be expensive as the enterprise account is quite expensive to use.

Target detection is not that good and anchors placed are not always detected even when lightining conditions are good. Though Vuforia widely integrates with ARCore but Functionalities like Virtual button and mono audio Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Suriya P.
SP
Suriya P.
Technical Developer (Augmented and Virtual Reality)
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Vuforia for AR solutions for Business"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Vuforia Engine?

QR Code or Image Target detection in Vuforia is the best across all the major SDK's which include ARCore and others. As an AR Developer I find that the detection is precise and that camera running out of field doesn't effect the placement of the object. The algorithm is efficient and it helps place 3D Models easily with little to no latency, I like the optimization of the Image Target Detection. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Vuforia Engine?

I am not a big fan of the plane detection feature in Vuforia, as I think that there can be a lot of work done it. it is not efficient as compared to other SDK's in the market. Although the creation of it is easy, the end result isn't as satisfying as I expect it to be, the place varies when we change the orientation of the phone from Landscape to Potrait and the size of the 3D models get shrunk which also affects the animations on to it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Christian B.
CB
Christian B.
Unity Developer & Game Designer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Best AR Engine Crossplatform"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Vuforia Engine?

Vuforia is one of the best engines for those using Unity, as it is now integrated and full of examples and plugins that make different types of integration possible even for newbies.

Also excellent for crossplatform applications.

Excellent possibility to use a free version to prototype, with total freedom of use of all types of

recognition (Marker, plane, Markerless and clouding services) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Vuforia Engine?

One of the points against this engine is certainly the price, the most expensive among the various engines.

Considering also the integration with Unity, there would be a small price drop. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Antony V.
AV
Antony V.
Multimedia Developer & PR
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"A very solid AR engine"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Vuforia Engine?

It is a solution that exists since many years and that proved to work in lots of different contexts and on different devices (e.g. HoloLens, smartphones, etc...). It is impressive that it works offering different tracking solutions, like marker-based and 3D-model-based. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Vuforia Engine?

Sometimes I would prefer a more permissive free licensing, but it is right to pay for high quality products.

Furthermore, now with frameworks like ARCore and ARKit, Vuforia is being threatened as the king of AR platforms. That's why PTC is moving also in offering dedicated enterprise solutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Steven V.
SV
Steven V.
Co-Founder
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Marker based Augmented Reality experiences"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Vuforia Engine?

The marker tracking algorithm of Vuforia Engine is the most stable compared to other SDK that i have tried such as EasyAR, XZIMG. The step to implement Vuforia in Unity3D in easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Vuforia Engine?

The price for Vuforia which is charged annually is quite expensive for small studio like mine. The tracking stability of Vuforia's Ground Plane and Extended Tracking is way too behind ARCore and ARKit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User
U
Verified User
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Best option for Augmented reality"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Vuforia Engine?

It is not dependable in software hardware. We can use it to build IOS as well as android apps. It has more devices supports compared to ARKit and ARCore. It has many features like model targets, image targets, cylinder targets, object targets and others. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Vuforia Engine?

Free version gives supports but the app comes with a watermark of it. Model targets is not that accurate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.