List of software related to augmented reality

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The following is a list of notable augmented reality software including programs for application development, content management, gaming and integrated AR solutions. For a list specifically for AR video games, see List of augmented reality video games.

Proprietary

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[https://mywebar.com MyWebAR.com]

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|End-to-end Web AR solutions

|No-code augmented reality platform for creating, managing and publishing augmented reality.

[https://developer.maxst.com/ MAXST AR SDK]

|2010

|AR Development Toolkits

8th Wall

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|End-to-end Web AR solutions

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ARCore

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|AR development toolkits

|A Google SDK, currently designed exclusively for Android 8.0+ app creation.

ARKit

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|AR development toolkits

|An Apple SDK, currently designed exclusively for iOS 11+ app creation. Formerly Metaio, purchased by Apple in 2015.

[https://www.arti.tv Arti AR]

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|Broadcast Media

|Cloud-based AR platform for the broadcast media industry from Israeli-based company Arti.{{Cite web |title=BBC News turns to Arti for election night data-driven augmented reality |url=https://www.newscaststudio.com/2020/11/23/bbc-news-turns-to-arti-for-election-night-data-driven-augmented-reality/?og=1 |access-date=2021-07-14 |website=NewscastStudio | date=23 November 2020 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Vidal |first=Elihay |date=2020-04-21 |title=AR Studio On-the-Go Platform Arti Closes $4 Million Seed Investment |url=https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3809616,00.html |access-date=2021-07-14 |website=CTECH - www.calcalistech.com}}

Augment

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|AR content management systems

|A web based platform for managing 3D models and creating augmented reality experiences.

Aurasma (HP Reveal){{Cite web |title=HP Reveal – Augmented Reality Platform {{!}} Scarfe Digital Sandbox |url=https://scarfedigitalsandbox.teach.educ.ubc.ca/aurasma-augmented-reality-platform/ |access-date=2022-10-10 |website=scarfedigitalsandbox.teach.educ.ubc.ca}}

| 2011

|End-to-end branded app solutions

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Blippbuilder

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|AR content management systems

|A web-based system for creating AR experiences with image recognition by Blippar

BUNDLAR

|2020

|AR content management system

|[https://bundlar.com/ BUNDLAR]: No-code augmented reality platform for creating, managing and publishing augmented reality.

echo3D[https://www.echo3D.com/]

|2018

|AR content management systems

|3D asset management platform for managing, updating, and streaming 3D/AR/VR content in real-time

Effect House

|2022

|AR development toolkits

|TikTok's AR filter creation tool released from Beta in April 2022.{{Cite web |last=Sato |first=Mia |date=2022-04-12 |title=TikTok opens AR effects tool to all users |url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/12/23021780/tiktok-ar-effect-house |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=The Verge |language=en}}

Genee

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|End-to-end Web AR solutions

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Hololink [https://www.hololink.io/]

|2021

|End-to-end Web AR solutions

|Web-based editor with Academy and editable templates. Web-based AR viewer based on proprietary image recognition and OpenCV.

Layar SDK

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|AR development toolkits

|An augmented reality SDK for iOS and Android apps.[https://web.archive.org/web/20190327202628/https://www.layar.com/solutions/ Layar Solutions (Archived)], Layar[http://www.nfcworld.com/2015/10/05/338453/house-of-fraser-adds-ar-to-mobile-app/ House of Fraser adds AR to mobile app], NFC World

[https://github.com/AR-js-org/AR.js Lens Studio]

|2017{{Cite web |last=Newton |first=Casey |date=2017-12-14 |title=Snap releases Lens Studio, a tool for creating your own AR effects |url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/14/16770088/snap-lens-studio-snapchat-lenses-filters-download-mac-windows |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=The Verge |language=en}}

|AR development toolkits

|Snap Inc.'s AR filter creation tool.

Nokia City Lens

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|End-to-end branded app solutions

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[https://sparkar.facebook.com/ar-studio Spark AR Studio]

|2019{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Dami |date=2019-08-13 |title=Facebook now lets anyone make an Instagram face filter |url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/13/20802620/facebook-spark-ar-instagram-story-face-filters |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=The Verge |language=en}}

|AR development toolkits

|AR development tool developed by Meta and used to make Instagram filters.

Vuforia Augmented Reality SDK

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|AR development toolkits

|Formerly Qualcomm's QCAR, is a Software Development Kit for creating augmented reality applications for mobile devices.[http://www.verious.com/component/vuforia-augmented-reality/ Vuforia (Augmented Reality)], Verious.comGoodwin, Richard. [http://www.knowyourmobile.com/blog/1583664/qualcomms_vuforia_shows_massive_potential_for_augmented_reality.html Qualcomm’s Vuforia shows massive potential for Augmented Reality], 11 September 2012

Web-AR.Studio [https://web-ar.studio/]

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|AR content management systems

|a free web-based system for creating WebAR experiences with image and QR recognition with single and multitracking

Webcam Social Shopper

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|AR content management systems

|Web based software for integrating apparel visualization on e-commerce sites.

Wikitude SDK

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|AR development toolkits

|Augmented reality SDK for mobile platforms originated from the works on the Wikitude World Browser app by Wikitude GmbH.[https://www.wikitude.com/products Wikitude SDK]

Zappar

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|End-to-end Web AR solutions

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zSpace for Education

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|Education

|interaction with 3D objects in lesson plans that align with Common Core{{cite web |date=25 July 2017 |title=Where is VR/AR and Education Now? |url=https://vrscout.com/news/vr-ar-education-now/ |language=en}}

ARmony{{cite web|title=ARmony – Using Augmented Reality to learn music|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wolO1lbKzAw| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605154247/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wolO1lbKzAw&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=2019-06-05 | url-status=dead|website=YouTube|access-date=5 January 2017|date=24 August 2014}}

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|Software package to help people to learn an instrument

AR Mixer{{cite web|title=This app can mix music while you mix drinks, and proves augmented reality can be fun|url=http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/augmented-reality-mixer-app/|publisher=Digital Trends|access-date=5 January 2017|date=20 November 2013}}

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|app that allows one to select and mix between songs by manipulating real-world objects

Word LensTsotsis, Alexia. [https://techcrunch.com/2010/12/16/world-lens-translates-words-inside-of-images-yes-really Word Lens Translates Words Inside of Images. Yes Really.] TechCrunch (16 December 2010).N.B. [https://www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2010/12/instant_translation Word Lens: This changes everything] The Economist: Gulliver blog 18 December 2010.

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|Translation tool

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Talk2Me{{Cite book |last1=Shu |first1=Jiayu |last2=Kosta |first2=Sokol |last3=Zheng |first3=Rui |last4=Hui |first4=Pan |title=2018 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom) |chapter=Talk2Me: A Framework for Device-to-Device Augmented Reality Social Network |date=March 2018 |chapter-url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8444578 |pages=1–10 |doi=10.1109/PERCOM.2018.8444578|isbn=978-1-5386-3224-6 |s2cid=44017349 }}

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|Social interaction tool for sharing and viewing others' published information in a shared setting

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[https://www.makerar.com/en/ MAKAR]

|2018

|End-to-end Web AR solutions

|No-code AR/VR/MR platform for creating, MAKAR SDK for iOS and Android apps & web

Open source

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A-Frame (virtual reality framework)

|2015{{Cite web |last=Sean |date=2015-12-18 |title=Mozilla Releases A-Frame WebVR Framework |url=https://arvrmagazine.com/mozilla-releases-a-frame-webvr-framework/ |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=AR/VR Magazine |language=en-US}}

|MIT

|A framework that adds HTML tags for most of the functionality in three.js and other JavaScript features as a superset of this lower level underlying 3-D framework.

ApertusVR

|2016

|MIT

|An embeddable, open-source, framework-independent, platform-independent, network-topology-independent, distributed AR /VR/MR engine. Written in C++; with JavaScript and HTTP Rest API (in Node.js). It creates a new abstraction layer over the hardware vendors in order to integrate the virtual and augmented reality technologies into any developments and products.

ARToolKit

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|LGPLv3

|An open source C-library to create augmented reality applications; was ported to many different languages and platforms like Android, Flash or Silverlight; very widely used in augmented reality related projects.

OpenIllusionist

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|Provides software libraries for generating images, interpreting user input, modelling the behaviour of virtual objects (or 'agents'), and threading all of the above to provide the illusion of reality.

[https://github.com/AR-js-org/AR.js AR.js]

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|MIT

|A library to allow development of marker-based, Natural Feature Tracking and location-based AR applications on the web. It can be used in conjunction with A-Frame (virtual reality framework) or three.js

[https://github.com/hiukim/mind-ar-js/ MindAR]

|2021{{Cite web |last=Yuen |first=HiuKim |date=2021-03-17 |title=Develop a web augmented reality app with MindAR in 5 minutes! |url=https://medium.com/web-augmented-reality-development/develop-a-web-augmented-reality-app-with-mindar-in-5-minutes-6b57a724bb94 |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=Web Augmented Reality Development |language=en}}

|MIT

|A library to allow development of image-tracking and face-tracking types of AR applications on the web. It can be used in conjunction with A-Frame or three.js.

See also

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