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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
| Software name | Year of release | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| MyWebAR.com | End-to-end Web AR solutions | No-code augmented reality platform for creating, managing and publishing augmented reality. | |
| MAXST AR SDK | 2010 | AR Development Toolkits | |
| 8th Wall | End-to-end Web AR solutions | ||
| ARCore | AR development toolkits | A Google SDK, currently designed exclusively for Android 8.0+ app creation. | |
| ARKit | AR development toolkits | An Apple SDK, currently designed exclusively for iOS 11+ app creation. Formerly Metaio, purchased by Apple in 2015. | |
| Arti AR | Broadcast Media | Cloud-based AR platform for the broadcast media industry from Israeli-based company Arti. | |
| Augment | AR content management systems | A web based platform for managing 3D models and creating augmented reality experiences. | |
| Aurasma (HP Reveal) | 2011 | End-to-end branded app solutions | |
| Blippbuilder | AR content management systems | A web-based system for creating AR experiences with image recognition by Blippar | |
| BUNDLAR | 2020 | AR content management system | BUNDLAR: No-code augmented reality platform for creating, managing and publishing augmented reality. |
| echo3D | 2018 | AR content management systems | 3D asset management platform for managing, updating, and streaming 3D/AR/VR content in real-time
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| Effect House | 2022 | AR development toolkits | TikTok's AR filter creation tool released from Beta in April 2022. |
| Genee | End-to-end Web AR solutions | ||
| Hololink | 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 | AR development toolkits | An augmented reality SDK for iOS and Android apps. | |
| Lens Studio | 2017 | AR development toolkits | Snap Inc.'s AR filter creation tool. |
| Nokia City Lens | End-to-end branded app solutions | ||
| Spark AR Studio | 2019 | AR development toolkits | AR development tool developed by Meta and used to make Instagram filters. |
| Vuforia Augmented Reality SDK | AR development toolkits | Formerly Qualcomm's QCAR, is a Software Development Kit for creating augmented reality applications for mobile devices. | |
| Web-AR.Studio | 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 | AR content management systems | Web based software for integrating apparel visualization on e-commerce sites. | |
| Wikitude SDK | AR development toolkits | Augmented reality SDK for mobile platforms originated from the works on the Wikitude World Browser app by Wikitude GmbH. | |
| Zappar | End-to-end Web AR solutions | ||
| zSpace for Education | Education | interaction with 3D objects in lesson plans that align with Common Core | |
| ARmony | Software package to help people to learn an instrument | ||
| AR Mixer | app that allows one to select and mix between songs by manipulating real-world objects | ||
| Word Lens | Translation tool | ||
| Talk2Me | Social interaction tool for sharing and viewing others' published information in a shared setting | ||
| 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
| Software name | Year of release | License | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| A-Frame (virtual reality framework) | 2015 | 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 | 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 | 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. | ||
| AR.js | 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 | |
| MindAR | 2021 | 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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