We are excited to announce our second release of the year, 9.25.0, is now live for general use. This exciting new release brings new upgrades that work cohesively together to elevate your experience. Read on to learn more about Vuforia Studio 9.25.0.

New: CAD & Object Differences

Our 9.25.0 release now includes advanced capabilities for identifying differences between CAD models and physical objects. This update introduces a new transparent outline rendering feature, allowing users to visually distinguish digital from physical with greater precision and clarity. This change allows users to accurately identify deviations, missing components, or incorrect placements during inspections. In addition, other shaders have been updated to further improve your AR experience. For more information on these updates, please read the Release Notes or watch our new video.

Coming Soon: AngularJS Update in 10.0 Release

In the upcoming 10.0 release (targeted for May 2025), Vuforia Studio will update from AngularJS 1.5 and Ionic 1.3.3 to AngularJS 1.8.3. This update aims to modernize the platform and enhance security for both the software and published experiences. These future changes should not affect any out-of-the-box functionality or published experiences but may affect custom JavaScript code in Home.js of your experiences and require updates to ensure your experiences function properly after republishing with the new version.

If you intend to upgrade to Vuforia Studio 10.0, be prepared to retest and update your experiences as necessary once the release becomes available in May. Vuforia Studio 9.25 will remain the long-term supported version, enabling continued use before transitioning to Vuforia Studio 10.0. While Vuforia View and the Experience Service will maintain backward compatibility, Vuforia Studio will not. For more detailed information about migrating AngularJS code, see the Migrating an App to a newer version topic in the AngularJS Developer Guide. For further details about this update, please visit this page.

We appreciate your continued support and enthusiasm for Vuforia Studio. Stay tuned for more updates and enhancements as we strive to deliver cutting-edge solutions to elevate your augmented reality experiences. As always, to find more information, please read our Release Notes.

 With 2025 now fully underway, we are delighted to deliver the first release of the year. This feature-rich release brings new upgrades that work to elevate Model Target tracking capabilities, while simplifying authoring for several functions and appearance setups. Read on to learn more about Vuforia Studio 9.24.0.

New: State Based Model Target Capabilities

We are excited to introduce new State-based Model Target Capabilities for Model Targets. With this new addition to Studio, customers can continuously track an object that is capable of being in different states and configurations. So, whether an object has parts that need to be added, removed, or even manipulated, customers can still easily track their model targets.

This enhancement gives customers the ability to build experiences that support service technicians and factory workers with assembly procedures. Customers can easily import files and data from Creo Illustrate, CAD models, and even Windchill to allow for a seamless experience with state-based model targets.

For more information see: Model Target

New: Predefined Shaders for 3D Models

Take control of 3D objects with our predefined set of shaders in Studio. With this update, customers can utilize standard shaders to build better experiences around specific parts of models, or the entire model, all without requiring expertise in shader programming. These parameters can be applied and utilized to:

• Highlight a selected model item.
• Use “Flow” to indicate the direction of a movement.
• Use different Cut shaders to focus on inside geometry.
• And much more! Please see our Help Center documentation for our complete list of shader options.

For more information, see: Shaders

New: Number Input Widget

In our new release, we are introducing a standalone Number Input Widget. Users previously had to define either text or number type input within the Text Input Widget to include numerical data. We have simplified authoring user input fields by separating Number Input into its own widget. This way it will be much more straightforward to author experiences requiring numeric user input.

For more information, see: Number Input

New: Zinc Widget for Remote Assistance 

We are excited to introduce Zinc, a remote communication and collaboration tool that can be utilized to boost efficiency. With the new Zinc widget, users can easily access remote assistance from experts via the PTC Zinc App.

For more information, see: Zinc

Here's a spotlight on what's new in the Studio 9.23.0 release:

New: Studio Experience API Extensions
Perform design review geometry changes interactively during AR sessions

Did you know AR is a great way to view 3D designs next to/on top of physical objects during design reviews? 

Our customers love to use Vuforia Studio for their design reviews, as viewing 3D objects directly in the real world is a quick and easy way to uncover areas for improvement. Our new API takes this to the next level. Now, you can use the userpick event to return geometry information while in the AR experience. This means you can now mark exact geometric information directly inside the AR viewing experience and then use this exact location to enrich the authoring experience with POIs and other augmentations.

For more information, see:

Geometric Information Mapping with the userpick Event

New: Tracking Status API Now Available
  Use AR for faster and more reliable As-built comparisons 

Do you have inspection use cases that require As-built comparisons between a physical object and the CAD design? Or are you looking to distinguish actual differences vs. tracking inaccuracies?

Our new tracking-status API now permits Experiences to react on unreliable tracking, allowing you to build your own business logic linked to tracking status or tracking status changes. 

For more information, see:

Tracking-status API

New: Multibyte Characters Now Fully Supported
  We speak your language! 

You asked - we heard! This is an important update for any and all customers looking to use naming conventions in non-English characters. We are happy to announce that we now fully support multibyte characters to ensure all our Studio customers can name items in their language, including file names or URLs that Vuforia is using and that customers would like to access.

But that's not all!

With each release, we have a ton of new improvements. Here are just a few other highlights from the last releases:

• Vuforia View iOS/Android - iOS/iPadOS 18 and Android 15 are now supported.
• ThingWorx Support  - Studio now supports ThingWorx 9.6.
• Model Rendering and Lighting  - Improvements were made to the rendering and lighting environment for 3D models in Vuforia Studio to be consistent with other PTC products such as Creo Parametric and Creo Illustrate.

Release Notes

To see the full list, detailed info, and how to use these new improvements and fixes, check out the full release notes:

Full Release Notes

Here's a spotlight on what's new in the Studio 9.22.0 release:

Vuforia SSO just got more versatile:
Now supporting MS Entra ID and OKTA!

We are excited to announce that Vuforia has significantly broadened its SSO support to include the most widely used SSO providers, MS Entra ID and OKTA. This is excellent news if your organization is already using MS Entra ID or OKTA, as our documentation for validated and tested configurations should help you to get up and running with SSO even faster. 

The inclusion of MS Entra ID and OKTA not only adds two additional capabilities to the existing support for PingFederate, but these updates also mean that your SSO experts should now be able to configure any other SSO provider that supports the protocols SAML, OAuth 2.0, and OpenID. 

Check out our documentation to learn more:

Learn More: MS Entra Support          Learn More: Okta Support

But that's not all!

With each release, we have a ton of new improvements. Here are just a few other highlights from the last releases:

• Model Target Recognition  - An issue was resolved where tracking became unstable if a model had arbitrary scale factors.
• Duplicate Bindings Expressions - An issue was resolved where binding expressions were duplicated in some projects, affecting performance.
• Model Items - An issue was resolved where deleting one model item removed all other model items from the model.

Release Notes

To see the full list, detailed info, and how to use these new improvements and fixes, check out the full release notes:

Full Release Notes

Here's a spotlight on what's new in the Studio 9.21.0 release:

New Observation for Stationary Objects preset:
Initiate Model Target recognition even when close to a large object

Are you working with Vuforia Studio to track large objects such as cars, stationary tabletop objects, or large machinery? If yes, you have probably found yourself walking far away from your object to initiate the model-based tracking. Our new Observation for Stationary Objects preset is here to make your life much easier!

Users can now define Model Target viewing ranges much closer to the physical object than the "Dome preset." This results in a more seamless Model Target recognition, especially when the user is close to a large object. Observation for Stationary Objects guide view is now available for Advanced Views for objects that can be recognized from any angle when standing around them but not below them. 

Learn More: Observation preset

Collaborating in Vuforia Studio Using GitHub: 

Did you know you can use GitHub to manage your Vuforia Studio projects/experiences and collaborate with others? There are plenty of benefits! For example, you can share and collaborate on your Vuforia Studio experiences with other users, compare changes to JavaScript and CSS, view source history and previous versions, revert unwanted changes, and much more!

👇 Want to learn more? Check out our GitHub user guide 👇

Collaborating in Vuforia Studio Using GitHub

But that's not all!

With each release, we have a ton of new improvements. Here are just a few other highlights from the last releases:

• ThingWorx - ThingWorx 9.5 is now supported in Vuforia Studio.
• HoloLens  - An issue was resolved where Vuforia View randomly crashed due to a timing issue.
• RealWear HMT-1 - Vuforia View is no longer supported on RealWear HMT-1 devices, as RealWear has announced that the HMT-1 devices are at end-of-life and will no longer receive firmware or security updates beyond v12.6.

Release Notes

To see the full list, detailed info, and how to use these new improvements and fixes, check out the full release notes:

Full Release Notes

What's new in the Studio 9.20.0 release:

Improvements & Bug Fixes: 
A clean-up to make room for more exciting features

We took the chance to use this release to clean up a bunch of those pesky bugs and implement some of the most requested improvements. So keep the feedback coming (via the community or your Vuforia contact person - we hear you!) and your eyes open for future releases.  

Please also note that support for RealWear HMT-1 devices will be deprecated in the upcoming 9.21.0 release. To see the full list, detailed info, and how to use these new improvements and fixes, check out the full release notes:

Full Release Notes

Here's a spotlight on what's new in the Studio 9.19.0 release:

New project management features:
 Overwrite notifications and renaming options

We have some great news for users that are sharing an Experience Service. To help avoid overwriting projects being saved under duplicate names, we have added new notifications to warn users when a project of the same name already exists on the Experience Service. Not only will this help to avoid overwriting existing projects, but it should also help keep your projects clean and up to date. 

But that is not all! We have also added additional functionality to rename the project directly within a project in the header bar where the project name is displayed. So if you receive a warning of an existing project, you can simply rename the project straight away. 

How to rename a project

Important Update:
Please upgrade Vuforia View 

We have made some important updates under the hood to improve Image Target generation and to prepare for some exciting new features. To take advantage of these improvements (and to continue to use Image Targets with projects published with Vuforia Studio 9.19+) all users must ensure that they are running Vuforia View 9.16 or above.

Download latest version of Vuforia View

But that's not all!

With each release, we have a ton of new improvements. Here are just a few other highlights from the last releases:

• Mac OS - An issue was resolved where the Open button was not visible on the Vuforia Studio launch window on Mac OS.
• Model Target Editor  - An issue was resolved where a Model Target widget could not be placed on a model when the model is underneath the canvas floor.
• Time Series Chart | List Widgets  - An issue was resolved where the drop-down field was not showing for the Time Series Chart and List widgets.
• Vuforia View - An issue was resolved where View on HoloLens occasionally crashed in scan mode.

Release Notes

To see the full list, detailed info, and how to use these new improvements and fixes, check out the full release notes:

Full Release Notes

What's new in the Studio 9.18.0 release:

Improvements & Bug Fixes: 
A clean-up to make room for more exciting features

We took the chance to use this release to clean up a bunch of those pesky bugs and implement some of the most requested improvements. So keep the feedback coming (via the community or your Vuforia contact person - we hear you!) and your eyes open for future releases.

To see the full list, detailed info, and how to use these new improvements and fixes, check out the full release notes:

Full Release Notes

Here's a spotlight on what's new in the Studio 9.17.0 release:

More Control for Your Data:
 New Options to Disable Publishing Offline/Public Experiences

Do you have sensitive data in some of your applications? Would you like to control which experiences can be downloaded to devices? Or, maybe you would like to require users to authenticate before opening an experience?

If you answered yes to any of the above, we have added two new parameters to this release that give you more control over who/how your users interact with your data. 

Single Sign-On (SSO)
  Is it right for you? 

Since launching SSO support for Vuforia Studio, we have had plenty of customer feedback because, let's face it, it is a big decision! 

To help administrators decide which authentication method fits their organization best, we have not only collected all your feedback but also made some major improvements and additions to our SSO documentation. Moreover, we took the most common troubleshooting areas from our users and added plenty of new documentation for administrators installing and configuring their on-premises Experience Service. Since SSO authentication is an important topic and an even more important decision, we will continue to collect your feedback and enhance our documentation to ensure an optimal installation and configuration experience! In the meantime, check out some of the big changes here:

Is SSO right for you?           Before you install the experience

But that's not all!

With each release, we have a ton of new improvements. Here are just a few other highlights from the last releases:

• iOS - iOS/iPadOS 17 is now supported.
• Model Target Editor  - An issue was resolved where the Model Target Editor showed the Guide View for a model that was replaced with a different model.
• Spatial Targets  - An issue was resolved where Spatial Targets appeared vertically on the 3D canvas.

Release Notes

To see the full list, detailed info, and how to use these new improvements and fixes, check out the full release notes:

Full Release Notes

Here's a spotlight on what's new in the Studio 9.16.0 release:

New Feature: Duplicate a view
 for experiences requiring multiple tracking types

Do you have Vuforia Studio experiences that require both spatial and model tracking? Maybe you don’t have the real-world object at hand when you are preparing your model target experience in the office – but you would still like to test everything on a spatial target before you send it to the field. If you want to improve efficiency and have an experience with two tracking methods, you will love this new Vuforia Studio enhancement: Duplicate a view!

  Now, there is no need to start from zero to create a project with different target types. Simply hit the "Duplicate" button on a view to make an exact copy of the view - including all the widgets, bindings, services, and code. Then, all you have to do is swap out the target type for a new one, and you are good to go! 

But that's not all!

With each release, we have a ton of new improvements. Here are just a few other highlights from this release:

• Dynamic Bounding Box Info at Runtime - Bounding box and location information can now be generated for any model at runtime (iOS and Android).
• New Project Access Configuration - A new option in the Vuforia Experience Service installer allows administrators to disable publishing projects with public access in Vuforia Studio.
• ThingWorx 9.4  - Vuforia Studio now supports ThingWorx 9.4.
• Preview (Blank White Page) - An issue was resolved where clicking Preview resulted in a blank white page. 
• ThingWorx Service Replies Not Updated - An issue was resolved where ThingWorx service replies displayed old data during runtime instead of the most recent. 

Release Notes

To see the full list, detailed info, and how to use these new improvements and fixes, check out the full release notes:

Full Release Notes