Core Components and Concepts
Vuforia Studio
Vuforia Studio is a web-native, easy-to-use tool for authoring domain and task-specific experiences that provide an integrated view of digital and physical product data, dashboards, and alerts with 2D, 3D, and augmented reality.
Vuforia View
Vuforia View is a web application for mobile and eyewear devices that delivers the experiences authors create with Vuforia Studio and publish to the Experience Service. Vuforia View uses markers (targets) that deliver relevant 2D, 3D, and AR experiences. Experiences augment the view of your immediate surroundings with context-sensitive information and graphics, enabling you to interact directly with the things around you.
Experience Service
The Experience Service for Vuforia Studio is an enterprise-class, secure and scalable server used by both Vuforia Studio and Vuforia View.
Identity Resolution Service (IRS)
The IRS is part of the Experience Service that maps identifiers—such as QR codes and ThingMarks—to specific experiences. This allows users to scan an identifier and instantly launch a public experience and its views, without needing to install multiple applications.
Global Experience Index (GXI)
GXI eliminates the need for you to manually configure Vuforia View to point to your Experience Service and processes queries for any ThingMark.
When the GXI receives a ThingMark query, it identifies the Experience Service that hosts experiences for that ThingMark and redirects the query to that specific Experience Service.
By default, Vuforia View uses the GXI but can also be manually configured to use a different Experience Service.
ThingWorx
ThingWorx is an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platform that connects, analyzes, and manages data from smart products and operations—also known as Things. It serves as the link between your digital Vuforia Studio experience and the physical world when using the Vuforia View app.
For more information, see the
ThingWorx Help Center.
Experiences
Use Vuforia Studio to create and dynamically deliver an “experience” – not just another app. Experiences can contain 2D and 3D elements, along with live data and information from ThingWorx. Experience can then be consumed using the Vuforia View app on supported mobile and eyewear devices.
Tracking
When creating experiences in Vuforia Studio, you can choose from various tracking methods. The following widgets are available: