Experiment with Vuforia - Unity
- Alice
- Aug 28, 2020
- 2 min read
Updated: Sep 3, 2020
In the last three weeks of the course, students learnt a number of tools within the software called Unity and the use of Vuforia within Unity. The lecturer was Mr Prasanth Sasikumar
Unity is the most popular game engine that has been used to develop well-known games such as Monument Valley, Cuphead and even Pokemon Go (Unity, 2020; Petty,2020).
It is known to be a powerful engine that can use both 3D and 2D tools and with its strong animation tools, artists can use them to animate as well.
Vuforia is an SDK standing for Software Development Kit, which allows users to create AR apps mobile devices. One of the recognisable features of this software is the image tracking in real-time (ARchy, n.d.).

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Experiment:
Throughout the workshop, we learnt how to use image tracking with the Vuforia engine so a certain 3D model tracks the image.
I experimented with setting 3D objects to a specific image cast by the mobile phone. Using the webcam on a laptop, I was able to bring up the object to the screen.
I first tried with a simple cube, then using the Unity Asset store added a walking animal.
We were also taught multi-image tracking where you can move the object from one image to another. However, scripting was involved with that technique and it was difficult for me to learn scripting from scratch so I was not able to complete that experiment.
Conclusion:
Overall, I thought it was a very interesting experience where I could bring computer-made objects in real life and move them around as I want to. In my spare time, I think I would spend trying to experiment with the different tools that Unity and Vuforia offers.
Reference:
ARchy. (n.d.). How To Choose A Technology For An AR Project. Part 1: Vuforia. https://medium.com/@ARchy_Team/how-to-choose-a-technology-for-an-ar-project-part-1-vuforia-65b92d7c7561
Petty, J. (2020). What is Unity 3D & What is it Used For?. https://conceptartempire.com/what-is-unity/
Unity. (2020). Made with Unity. https://unity.com/madewith
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