Vuforia - About the company
Vuforia is an acquired company based in San Diego (United States), founded in 2012. It operates as a Mixed Reality (AR+VR) SDK by Qualcomm. The company has 161 active competitors, including 13 funded and 12 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Escher Reality, Blue Vision Labs and Zappar.
Company Details
Vuforia is Qualcomm's product to support AR & VR apps on mobiles and digital eye-wear, like Google Cardboard and Samsung GearVR. Apps can be built with Eclipse, XCode and Unity; and use device & cloud databases. Provides technology for NUI, to interact with products and print media during AR experience. Currently supports processors - Epson Moverio BT-200 and ODG R-6; and is optimized for ODG R-7. Also offers hands-free apps to enterprises, that overlay 2D and 3D objects on real world, with precise alignment. Clients include Anheuser-Busch, Audi, Johnson & Johnson, Lowe’s Canada, Maybelline, Nike, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Taco Bell and Virgin Media. Licensing offers range upto $999/mo. Brands started launching apps powered by Vuforia in 2013. Qualcomm sold Vuforia to PTC, a 2D&3D design software company for $65M in Oct'15.
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Founded Year
2012
Location
San Diego, United States
Stage
Acquired
Ranked
19th among 161 active competitors
Employee Count
26 as on Apr 30, 2026
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Exit Details
Acquired by PTC (Oct 12, 2015)
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Vuforia's funding and investors
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Vuforia's founders and board of directors
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Vuforia's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Vuforia include Escher Reality, Blue Vision Labs and Zappar. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Vuforia, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | Escher Reality 2016, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Provider of an application development platform to build interactive AR experiences | $120K | 52/100 | |
2nd |  Blue Vision Labs 2016, London (United Kingdom), Acquired | Developing AR technology for simultaneous use | $16.5M | 52/100 | |
3rd |  Zappar 2011, London (United Kingdom), Series A | Developer of augmented reality software, hardware, and assistive technology solutions | $3.75M | 47/100 | |
4th | Developer of cross-platform avatar systems and associated creation and management tools | $58.9M | 47/100 | ||
5th |  HYPERVSN 2011, London (United Kingdom), Seed | Developer of holographic display technology and related software and hardware | $6.2M | - | 46/100 |
6th | Infinity AR 2006, Petah Tikva (Israel), Acquired | Platform to create AR content | $75.2M | 44/100 | |
7th |  RapidCompact 2018, Darmstadt (Germany), Series A | Provider of a 3D data optimization software for AR applications | $5.37M | 43/100 | |
8th |  6D.ai 2017, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | APIs for AR application developers | - | 42/100 | |
9th | Curiscope 2015, London (United Kingdom), Seed | Developer of AR-based immersive content app | $1M | 39/100 | |
10th | Inibiru 2013, San Francisco (United States), Series C | Developer of multi-terminal interactive video production software and AR/VR systems | $27.8M | 39/100 | |
19th | Vuforia 2012, San Diego (United States), Acquired | Mixed Reality (AR+VR) SDK by Qualcomm | - | - | 33/100 |
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Vuforia's Investments and acquisitions
Vuforia has acquired 2 companies including Kooba and Kooba. Vuforia has not made any investments as of now.Reports related to Vuforia
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News related to Vuforia
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PTC expands spatial computing capabilities with Vuforia Engine area targetsiTWire•Apr 05, 2021•PTC, Vuforia
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PTC's ThingWorx and Vuforia Complete Fujitsu's Smart Factory Solutions PortfolioPR Newswire•Feb 10, 2021•PTC, Vuforia
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Meta View, Inc Announces the Acquisition of Meta Company Assets; Hires Jay Wright as CEOBusiness Wire•May 28, 2019•Meta, Vuforia, PTC, Pioneer Metal Finishing
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PTC to Accelerate Industrial Adoption of Mixed Reality with Support for Microsoft HoloLens 2Business Wire•Feb 24, 2019•PTC, Vuforia, Microsoft
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Augmented-reality pioneer Vuforia just released its first ARKit app | Business Insider IndiaBusiness Insider•Oct 02, 2017•Vuforia
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Vuforia Augmented Reality Platform from PTC Will Support the Vuzix M300 Smart Glassesvirtualrealityreporter.com•Jun 01, 2017•Vuforia, Vuzix
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PTC to Expand Vuforia Platform with Remote Presence CapabilityBusiness Wire•May 31, 2017•Vuforia, PTC
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Fyusion unveils mobile content creation platform for augmented realityVentureBeat•Sep 07, 2016•Fyusion, Digi-Capital, Vuforia
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How Facebook's New AI Technology Could Benefit Your BusinessInc.•Aug 26, 2016•Facebook, GitHub, Google, Microsoft and 1 other
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Baidu shows off DuSee, an augmented reality platform for China’s mobile usersTechCrunch+•Aug 03, 2016•Baidu, Pokémon, Google, Vuforia and 2 others
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