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Vuforia Studio NOTE: For information on how the new appx bundle can be deployed, see this post Vuforia Studio is now available for download from the Microsoft Store for Windows OS. While the existing Vuforia Studio installer will still be available in 9.10.0, we encourage you to use the new Microsoft Store download (appxbundle) that is now available, as the legacy installer will no longer be available on the PTC Software Download page with the next release of Vuforia Studio. A new app package (appxbundle) installer is now available on the PTC Software Downloads page for installing in a closed network environment on Windows OS. While the existing Vuforia Studio restricted (legacy) installer will still be available in 9.10.0, we encourage you to use the new app package installer that is now available on the PTC Software Downloads page, as the restricted (legacy) installer will no longer be available with the next release of Vuforia Studio. As of April 30th, 2023, the Vuforia Area Target Creator app will be deprecated and removed from the Apple App Store. We recommend extracting and saving all Area Targets from the Vuforia Area Target Creator app before this date. For information about retrieving your Area Targets, see the “Extracting Area Targets” section under Testing Area Targets. Going forward, we also recommend using the new Vuforia Creator app to create Area Targets. For more information about creating Area Targets for use with Vuforia Studio, see Create an Area Target. Vuforia View There are no new features or updates for the 9.10.0 version of the Vuforia View. Experience Service There are no new features or updates for the 9.10.0 version of the Experience Service. Bug fixes See Bug Fixes for additional information on bugs resolved in this release

Vuforia Studio ATTENTION: A new Vuforia Studio Windows installer will be introduced in the first quarter of 2023. This will affect new installations and upgrades for both online and offline (restricted) installations. For more information about the changes, see our community announcement  Improvements to Advanced Model Target error handling to include more detailed information and resolutions Vuforia View There are no new features or updates for the 9.8.0 version of Vuforia View Bug fixes and minor improvements  Experience Service There are no new features or updates for the 9.8.0 version of the Experience Service

Vuforia Studio See Bug Fixes Vuforia View HoloLens: Vuforia View for HoloLens now users Vuforia Engine 10.8 Bug fixes and minor improvements Experience Service There are no new features or updates for the 9.6.0 version of the Experience Service

Vuforia Studio A beta version of the new Wayfinder widget is now available! The Wayfinder widget allows you to place Waypoints that help lead users towards a specific part of a model or place in their environment. Before you can start trying out the Wayfinder widget, you'll need to enable the widget so that it is displayed in your Widget panel. The following Creo Illustrate sequence properties are now exposed in Vuforia View for HoloLens 2 devices when stepStarted and stepCompleted events are triggered: stepDescription and duration. Vuforia View Windows: Update Vuforia View to the latest version to resolve an issue with the app crashing when gallery experiences are opened. Experience Service There are no new features or updates for the 9.5.0 version of the Experience Service.

Vuforia Studio Bug fixes and minor improvements Vuforia View RealWear: With the Vuforia Studio 9.2.2 release, you will need to update your RealWear firmware to 12.1, as we are discontinuing support for RealWear 11.2 and 12.0. Updating to RealWear 12.1 will provide access to the most up-to-date features and support. Once you've updated to 12.1, republish your 2D eyewear projects with the latest release of Vuforia Studio - version 9.2.2. This update to RealWear firmware and republishing your projects will resolve the known issues with voice commands and widgets. HoloLens: Resolved issues with sequence order and coloring Improvements to text size and display of 3D buttons Bug fixes and minor improvements Experience Service Bug fixes and security improvements

Vuforia Studio The source URL of 3D Audio and 3D Video widgets can now be set dynamically Bug fixes and minor improvements Vuforia View Android Versions prior to 8.0 are no longer supported RealWear Beginning in August 2021, only RealWear 12.1 will be supported HoloLens Improvements to stability of Model Tracking Improved display of models defined at large scales Bug fixes and minor improvements Experience Service Bug fixes and security improvements

Vuforia Studio Support for sequences created with Creo Illustrate 8.0 Support for occlusion on Area Targets Improvements to 3D Panel widget: Ability to configure offset and snap distance Bug fixes and minor improvements Vuforia View Support for Windows Surface Go 2 Android: Support for Android 6 and 7 will be discontinued in July 2021 RealWear: Support for RealWear 11 will be discontinued in July 2021 Bug fixes and minor improvements Experience Service Support for ThingWorx 9.2 Support for RHEL 8.4 Support for Ubuntu 20.04 Support for PostgreSQL 13.3 Bug fixes and minor improvements

Vuforia Studio Area Targets are now supported! Area Targets bring Vuforia-powered environment tracking into your Experiences enabling you to track and augment areas and spaces. Area Targets allow users to easily navigate to the appropriate content using spatial clues, ultimately improving operational efficiency and work safety. Bug fixes and minor improvements Vuforia View Italian and Spanish languages now supported for HoloLens 2 voice commands RealWear: Fixes to provide better support and performance for RealWear OS 12; in order to leverage these enhancements, projects will need to be republished. There are a few known issues that have been reported to RealWear. For more information, see Article - CS345904 Bug fixes and minor improvements Experience Service Bug fixes and minor improvements

Vuforia Studio Bug fixes and minor improvements Vuforia View HoloLens: New swipe right action brings you to downloaded Experiences French language now supported for HoloLens 2 voice commands Bug fixes and minor improvements Experience Service New Experience Service Help Center that includes all information needed to install and deploy an Experience Service Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.2 Ability to retrieve information about published projects including: Project file size Publish date Username that published the project Bug fixes and minor improvements

Vuforia Studio New widgets for 3D Eyewear projects: 3D Press Button We recommend using a 3D Press Button in place of the 3D Button, as the 3D Button widget will be deprecated in a future release. A few things to keep in mind: In May, the 3D Button widget will no longer available for new projects. This will not immediately affect existing projects that contain 3D Button widgets, and you will still be able to edit and re-publish projects that contain them. In the future (TBD) all existing 3D Buttons will be transitioned to 3D Press Buttons. More information on this transition will be forthcoming. 3D Image Button 3D Toggle Button 3D Checkbox 3D Panel Ability to pin and unpin 3D Audio and 3D Video widgets in runtime German and Simplified Chinese now fully supported for HoloLens 2 voice commands If your HoloLens was set to English when you installed Vuforia View, you'll need to delete it and reinstall after you've changed your language setting to Simplified Chinese or German Bug fixes and minor improvements Vuforia View Bug fixes and minor improvements Experience Service Support for PostgreSQL 11.6 and 12.4 Bug fixes and minor improvements

Vuforia Studio New 3D Audio Widget Improvements to the 3D Video Widget for 3D Eyewear projects Ability to change the color of the buttons and panel Vuforia View iOS 12 is no longer supported Bug fixes and minor improvements   Experience Service Bug fixes and minor improvements 

Vuforia Studio New 3D Video widget for 3D Eyewear projects Bug fixes and improvements Vuforia View Camera widget for mobile now supported on Windows devices iOS 12 will no longer be supported as of December Support for Vuzix M400 Bug fixes and minor improvements Experience Service Support for PostgreSQL 9.6 and 10.14 Bug fixes and minor improvements

Vuforia Studio New Camera widget for mobile and 2D eyewear projects NOTE: This widget is not supported on Windows devices Ability to access and incorporate CAD metadata into an Experience using JavaScript See the Studio Help Center for more information on utilizing this feature New Car Mode checkbox when setting detection configuration properties for a Model Target Bug fixes and minor improvements Vuforia View Support for Car Mode capability for Model Targets Bug fixes and minor improvements Experience Service Support for Windows Server 2019 Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 (RHEL 8.0) Bug fixes and minor improvements

Vuforia Studio Bug fixes and minor improvements Vuforia View Bug fixes and minor improvements Experience Service An 8.5.12 version of Experience Service was not released

Vuforia Studio Bug fixes and minor improvements Vuforia View Bug fixes and minor improvements Experience Service Compatibility with ThingWorx 9.0 Bug fixes and minor improvements

Vuforia Studio New Camera widget for 3D Eyewear projects Bug fixes and minor improvements Vuforia View Improved detection and tracking for Model Targets and Spatial Targets Bug fixes and minor improvements Experience Service Bug fixes and minor improvements

Vuforia Studio Support for Microsoft Edge browser (version 79 or greater) Bug fixes and minor improvements Vuforia View Bug fixes and minor improvements Experience Service Experience Service 8.5.6 address a critical security issue (CVE) in Node.js Bug fixes and minor improvements

Vuforia Studio Bug fixes and minor improvements Vuforia View Bug fixes and minor improvements Experience Service (On-premises) Support for single sign-on (SSO) authentication for on-premises installations NOTE: Requires Vuforia Studio and Vuforia View 8.5.5 Bug fixes and minor improvements   For more information on configuring Vuforia Experience Service with single sign-on (SSO), see the Experience Service Installation and Deployment Guide. 

Vuforia Studio Bug fixes and minor improvements Vuforia View RealWear 6.0 is no longer supported Bug fixes and minor improvements Experience Service An 8.5.3 version of the Experience Service was not released

Vuforia Studio Bug fixes and minor improvements Vuforia View Bug fixes and minor improvements To download the latest version of Vuforia View on HoloLens, the app store must be updated to version 11911.1001.9.0 or higher Experience Service An 8.5.2 version of the Experience Service was not released

Vuforia Studio Improved Image Target and Model Target generation Bug fixes and minor improvements Vuforia View Improved detection and tracking for Model Targets and Spatial Targets Bug fixes and minor improvements Experience Service Improved Image Target and Model Target generation Bug fixes and minor improvements