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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 Scan widget is now available in a 3D eyewear project Bug fixes and minor improvements Vuforia View Support for bar code scanning within HoloLens Experiences Improved detection and tracking for Model Targets and Spatial Targets iOS: iOS 11 is no longer supported Android: Android 5.0 will no longer be supported as of February 2020 Bug fixes and minor improvements Experience Service 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 Bug fixes and minor improvements Vuforia View Improved detection and tracking for Model Targets and Spatial Targets (all platforms) HoloLens 2: Improved QR code scanning performance Bug fixes and minor improvements Experience Service Bug fix for the Trust Proxy setting Other 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 3D Button widget that supports HoloLens 2 articulated hand tracking (3D Eyewear projects only) Bug fixes and minor improvements Vuforia View Support for Microsoft HoloLens 2 Bug fixes and minor improvements Experience Service An 8.5.0 version of Experience Service was not released. However, Experience Service 8.4.6 will support the upcoming ThingWorx 8.5 release.  

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 New 3D Document widget for 3D Eyewear projects which provides users access to PDF documents within the contest of an experience Bug fixes and minor improvements Vuforia View Ability to access PDF documents within the context of an experience on a HoloLens device Vuforia View is no longer supported on Vuzix M300 devices Vuforia View will no longer support iOS 13 as of March 2022 Bug fixes and minor improvements Experience Service Ability to configure system users' acess using application keys rather than IdP users (SSO) 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 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 Bug fixes and minor improvements Vuforia View Bug fixes and minor improvements Experience Service  An 8.4.7 version of 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

Vuforia Studio Bug fixes and minor improvements Vuforia View Vuforia View 8.4.6 is required for viewing Experiences that include Model Targets created with Vuforia Studio 8.4.6 Improved detection and tracking of Model Targets and Spatial Targets Bug fixes and minor improvements Experience Service Support for Ubuntu 18.04 and RHEL 7.2 - 7.6 Bug fixes and minor improvements

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 New and Improved Model Target widget allows you to generate Advanced Model Targets for PTC Cloud-hosted Experience Services that have been enabled Vuforia Studio OS support: macOS Monterey is now supported macOS Catalina is no longer supported Bug fixes and minor improvements Vuforia View Experiences can now contain an Advanced Model Target, allowing you to view and track an object from any angle RealWear: Support for RealWear Navigator 500 Bug fixes and minor improvements Experience Service Bug fixes and minor 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 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

You can rename a project to avoid overwriting an existing published project with the same name on your Experience Service. To Rename your project, open the project you want to rename and click on the project name in the header bar; the field will become editable. For additional information, see Rename a Project  Here are a few things you need to consider when renaming a project: Renaming an already published project creates a duplicate of the project that is unpublished; it does not rename the already published project on the Experience Service To avoid having multiple copies of the same project on your Experience Service, unpublish the original project before renaming it and publishing it. Once you rename an already published project, and then publish the renamed project, a new QR code is created (different from the originally published project's QR code)

Currently, we do not recommend using Vuforia Studio with Chrome 106.0.5249.91 or later and Microsoft Edge 106.0.1370.37 due to a major issue with Chromium; Google has been made aware of the issue. Until it is resolved, we recommend using older versions of Chrome or Microsoft Edge.   Vuforia Studio The Wayfinder widget is now out of beta and full access is available. Improvements to the Wayfinder widget include: A pop-up with information about the Wayfinder widget appears when the widget is added to an experience A new Looping property is available that returns a user to the first Waypoint in the array once the last Waypoint is reached Improved ribbon density Improved property names Default gaze vector is now 90 degrees from the surface that the Waypoint is mated to Improved text label design Vuforia View Target acquisition effect is available on all mobile platforms NOTE: The model recognition for Advanced Model Targets will be visualized by a snapping effect in the experience.  HoloLens 2: Wayfinder and Waypoints are now available for 3D eyewear experiences Experience Service There are no new features or updates for the 9.7.1 version of the Experience Service

Vuforia Studio Ability to set the distance of the 3D Audio and 3D Video widgets that have the Tagalong property enabled New ways to move around the space in your Area Target on the 3D canvas using your keyboard Support for Windows 11 Bug fixes and minor improvements Vuforia View Support for Windows 11 Bug fixes and minor improvements Experience Service Bug fixes and minor improvements

Vuforia Studio Known Issue: Unable to Upload Files to Vuforia Studio in Chrome for Mac OS There is currently a known issue in Chrome for Mac where users are unable to upload files to Vuforia Studio when using Chrome 122.0.0.0 and 123.0.0.0. If you are using either of the aforementioned versions of Chrome for Mac, please update to Chrome 123.0.6312.10 to resolve the issue. According to Google, this issue should be resolved in Chrome 124.0.0.0. For more information, see Google’s IssueTracker. New Project Overwrite Message When Publishing A new message appears when a user publishes a project that has the same name as an existing published project on the same Experience Service. Project Name Can Now Be Updated from the Header Bar within a Project Users can now rename a project by clicking on the project name in the header bar from within a project. Image Targets Now Generated at Runtime Image Targets are now generated at runtime, and no longer at design time. Note: If you’re using Vuforia View 9.16.0 or above, all existing projects and new projects should work as expected as this change is backwards compatible. However, experiences that contain an Image Target and have been created with Vuforia Studio 9.19.0 and above will not work properly when consumed with Vuforia View 9.15.0 and below. Performance Improvement to Uploading a CAD Model .glb files no longer appear under Resources to help improve performance when uploading a CAD file. Bug Fixes See Bug Fixes for additional information on bugs resolved in this release