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Vuforia Studio New Duplicate action available for views in an experience Usability and UI improvements to the New Project window Improvements to Image Target widget source validation to help users upload images that will result in reliable targets Support for ThingWorx 9.4 Vuforia View Bounding box and location information can now be generated for any model at runtime (iOS and Android) As of March 2024, you will no longer be able to install Vuforia View on devices running iOS 14. Experience Service New Project Access screen allows administrators to disable publishing projects with public access in Vuforia Studio Note: If your Experience Service is hosted by PTC Cloud Services, open a Technical Support case requesting to update the configuration Bug Fixes See Bug Fixes for additional information on bugs resolved in this release

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 Changes to Check for Updates functionality—You will no longer be automatically prompted with the Update Available window when a new version of Vuforia Studio is available. Beginning in version 9.11.0, you must manually check for updates by navigating to the Vuforia Studio menu in the upper-right corner, and selecting Check for Updates. Once the Check for Updates window appears, compare Your version with the version that is displayed above the list of new features. For more information, see Update Vuforia Studio to the Latest Version. Windows OS: Vuforia Studio is now available for download from the Microsoft Store (The legacy installer is no longer available on the PTC Software Downloads page). A new app package (appxbundle) installer is now available on the PTC Software Downloads page for installing in a closed network environment. (The legacy restricted installer is no longer available on the PTC Software Downloads page). Mac: The Check for Updates action is now available from the Vuforia Studio menu in the upper-right corner. For more information, see Update Vuforia Studio to the Latest Version. Vuforia View ios: Quickly take sharper pictures—Users can now turn advanced camera controls on and off to using the new Turn on Tap to Focus action available from the experience menu. When Tap to Focus is turned off, the focus of interest is automatically selected by the device’s automatic focus areas and exposure setting. When Tap to Focus is turned on, the Vuforia View user can manually select the focus of interest by tapping on a specific area of the screen. Note: By default, Tap to focus is turned off. As of September 2023, Vuforia View will no longer be supported on the following devices. For more detailed information, see the What's New in the Help Center. Surface Pro 7 Surface Pro 6 Surface Pro 5th Gen (2017) Surface Pro 4 Surface Book Surface Go Surface Go2 Vuzix M400 Smart Glasses Experience Service: There are no new features or updates for the 9.11.0 version of the Experience Service. Bug fixes See Bug Fixes for additional information on bugs resolved in this release

Vuforia Studio Ability to Install Vuforia Studio for offline use (Windows) New Scaling Digital Twin Experiences use case focuses on: Digital twins Identity Resolution Service (IRS) Connecting an AR digital twin to ThingWorx Object configurations ThingWorx content storage New Static Object setting when configuring the detection position for a Model Target Bug fixes and minor improvements Vuforia View iOS/Android/Windows: Added support for Model Targets with a "static" motion hint When used with Car Mode, this combination provides enhanced tracking for larger objects with reflective surfaces iOS Support for iOS 15 HoloLens: Resolved issue with component placement in certain Creo Illustrate sequences Bug fixes and minor improvements Experience Service Bug fixes and minor improvements

Vuforia Studio There were no new features or updates for the 9.17.0 version of Vuforia Studio Vuforia View HoloLens: Dynamic bounding box information is now available at runtime iOS: iOS/iPadOS 17 is now supported iOS/iPadOS 15 is no longer supported Experience Service Ability to disable publishing experiences for offline viewing Note: If your Experience Service is hosted by PTC Cloud Services, open a Technical Support case requesting to update the configuration Bug Fixes See Bug Fixes for additional information on bugs resolved in this release

Vuforia Studio New 3D-Guided Service Instructions tutorial that provides access to project files and step-by-step instructions Bug fixes and minor improvements Vuforia View Support for Japanese voice commands on HoloLens 2 Bug fixes and minor improvements Experience Service Bug fixes and minor improvements

Vuforia Studio New Tagalong property available for 3D Video and 3D Audio widgets Improvements to multi-select for 3D widgets Ability to delete multiple widgets Ability to assign common widget properties a value Audio widget is now available in 2D Eyewear projects Enable Tracking Events property now available on 3D Container for 3D Eyewear projects Bug fixes and minor improvements Vuforia View HoloLens: 3D audio and video widgets will now stay in a user's line of view if the Tagalong property has been enabled in Vuforia Studio Bug fixes and minor improvements Experience Service Support for PingFederate 9.3.3 Patch 5 or later (SSO only) 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 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 (Windows only) The ssl-settings.json file has been moved to the ProgramData directory for streamlined SCCM deployment. Note: This only applies to Vuforia Studio run over HTTPS. A new shortcut to configure HTTPS locally for Vuforia Studio is now available. For more information, see Vuforia Studio run over HTTPS. Vuforia View An updated version of Vuforia View was not released for 9.12.0. Experience Service There are no new features or updates for the 9.12.0 version of the Experience Service. Bug fixes See Bug Fixes for additional information on bugs resolved in this release

Vuforia Studio Support for ThingWorx 9.3 Support for sequences created with Creo Illustrate 8.1 Bug fixes and minor improvements Vuforia View 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 Improvements to Model Targets when both Static Object and Car Mode are selected to provide more accurate tracking NOTE: In particular, this affects more challenging reflective objects with less features Improved memory usage, in particular, for projects using large models with multiple views Mac: macOS Big Sur is now supported OS X El Capitan is no longer supported Bug fixes and minor improvements Vuforia View Model Targets have been improved to provide more accurate tracking, in particular for more challenging reflective objects with less features Android: If not already installed, Vuforia View will prompt you to install Google Play Services for AR (ARCore) to enable better AR performance iOS Vuforia View is no longer supported on iOS 13 Bug fixes and minor improvements Experience Service Bug fixes and minor improvements

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

As part of the Vuforia Studio 9.13.0 release, a new way to create and configure model targets is now available!    The updated Model Target widget allows users more configuration options within Vuforia Studio to ensure optimal tracking of their models. Advanced configuration options include:   Automatic coloring of Model Targets Simplification when model is too complex (Advanced Views only) Multiple Advanced Guide Views For additional information on these new options, see our Configure a Model Target Help Center topic.

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 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 (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 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 New and improved Model Target widget allows more advanced configurations of Model Targets  including: Automatic coloring of Model Targets Simplification when a model is too complex (for Advanced Views) Ability to create multiple Advanced Model Targets You can now use a command prompt shortcut to configure Vuforia Studio to run over HTTPS Vuforia View RealWear Navigator 520 devices are now supported Experience Service (On-premises) Access to Vuforia Cloud Services to generate Advanced Model Targets is now available for on-premises installations of the Experience Service. For more information, see Request Advanced Model Target Generation. For more information about installing and deploying an Experience Service on-premises, see the Experience Service Help Center. Bug fixes See Bug Fixes for additional information on bugs resolved in this release

Vuforia Studio Support for Creo Illustrate 6.1 Decals Ability to select multiple 3D widgets on the canvas or in the project tree using the CTRL key Bug fixes and minor improvements Vuforia View Official support for Simplified Chinese and German languages on HoloLens 2 NOTE: Other languages are available, but are not officially supported yet.  See our Help Center for more information on available and supported languages. Support for Microsoft Surface Pro 7 Support for Trimble XR10 Support for RealWear Firmware version 11.2 Bug fixes and minor improvements Experience Service Support for ThingWorx 9.1 Bug fixes and minor improvements   In an effort to improve the 3D Eyewear authoring experience, we are developing a 3D Panel container widget. However, it was mistakenly included with the 9.0.0 release, and should not be used, as it is not functional.