ARToolKit feature comparison
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| ARToolKit v2.x | ARToolKit v5.x (Desktop) | ARToolKit v5.x (iOS) | ARToolKit v5.x (Android) | |
| Platform support | Windows, Linux, OS X | Windows XP SP 3-, Linux, OS X 10.5- | iOS v4.3- | Android 2.2- |
| 64-bit support | ||||
| x86-64 | x | x | . | . |
| PowerPC G5 | x | x | . | . |
| IA64 | . | . | . | . |
| ARM64 (ARM AArch64) | . | . | x | . |
| USB webcam input | x | x | . | . |
| DV video input | x | x | . | . |
| IIDC firewire video input | x | x | . | . |
| AVI file video streaming | x | x | . | . |
| QuickTime/MP4 video streaming from file | . | x | x | x |
| QuickTime/MP4 video streaming from network | . | x | . | . |
| Multiple video streams supported | x | x | x | . |
| Video input type able to be changed at runtime | . | x | x | . |
| Multiple video streams from different sources | . | x | x | . |
| RGB pixel format support | x | x | x | x |
| Grayscale pixel format | . | x | x | x |
| YUV pixel formats | x | x | x | x |
| Packed pixel formats | . | x | x | x |
| Kato's heuristic pose estimator | x | . | . | . |
| Pose estimate optimization using non-linear refinement | . | x | x | x |
| Robust pose estimator using M-estimation | . | x | x | x |
| Support for stereo pose estimation | . | x | x | x |
| Filtering of continuous pose estimates | x (1) | x | x | x |
| Pinhole lens model | x | x | x | x |
| Pinhole lens model with pixel aspect ratio | . | x | x | x |
| OpenCV lens models with scale factor supported | . | x | x | x |
| Rapid OpenCV-based camera calibration | . | x | . | x |
| Stereo video calibration | . | x | . | . |
| Automatic binarization threshold selection | . | x | x | x |
| Tracking from interlaced sources | x | x | x | x |
| Simultaneous tracking of multiple camera views | x (1) | x | x | x |
| Pictorial (template) markers | x | x | x | x |
| 2D-barcode markers | . | x | x | x |
| Marker border width variable at runtime | . | x | x | x |
| Barcode marker error detection and correction | . | x | x | x |
| Rendering support | ||||
| OpenGL | x | x | . | . |
| OpenGL ES | . | . | x | x |
| OpenGL ES 2.0 | . | . | x | x |
| OpenVRML | x | x | . | . |
| OpenSceneGraph | x (2) | x | x | x |
| DirectX | . | . | . | . |
| Unity 3D | . | x | x | x |
| Language bindings | ||||
| C | x | x | x | x |
| C (OO)/C++ | . | x | x | x |
| Objective-C | . | x | x | . |
| Java | x | x (3) | . | x |
| C# | . | x (3)(4) | . (4) | . (4) |
| Flash AS3 | . | x (3) | . | . |
| Proce55ing | . | x (3) | . | . |
| MATLAB | x | . | . | . |
| SilverLight | . | x (3) | . | . |
| Licensing | ||||
| Open source license, GPLv2 compatible | x | . | . | . |
| Commercial license possible | . | x | x | x |
| Notes | ||||
| (1) Multiple tracking instances possible only when pose estimate filtering is disabled. | ||||
| (2) Via osgART | ||||
| (3) Via FLARToolKit/NyARToolKit/SLARToolKit | ||||
| (4) Also supported via ARToolKit for Unity | ||||
