One of the most powerful features of Vuforia is image recognition. The Vuforia engine can process any .jpeg or .png image (our AR marker or target) and extract its main features. It will later compare those features to the real-time images coming from the camera of a mobile device or AR glasses to find that marker in the real world and overlap the virtual elements on it to create the AR. In our case, we will be working with three images of a Beetle car that have been extracted from a 3D model. The images, however, can come from any source, such as real-life pictures or computer designed images.

The next section will show us how to create targets in Vuforia.