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Problems with installation of Vuforia 8 for Unity

By zmsenselab on Wed, 01/30/2019 - 18:37

Hi,

I have problems with upgrading to the newest Vuforia plugin for Unity in Windows 10. If I install the Vuforia plugin using the Unity installer, an older, 7.x version gets installed. That works all right, however, the Asset Store samples (in particular the Vuforia Hololens sample project) require Vuforia 8. However, once I install the latest version (8.0.10), Unity will no longer recognize that Vuforia is installed. There is no "Vuforia" submenu under "GameObject" or "Help", and the Vuforia namespace is not visible either.

After some research I found out that the Vuforia plugin gets installed to /Path_To_Editor/Editor_Version/Editor/Data/PlaybackEngines/VuforiaSupport/. I could verify that the version 8.0 installer works, because that directory gets completely replaced during installation. Replacing that directory with the previous version (7.x), after restarting Unity, Vuforia gets detected again (albeit as expected, as version 7.x). For some reason the contents from the 8.0 version won't be detected.

I have the same problem with Unity 2018.2.14 and 2018.3.3. Any ideas what's happening here?

Thank you!

Hello,

The version of Vuforia in a given version of the Unity Editor is static. For example, Unity Editor 2018.3.3 is released with Vuforia 7.2. If Vuforia updates the SDK to 7.5, the version of Vuforia in the Unity Editor 2018.3.3 is not updated to 7.5.

Thank you so much for your

Thank you so much for your answer!

I followed your instructions step by step (which is, exactly how I used to do it previously), and the problem unfortunately still persists. Let me break down the steps I did:

Hello,

Disappointing to hear that the error persists.

medabit wrote:

[quote=medabit]

Hello,

This also not working for me.

This also not working for me. Can u pls tell what is it?

Hello,

To upgrade the version of Vuforia embedded in the Unity Editor, please follow these steps:

I literally followed this

I literally followed this guide to a TEE, MULTIPLE TIMES and Unity insists that it is still Vuforia Enginer 8.1.1.

Like what is wrong. It is SOOOOOO infuriating!

Hi I'm still having problem

Hi I'm still having problem with updating vuforia for unity , I'm using mac.
I was wondering would this issue be cause by having several version of unity in the folder ?
or becos my unity folder is in my external file ?

Hi, This problem is still

Hi, This problem is still persistent. Has there been anyone addressing it. Vuforia Support?

Hello @lwarner,

This sounds like Vuforia Augmented Reality Support has not been enabled in your project: Unity Editor->File->Build Settings...->Player Settings...->XR Settings

Thanks,

Vuforia Engine Support

I felt dumb when i figured it

I felt dumb when i figured it out. @medabit 's solution worked!

This is not working for me.

This is not working for me. With Unity 2019.1.2f1 in a Mac , and trying to update to Vuforia 8.3.8.

Hello @edetronik,

Do you observe any residual folders in the Unity Editor installation folder under "PlaybackEngines"? Specifically, one called "VuforiaSupportTemp"?

Thanks,

Vuforia Engine Support

Hi,

for me there is only one way to fix this, I am on mac:

1:Close all Unity applications AND the hub.

2: move the Unity folder out of the UnityHub into the Applications folder

My solution (for all new

For all new versions, close the Hub and Unity, install new version of Vuforia via installer to C:/Program Files/Unity/Hub/Editor/ 2019.x.x after then add new AR Camera into the scene and import Vuforia. Check the version again