---
license: cc-by-nc-sa-4.0
tags:
- anomaly-detection
- industrial
- pointer-card
pretty_name: MVTec AD 2 (pointer card)
---

# MVTec AD 2 — pointer card, not a data mirror

This is a **metadata/citation card only** — no dataset files are hosted here. MVTec AD 2 is
**registration-gated** and evaluated via MVTec's own private benchmark server
(benchmark.mvtec.com); re-hosting the test set would undermine that evaluation model, so it is
intentionally not mirrored.

## Access
- Official page (registration required): https://www.mvtec.com/research-teaching/datasets/mvtec-ad-2
- License: **CC BY-NC-SA 4.0** (non-commercial, share-alike, attribution required)
- Paper: arXiv:2503.21622 / IJCV 2026

## Contents
>8,000 high-resolution images (~30.4 GB), 8 object categories including a "Sheet Metal" category
under multi-lighting conditions (dark-field, backlight) — the closest public proxy for a fixed
camera station over reflective/painted sheet-metal parts.

## Citation
See the official page for the current BibTeX entry (arXiv:2503.21622).

Staged as a candidate proxy dataset for CoRe's Situational Control paint-inspection work
(`core-lab/situational-control`).