Mark Smith
This article showcases our top picks for the best San Francisco based Virtual Reality companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Virtual Reality industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
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Top San Francisco Virtual Reality Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Niantic
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Niantic builds augmented reality platform for current and future generations of AR hardware.
Unity Technologies
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Unity Technologies provides multiplatform tools and services to developers of interactive content.
Mursion
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Mursion, a virtual reality environment or platform where professionals practice and master the complex interpersonal skills.
Pico Interactive
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Pico is a VR company committed to combining precision optics, immersive video and sound with fine industrial design.
Fyusion
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Fyusion develops products powered by 3D computer vision and machine learning.
Ubiquity6
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Ubiquity6 uses computer vision to enable massively multiplayer, persistent AR experiences on top of the physical world.
VRChat
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VRChat is a virtual reality social platform that allows users to easily build social virtual reality content.
High Fidelity
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High Fidelity is an open source software for shared virtual reality.
Lightform
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Lightform designs software & hardware for projected visuals.
Loom.ai
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Loom.ai’s technology combines deep learning, computer vision and VFX to transform a single selfie into a fully expressive 3D avatar.
Leap Motion
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Leap Motion is a software and hardware company that develops 3D motion-control technology for virtual reality and additional platforms.
Bigscreen
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Bigscreen is a popular VR/AR platform that enables people to work, play, hangout, and collaborate in immersive worlds
PlusOne
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PlusOne is an EdTech startup leveraging AI+MR technologies to help enterprises train their employees to better interact with their clients.
UploadVR
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UploadVR is dedicated to accelerating the success of the VR + AR (XR) industry.
ForeVR
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ForeVR is a gaming company dedicated to bringing VR to the masses.
Pragli
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Pragli is a virtual office platform for remote teams with a virtual water cooler, avatars, and fast conversations.
Vivid Vision
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Vivid Vision uses cutting edge technology to create unique vision tests and treatments.
Penrose Studios
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Penrose is a group of artists, engineers and storytellers pushing the boundaries of virtual and augmented reality.
6D.ai
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6D.ai develops application programming interfaces (APIs) for the Augmented Reality (AR) Cloud.
4DReplay
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4DReplay provides time-slicing videos that showcase any-time, any-angle highlights with an unprecedented level of detail.
Massless
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Massless creates revolutionary productivity tools for design, engineering and analysis
Wookey Technologies
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Wookey Technologies creates a new generation of online AR/VR experiences that givers users the power of collaborative interaction.
Designhubz
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Designhubz enables 3D & Try-On Augmented Reality shopping with an AI recommendation engine across any eCommerce website or app and in-store
Arctop
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Arctop provides brain decoding technology that analyzes brain signals to produces an accurate measure of the mind in real-time.
Jido Maps
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Jido Maps is a software company that offers an API for persistent augmented reality.
YUR
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YUR is a fitness and health platform designed to make fitness a game using virtual reality.
Stereolabs
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Stereolabs mission is to turn the world into a massive playground, using advanced sensing technology that reproduces human vision.
SkyLights
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SkyLights offers a cinematic VR on planes as passenger inflight entertainment.
Ramen VR
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Ramen VR is a Design and development of computer game software and virtual reality software.
SpaceVR
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SpaceVR is a virtual reality (VR) experience in zero gravity floatation, delivering cinematic, virtual space, therapy and super learning.
Miraisens
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Miraisens is a company to develop” 3D Haptics Technology”.
uMake
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uMake offers an application that enables iPad users to create designs in 3D form.
Hyperfair
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Hyperfair is a SaaS platform that enables enterprises to build their social VR presence
Supermedium
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A space of immersive VR utilities starting with a comic book reader.
Meograph
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Meograph develops an augmented reality application that makes 3D people from 2D video.
WGT Media
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WGT Media develops realistic and engaging online golf and baseball games.
QuarkXR
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QuarkXR is a deep tech company building out the XR Cloud Platform for 5G and Edge Computing.
Emergent VR
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Emergent is a technology startup building the next medium for communication using virtual reality.
Condition One
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Condition One is a technology company developing powerful VR experiences with a conscience.
Luciding Inc
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With VR and Neuroscience we built a fully-immersive experience. In a Dream. Wear LucidCatcher – and get into Lucid Dream. On Demand.
LumiereVR
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LumiereVR is a film studio that uses virtual reality technologies to make films.
Tactical Haptics
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Tactical Haptics commercializes haptic game controllers for advanced touch feedback in applications ranging from training to VR arcades.
Mirra, Inc.
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Mirra allows people to build, share, and explore immersive experiences
Enflux
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Enflux provides motion tracking clothing for virtual reality.
Linden Lab
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Creates platforms that empower people to create, share, and monetize their own virtual experiences
Aemass
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Aemass is the capability of absolute authentic experience for 3D capture
ConstructVR
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ConstructVR enables companies to distribute VR and AR apps to collaborators and storefronts worldwide.
