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
Top San Francisco Virtual Reality Startups
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Unity
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Unity provides multiplatform tools and services to developers of interactive content.
Niantic
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Niantic builds augmented reality platforms with mapping and security for current and future generations of AR hardware.
VRChat
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VRChat is a virtual reality social platform that allows users to easily build social virtual reality
Rephrase.ai
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Rephrase builds generative AI tools to create professional videos with the ease of writing text.
Mursion
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Mursion provides immersive simulated practice for essential skills in the workplace powered by humans and assisted by AI.
Sandbox VR
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Sandbox VR is a virtual reality startup that offers a premium, fully-immersive virtual reality experience.
Star Atlas
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Star Atlas is a metaverse introducing a unique gaming experience by harnessing the power of traditional core game and blockchain mechanics.
Pico Interactive
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Pico is a VR company that focuses on providing premium VR products with fine industrial designs.
BITKRAFT Ventures
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BITKRAFT Ventures is an early-stage investment platform for gaming, esports, and interactive media.
Pesto
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Pesto is a virtual office platform for remote teams with a virtual water cooler, avatars, and fast conversations.
Ramen VR
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Ramen VR is a game development studio focusing on multiplayer cross-platform VR games.
Fyusion
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Fyusion develops products powered by 3D computer vision and machine learning.
Bigscreen
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Bigscreen is a popular VR/AR platform that enables people to work, play, hangout, and collaborate in immersive worlds
Prisms VR
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Prisms VR is a STEM education platform that utilizes virtual reality.
4DReplay
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4DReplay provides time-slicing videos that showcase any-time, any-angle highlights with an unprecedented level of detail.
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.
Remio
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Remio helps companies maintain a productive culture and sense of camaraderie through team-building activities in virtual reality.
Osso VR
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Osso VR is a training and assessment platform focused on surgical virtual reality.
Realcast
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Realcast develops video games and interactive experiences for extended reality.
NeuroTrainer
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NeuroTrainer measures, primes and optimizes the neural pathways that make high performers great.
ManageXR
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ManageXR is an enterprise device management platform designed for VR and AR devices.
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.
YUR
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YUR is a fitness and health platform designed to make fitness a game using virtual reality.
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.
6D.ai
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6D.ai develops application programming interfaces (APIs) for the Augmented Reality (AR) Cloud.
Stereolabs
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Stereolabs mission is to turn the world into a massive playground, using advanced sensing technology that reproduces human vision.
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 neural interface technology that analyzes brain signals and produces an accurate measure of the mind in real-time.
uMake
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uMake offers an application that enables iPad users to create designs in 3D form.
UploadVR
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UploadVR is dedicated to accelerating the success of the VR + AR (XR) industry.
Meograph
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Meograph develops an augmented reality application that makes 3D people from 2D video.
SkyLights
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SkyLights offers a cinematic VR on planes as passenger inflight entertainment.
Sansar
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Sansar allows users to virtually hang out with friends and connect with a global community in VR and desktop.
Jido Maps
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Jido Maps is a software company that offers an API for persistent augmented reality.
SpaceVR
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SpaceVR is a virtual reality (VR) experience in zero gravity floatation, delivering cinematic, virtual space, therapy and super learning.
SpaceVR
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SpaceVR is a virtual reality (VR) experience in zero gravity floatation, delivering cinematic, virtual space, therapy and super learning.
Maveron
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Maveron is a consumer-only venture capital firm that empower consumers to live on their terms.
Miraisens
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Miraisens is a company to develop” 3D Haptics Technology”.
QuarkXR
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QuarkXR is a deep tech company building out the XR Cloud Platform for 5G and Edge Computing.
ST Platform
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ST is an easy-to-use virtual world builder and social sharing platform.
Ubiquity6
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Ubiquity6 uses computer vision to enable massively multiplayer, persistent AR experiences on top of the physical world.
Linden Lab
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Linden Lab creates platforms that allow people to create, share, and monetize their own virtual experiences.
Linden Lab
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Linden Lab creates platforms that allow people to create, share, and monetize their own virtual experiences.
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.
Aemass
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Aemass is the capability of absolute authentic experience for 3D capture
Tactical Haptics
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Tactical Haptics commercializes haptic game controllers for advanced touch feedback in applications ranging from training to VR arcades.
Supermedium
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A space of immersive VR utilities starting with a comic book reader.
Emergent VR
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Emergent is a technology startup building the next medium for communication using virtual reality.
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.
Mirra
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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.
LeewayHertz Technologies
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LeewayHertz is a blockchain development company, providing scalable and robust blockchain solutions to enterprises and startups.
Anorak Ventures
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Investing at the earliest stages in transformational people and technology
Presence
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Presence is a software company that specializes in digital product strategy and development consulting, Web, Mobile, VR, and Salesforce.
ConstructVR
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ConstructVR enables companies to distribute VR and AR apps to collaborators and storefronts worldwide.
Winistry VR
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Winistry Games is a Virtual Reality Interactive Gaming-as-a-Platform Company with a Premium Social Casino offering.
Rixty
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Rixty, an online payment system, allows users to spend money on online games, virtual worlds and other types of digital content.
Highrise
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Highrise is a creative mobile community where people create avatars, express themselves, and make friends.
Sketchbox
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Sketchbox offers design interactive prototypes for VR/AR.
LumiereVR
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LumiereVR is a film studio that uses virtual reality technologies to make films.
Fable Studio
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Fable Studio is a developer of virtual reality projects designed to give an immersive experience.
Eve.com
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EVE offers massively multiplayer online roleplaying games.
MetaWorld
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MetaWorld invites you to experience 10,000 square miles, of massively-scaled, open world together.
WGT Media
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WGT Media develops realistic and engaging online golf and baseball games.
Relax VR
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Relax VR uses virtual reality and meditation to provide clients a deeply immersive relaxation experience.
Spero Studios
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Innovative media + technology production company focusing on content, GameFi and NFT collections with real-life use case + applications.
Alternova
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Alternova develops interactive apps, software, video games, VR, AR and robust infrastructure for real estate, entertainment and industries.
Dream
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Dream provides useful collaboration in virtual reality, allowing users to work with their team just as they would in real life.
WonderSouq
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WonderSouq is a re-creation of life-like experiences in a parallel virtual city.
WonderSouq
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WonderSouq is a re-creation of life-like experiences in a parallel virtual city.
River Studios
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Inspiring Empathy & Wonder through Interactive Virtual Reality Experiences
Intuz
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Intuz is a leading global digital agency providing end-to-end software development services on Mobile, Cloud, Web & IoT.
Britelite Immersive
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Britelite is a creative technology company that builds immersive and interactive customer experiences and next-generation software platforms
GreenData.IO
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Venture Builder bringing Corporations & Startups expertise in startup mindset & operational execution, creating the Data Driven Enterprise.
R-Style Lab
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Custom software development company with 120+ developers in our dev center and 90+ happy clients all over the world.
deskMy
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Deskmy is your office desk for working from anywhere, in an immersive space for remote and hybrid teams.
Aetho
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Aetho is rooted in human-centered design and redefines human interaction by connecting people and information in immersive environments.
Send Reality
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Send Reality enables anyone to capture a 3D model of any space, starting with real estate.
PhiSix Fashion Labs
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PhiSix Fashion Labs develops 3-D visualization and simulation technologies for the online apparel retail industry.
PROMIA, Inc.
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PROMIA is an established development firm and software provider. Enterprise network mapping and leak detection solutions.
Adventure Lab
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Adventure Lab is a developer of a social adventure platform with real live hosts that guests can experience from anywhere.
MEU
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MEU is combining neuroscience and immersive technology to explore the connection between the brain and body.
Tactic
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Immersive and virtual experiences, real time 3d, VR capture, custom apps.
Tivoli Cloud VR
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Tivoli Cloud VR is an online platform for virtual reality and desktop.
Lifeliqe
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The first K-12 science curricula enhanced with interactive 3D models.NGSS and Common Core aligned. Extended with AR,VR and Mixed Reality.
ZFA Structural Engineers
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ZFA Structural Engineers is a civil engineering company that offers technical solutions for construction.
Plexus Immersive Corp
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Plexus is an AR and VR company that manufactures high-performance gloves for AR and VR industry.
Fearless
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Helping people overcome fears with Virtual Reality
Brink XR
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Brink XR is a software company that specializes in photo-real capture of real-world locations for virtual and augmented reality.
