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Top 10 Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality Companies - 2018
Technology is evolving at the drop of a hat, and in this highly innovative and competitive environment, companies are striving to improve their existing set of products and create new ones in order to stay relevant in the market. Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies have been around for quite some time, but the techniques have recently started gaining steam because of higher network bandwidth and low latency. These technologies have the potential to disrupt the traditional ways of business processes to increase productivity and reduce overall expenses.
In the arc of every modern technology’s development, the major focus is on the technology itself. This is also the case with AR and VR technologies as these technologies have been able to garner widespread attention of companies. AR platforms offer the ability to overlay digital objects onto a surrounding real-life environment through a computer or smart device, whereas VR provides an ability to delve into a completely computer-generated environment. These platforms can be a crucial component for companies towards the success of their customer engagement strategies. AR plat... Continue Reading
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Altuit is an independent design firm that has profound experience in cross-reality, cognitive visualization, and content development. Founded in 2015, the US-based platform uses its 5Ds process, which includes the unique cognitive visualization to assist clients in communicating to themselves, their partners and customers depending on whether they are software, product or cross-reality. The team consists of highly skilled artists, designers, developers and producers who have years of experience and have contributed efforts in award-winning and compelling products; the diverse and interdisciplinary team has critical attention to process and methodology.
The inception of the startup ContextGrid was in 2016. It is a pioneer in data lookup and registration service platform for augmented reality and the physical world. It provides multiple ways for businesses to annotate their establishments and deliver the data; this data can be produced by a variety of mediums, such as computer vision, Bluetooth beacons, and point clouds. Companies can make their data public, enabling any application to look up and deliver the data. More apps mean more traffic to the respective company’s data that further allows the small and medium-sized enterprise clients alike to get started at a scale.
Kinetic Vision has been developing cutting-edge products and technology for a national and international customer base since 1988. We are a full-service firm bringing design, engineering, development and real-time simulation talent together to deliver progressive and imaginative technology solutions. Our area of expertise is turning strategy into execution using the latest Digital Development Tools to support the Product Lifecycle. We are an industry leader in the use of AR, VR and XR in product and system development to speed processes and enhance understanding. In 2018 we created the Deep Vision Data division to service the growing demand for synthetic training data for machine learning. We are honored to have helped over 500 companies accelerate their success and consider each of them our collaborative partners.
RE'FLEKT GmbH is a Munich-based technology firm that allows enterprises to develop their in-house Augmented and Mixed Reality applications and is also providing ultra-modern remote support with the help of intelligent routing. As they are making technologies affordable and scalable for businesses, the firm is providing groundbreaking enterprise AR and MR ecosystems that are empowering enterprises to infuse their industry knowledge into personalized AR and MR solutions; the company’s client base includes many blue-chip enterprises. Since its inception in 2012, RE'FLEKT has grown to a unit of 60 employees and is also recommended by leading analysts
AiSolve
AiSolve is a virtual reality pioneer for gaming, entertainment, and education at destinations worldwide. The enterprise incorporates a multidisciplinary team of seasonal specialists with an exceptional edge in the creation of next-generation reality based interactions. It is headquartered in the UK, and the team creatively offers virtual reality (VR), immersive reality (IR), and mixed reality (MR) entertainment and display solutions. Over the years since its inception in 2007, the company has deployed several award-winning innovations and breath-taking digital experiences globally and has earned the reputation in offering unique solutions to the retailers, indoor theme parks, shopping malls who aim for differentiating visitor experiences.
AppliedVR
AppliedVR is one of the leading enterprises in therapeutic virtual reality that is renovating the healthcare domain through the power of pixels. Since its inception in 2015, AppliedVR has produced scientifically designed and validated digital health solutions to approximately 20,000 patients in more than 250 health institutions and eight nations globally. The company’s leading digital platform is used to impact chronic as well as acute pain and anxiety experience before, during and after any surgery. Through their services of medical and consumer products, the company is focused on building a digital pain management platform and establishes a new treatment paradigm for pain management in different environmental settings- like hospital, clinic or home.
Atheer
Atheer is a leading enterprise in Augmented interactive Reality (AiR) computing. The US-based company, with its patented AiR technologies, is enabling industrial enterprises around the world to find ways to improve the productivity, accuracy, quality and the safety of the workers. Atheer AiR client base comes from a broad range of industries across manufacturing, medical, retail, energy, and field services. The company has also reported productivity and quality gains of more than 30 percent and improved workplace safety and operations. The company’s award-winning AiR platform consists of – AiR glasses, world’s most interactive 3D smart glasses, an Android-based AiR OS, cloud-based and collaboration-centric AiR Enterprise Suite.
Design Interactive
Design Interactive (DI) specializes in creating augmented reality and adaptive training for medical, industrial and military clients using proprietary models of human behavior and physiology to shape and personalize the user experience. The company aims to be the first in the market with data modeling and human performance diagnostic techniques that provide a competitive edge to the enterprises. They create empowering and innovative solutions that keep people safe, enhance efficiency and achieve masterful performance. Their vision is to develop human-centered, metric-driven solution incorporating the modern behavioral, neurophysiologic techniques to optimize the performance of the clients' employee and their consumer experiences.
Gravity Jack
Gravity Jack is a US-based custom software development company that offers mobile AR software for iPhone, iPad and Android operating systems. The company specializes in AR, computer vision (CV) and machine learning (ML) technologies; their custom software solutions have supported some of the most respected names in the world. Apart from the commercial custom software service side, Gravity Jack is home to the most prominent computer vision technology in the industry called Adroit. Gravity was founded in November of 2009, it has a team of elite and passionate software developers, specializing in AR, and pulled from the prominent gaming, mobile and web studios.
Marxent Labs
Marxent Labs is the pioneer in augmented reality (AR) furniture and in-store virtual reality (VR) for furniture and home decor retailers and manufacturers. The company was established in 2011 and its vision was to solve real customer-experience issues for retailers awaiting a future where 3D technology would gain prominence. Marxent’s 3D Cloud is a full-service omnichannel 3D content and visual design platform for enterprise retailers. Shoppers can configure, design and visualize home furnishings and home decor with Marxent’s 3D Room Planner. The company claims to be the only 3D content and application systems for retailers looking to inspire confident buyers, generate higher conversion rates, eliminate reruns and facilitate faster purchase decisions.