Top Spatial Computing companies

Builds Frame, an open-source AI-first AR glasses platform aimed at developers — the indie-developer entry point to building on glasses-form-factor hardware.

AR Glasses

AR Glasses

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Formerly Talespin; CoPilot platform uses AI-powered virtual humans for leadership, communication, and empathy training at PwC, Accenture, Deloitte.

Enterprise VR Training

Enterprise VR Training

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Designs and manufactures waveguide optics for AR glasses — the optical engine underneath multiple smart-glasses products including various OEM partners.

Optics & Components

Optics & Components

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Unreal Engine ships the highest-fidelity 3D content pipeline used for spatial computing applications, virtual production, and the more demanding VR experiences.

Dev Platforms

Dev Platforms

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Ships the G1 smart glasses — minimalist eyewear-shaped AR with monochrome HUD for navigation, captions, and notifications; positioned for everyday wear.

AR Glasses

AR Glasses

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Co-developer with Samsung of the Android XR platform powering Galaxy XR; Project Astra and Project Moohan position Google as the Android counterpart to visionOS.

Headsets & Spatial OS · Public

Headsets & Spatial OS

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Ships the VIVE family of PC-VR and standalone VR headsets, including the enterprise-focused VIVE Focus and consumer VIVE Pro lines.

VR Hardware · Public

VR Hardware

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Freemium 3D scanning app with Gaussian Splatting and photogrammetry — growing developer mindshare as Polycam/Luma alternative with permissive free tier.

3D Capture

3D Capture

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Builds glasses-free holographic displays (Looking Glass Go, 16-inch, 65-inch) — 3D content viewing without a headset, for design review, telepresence, and exhibits.

Optics & Components

Optics & Components

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Designs smart eyewear with integrated audio + voice AI (Lucyd Lyte), retailed through optical chains rather than tech channels — the eyewear-first distribution play.

AR Glasses · Public

AR Glasses

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Gaussian Splatting consumer leader — generates photorealistic 3D scenes from smartphone photos, plus the Dream Machine generative video model.

3D Capture

3D Capture

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Builds the Lynx R-1 mixed-reality headset — passthrough MR aimed at enterprise + indie developers, originally a Kickstarter that delivered.

VR Hardware

VR Hardware

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Pivoted from consumer AR to enterprise AR with Magic Leap 2, the best-in-class see-through optical headset for surgical and industrial settings.

Enterprise Smart Glasses

Enterprise Smart Glasses

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Builds HoloLens 2 for industrial, surgical, and defense AR use cases; the see-through optical design remains best-in-class for safety-critical settings.

Enterprise Smart Glasses · Public

Enterprise Smart Glasses

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Original smart-contact-lens pioneer; pivoted to micro-LED display fabrication (the technology underlying its lens prototype) as the IP licensing play.

Smart Contact Lenses

Smart Contact Lenses

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VR training platform specializing in high-stakes scenarios — sexual harassment prevention, military medical training, suicide prevention.

Enterprise VR Training

Enterprise VR Training

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AI-powered soft-skills VR training across 35+ industries — hybrid AI + human-actor avatars for difficult-conversation simulations (D&I, performance, sales).

Enterprise VR Training

Enterprise VR Training

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Spun out of Niantic Labs as a standalone spatial-computing company; owns the Spatial Platform, VPS (1M+ locations), Scaniverse, and the Niantic SDK for XR developers.

Dev Platforms

Dev Platforms

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Provides the CloudXR streaming runtime for offloading heavy spatial workloads from headsets, plus Omniverse as the collaborative 3D content platform for spatial development.

Dev Platforms · Public

Dev Platforms

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Builds the highest-resolution PC-VR headsets on the consumer market — the Crystal Super and Crystal Light series push 8K-per-eye for sim racers and flight simmers.

VR Hardware

VR Hardware

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Mobile 3D scanning leader — captures Gaussian Splats and photogrammetry models via smartphone LiDAR and photos; 540K+ iOS ratings, used heavily by AR developers.

3D Capture

3D Capture

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Owns Vuforia, the industrial-AR SDK powering training, instruction, and CAD-overlay workflows across manufacturing — the enterprise counterpart to Unity for AR work instructions.

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