Matterport
Public
What they do:
Turn physical objects and environments into 3D models in seconds.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Top Virtual and Augmented Reality Startups
This list has 20 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 2 of them are hiring right now. Largest teams: Matterport, Moonvalley, and North.
20 startups
Moonvalley
Hiring
What they do:
Building the next generation AI creative studio
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UNISON
Hiring
What they do:
Live between worlds, in UNISON, using the headset we're building!
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Building the open source smart glasses operating system.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Catch student behavior problems before they start.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
High-performance gloves for VR and AR
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
What they do:
VR space of immersive utilities
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
North
Acquired
What they do:
Wearable computing hardware: biosignal gesture recognition
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Escher Reality
Acquired
What they do:
The backend for Augmented Reality.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Wavy
Acquired
What they do:
Experience music and art in augmented reality
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC W17Early stage
Scope AR
Shut down
What they do:
Scope AR is the leading provider of User Guided Augmented Reality…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Sketchbox
Shut down
What they do:
Wordpress for AR & VR
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Meta
Shut down
What they do:
Augmented reality glasses.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Sunu
Shut down
What they do:
Audio and Haptics AR interface equipping blind users with super powers
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HQ: Zapopan, Mexico
SkyLights
Shut down
What they do:
Premium immersive cinematic VR entertainment for captive audiences
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
INKHUNTER
Shut down
What they do:
Augmented Reality mobile app to try and buy tattoos
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
ConstructVR
Shut down
What they do:
The simplest way to test, manage, and deploy VR/AR apps at scale.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Ixora
Shut down
What they do:
We create the digital outdoor environment for a movie.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Adventurous Co
Shut down
What they do:
Disney meets Airbnb Experiences
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
RTCanary
Shut down
What they do:
We are a monitoring and analytics plugin for all video chat platforms.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Questions and answers
How many startups are on this list?
There are 20 startups on this list, last updated on Oct 15, 2026.
Which of them are hiring?
2 of them are hiring right now, including Moonvalley and UNISON.
Which of them have the largest teams?
By team size: Matterport (201 employees), Moonvalley (95 employees), and North (51 employees).