Acute Competitors

The Oculus team at Facebook lets people experience anything, anywhere, with anyone through world-class VR hardware and software. With global departments dedicated to VR research, computer vision, haptics, social interaction, and more, Oculus is committed to driving the state of the art forward through relentless innovation. The Oculus suite of hardware currently includes: Rift, our high-end PC VR headset; Touch controllers, to bring your hands into virtual reality; and Gear VR, to bring the magic with you wherever you are—all powered by the Oculus Platform. Since being founded in 2012—and furthered through our acquisition by Facebook in 2014—Oculus has grown from the idea of a single headset to multiple headsets, a powerful platform, and a thriving ecosystem. Our developer community has built nearly a thousand games, apps, and experiences, all available on the Oculus Store. As we continue to grow the possibilities of the technology, we’re partnering with communities and nonprofits from around the world to drive social change and foster a positive impact. VR’s potential to connect the world is immense—and we’re just getting started. For more information, visit: http://oculus.com.

Blippar Group is comprised of a growing portfolio of innovative visual technology companies. Blippar is the original pioneer behind the patents, platforms, and progress that defines all modern spatial visual technology. We've enabled more people and brands to bring their visions to life in the real world than any other XR platform. Augmented reality and spatial technology offers huge market potential to solve specific business problems and accelerate positive gains for businesses across a range of industries. Each of our portfolio businesses use AR and 3D at their core to solve industry and market proposition problems and create sector-specific end-to-end solutions that are built to become permanently woven into a client's back-end platforms and processes. This approach delivers stronger bonds between our clients and their customers. Blippar has been listed 3 years in a row on CNBC’s ‘Top-50 Most Disruptive Companies’ as well as named ‘Top-20 Business Innovator’ by Bloomberg. Whether it's a product, a place, or a big idea, Blippar empowers companies to create, customise, and share immersive experiences that connect with people - emotionally, visually, and commercially. Our Locations: New York, Sydney, London, Dubai, Singapore, San Francisco, Auckland, Paris, Luxembourg, Bangalore, Auckland, Barcelona. Current Portfolio: Blippar Studios Educatar Blippbuilder Blippar WebAR-SDK Plattar (@plattar) Furnagent Previous Carve-Out: GreyParrot (@greyparrot)

8i is an industry leading holograms (aka volumetric video / 3D video) technology company on a mission to improve the way people communicate, learn, work, shop, and play. We are an end-to-end solution to capture, transform, and stream real human holograms that can be experienced through any device, browser, or VR/AR headset. In short, we help put real people (not avatars) inside of immersive 3D experiences, leading to more authentic human connection in digital worlds and the metaverse. Our solution includes enterprise-grade hologram Capture stages available in a wide variety of camera arrays, a cutting-edge software stack to Transform (fuse, edit, and compress) holograms using proprietary computer vision and machine learning models, and a publishing suite to integrate your photoreal holograms into digital experiences that can be viewed from any angle across any device. This empowers new dimensions of experiencing content, and has profound applications across communications, entertainment, commerce, and education. 8i's customers include innovative organizations across technology, media, retail, manufacturing, and government (Softbank, US Army, Google, Verizon, Walmart) and we are backed by leading investors including VCs and media giants (One Ventures, Verizon, RRE, LG Tech Ventures, Founder's Fund, Hearst). Founded in May 2014, 8i is based in Los Angeles with offices in Chicago and Wellington, New Zealand. Get in touch to see how holograms can be a game-changer for your organization. Learn more at https://8i.com.