Here’s part seventeen in the series on virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) companies powered by the Metaverse Insider. Missed everything to date? Here’s the link to the first in the series to get you started.
1. Wikitude
Highlighted once before by the Metaverse Insider here, Wikitude — a Qualcomm Technologies company — is an augmented reality (AR) pioneer and leader in the Computer Vision and Spatial Computing industries with its AR technology optimized for smartphones, tablets, and smart glasses. Powering over one billion app installations, Wikitude is trusted by enterprises, agencies, and developers in more than 180 countries as the go-to AR technology partner for innovation and business solutions.
Founded in 2008 by Philipp Breuss-Schneeweis, this Salzburg, Austria-based company was acquired by Qualcomm at the end of the third quarter in 2021.
2. OMM
With headquarters in Slough, the UK, OMM is an independent creative agency on a never-ending quest for digital innovation that was founded way back in 1983.
OMM devises digital strategies, creates outstanding experiential projects, VR and AR, eye-catching motion graphics, and compelling videos for companies.
3. 4D Pipeline
Based in San Jose, California, 4D Pipeline was founded in 2012 and defines, designs, develops, and deploys software and digital products. Specializing in 3D, VR, AR, mobile Apps, and Web, 4D Pipeline’s clients include Epic Games, Adidas, IKEA, Target, AUDI, BMW MINI, Ethen Allen, Herman Miller, TurboSquid, AMD, Intel, NVIDIA, Unity Technologies, VANS, Dassault Systèmes, Solidworks, Xerox PARC, VizRT, Honeywell, DELL, ToonBoom, Nemetschek, and many more leading brands and high growth startups.
To date, the company has successfully completed over 300 projects and has over 100 satisfied customers.
Possessing a worldwide interdisciplinary team of product managers, designers and software developers that work together to develop prototypes quickly and then MVPs for its clients, the Minimum Viable Product process helps keep costs down and takes an aim and steer approach for the best possible product outcome and experience.
4. Flamingo Game Studio
Flamingo Game Studio was founded in 2017 by Tuğberk Ufuk Kılınç and Gökhan Emir. Based in Istanbul, Turkey, the startup combines the real and virtual worlds by following trends and new technologies.
The startup’s products include a real-time crane simulator in a VR environment and augmented reality technology.
