The 10 Most Innovative Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Companies of 2022
The 10 Most Innovative Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Companies of 2022
Google, Snap, Niantic, Nvidia, AppliedVR, and the rest of these AR and VR companies are changing the way we use the technology—and paving the way for the metaverse.
Last year, we got a much better look at the role that mixed-reality products could play in post-pandemic life. Mixed reality (XR) in its various forms—including virtual reality and augmented reality—seemed like the obvious answer to achieving some level of togetherness at work now that we spend much more of our time working from home. People began using XR for everything from collaborative design sessions to department meetings to informal hangouts.
The year 2021 might also be remembered as the one when we all started talking about the metaverse, and mixed reality technology is expected to be our main way of accessing that all-purpose virtual space. Unfortunately, as has happened before in the XR space, some companies like Meta are promoting a long-term vision of the technology well before they can deliver the actual tech to make those experiences real.