The 14 Top Augmented Reality Companies (2026 Rankings)

Here we discuss and compare Augmented Reality Companies commanding the augmented reality industry, these are some of the best AR Companies:

The adoption of augmented reality is already growing more than virtual reality, with enterprises, especially in the healthcare, education, retail, and gaming sectors leading.

Augmented reality companies are those that deal in augmented reality technology, products, and services. AR technology lets people overlay or superimpose images, sounds, and text as digital content on top of real-life scenes.

Augmented Reality Companies: Top Trending

In this tutorial, we will discuss the most influential manufacturers of augmented reality displays, AR companies using the technology for branding and marketing, studios & designers, and vendors of vending-related software & devices, without forgetting the developer companies.

Let’s review the top AR Companies in detail!

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Earlier projections showed that the AR market size will reach USD 198 billion by 2026.

Types of AR Companies

Augmented reality companies fall into different categories, including development, studios and design, marketing & promotion, manufacturing, and vendors.

List of the Best Augmented Reality Companies

Here is the list of top Augmented Reality Companies

1. Vention (New York, USA)
2. Innowise (Warsaw, Poland)
3. Treeview (New York, USA)
4. Niantic – US (San Francisco, California, USA)
5. Scanta (Lewes, DE, USA)
6. Next/Now (Chicago, USA)
7. 4Experience (Bielsko-biala, Slaskie, Poland)
8. CitrusBits (San Francisco, California, USA)
9. Apple – US (Cupertino, California, USA)
10. Microsoft – US (Washington, USA)
11. VironIT (San Francisco, California, USA)
12. VR Vision Inc. (Toronto, Canada)
13. Groove Jones (Dallas, Chicago, USA)
14. FundamentalVR (London, Great Britain)
15. Valence Group/8ninths (Seattle, Washington, USA)
16. Gravity Jack (Liberty Lake, Washington, USA)
17. TechSee (Herzliya, Illinois, USA)
18. HQSoftware (New York, USA)

Comparing the Top AR Companies

Let’s review each of them in detail!

#1) Vention (New York, USA)

Vention – With two decades of app development experience, Vention leverages its expertise across multiple industry verticals to redefine the meaning of “personalized”.

Delivering a wide range of services for companies such as Equal Education, SVRF, Poplar Studio, and Doctors Without Borders, the company’s dive into AR app development follows their tradition of mixing and matching different technological tools to achieve results beyond expectations.

Founded in: 2002
Employees: 3000+
Location: New York, USA

Services and Projects: Equipped with a variety of multidisciplinary developer teams, Vention leverages AI, IoT, and blockchain to create photorealistic 3D models and animations, interactive 360° panoramas, virtual reality software, and mixed reality content.

Through smart use of proprietary algorithms and background data analysis, Vention’s apps provide customers with quality analytics to inform and empower their business decisions.

Clients: Vimeo, IBM, Mount Sinai, SeatGeek, Blackboard, Coca Cola

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#2) Innowise (Warsaw, Poland)

Founded in: 2007
Core services and projects: Augmented reality app development, mixed reality software development, dedicated AR/VR developers, consulting, and design.
Locations: Poland, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, US
Employees: 1400+
Revenue (annual): 70 million

Innowise Group is a leading augmented reality development company with over 15 years of experience and an experienced team of technology experts. The company offers a wide range of services for SMBs and large-scale enterprises, from developing basic AR applications to creating complex products.

Augmented reality is a growing industry that is on the rise, and Innowise Group is here to help your business take advantage of its potential. The company’s primary focus is on making the user experience more engaging and meaningful, as well as developing innovative and cutting-edge technology.

Our Ratings: 5/5

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#3) Treeview (New York, USA)

Treeview is a premium AR VR XR studio that develops world-class augmented reality, virtual reality, and spatial computing solutions for enterprise clients.

Founded in: 2016
Employees: 15+
Location: New York, USA; Montevideo Uruguay

Core Services: Treeview specializes in full-suite AR VR XR development services including Spatial Product Design, XR Software Engineering, 3D Content Creation, and Long-Term Support.

Clients: Microsoft, Medtronic, ULTA Beauty, Daiichi Sankyo, University of Alberta, NEOM

Our Ratings: 5/5

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#4) Niantic – US (San Francisco, California)

The company is the developer of the widely popular Pokemon Go, which generated $2 billion from in-app purchases. Ingress Prime and Harry Porter: Wizards Unite are some of its developed games.

Founded in: 2011
Employees: 715
Locations: San Francisco, California; Bellevue, Washington; Los Angeles, California; Sunnyvale, California.
Revenue: $104 Million

Services and Projects: Niantic is an augmented reality platform and studio. Their portfolio includes the likes of Ingress Prime, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, and Pokemon Go mobile games.

Clients: Google, Motorola, Vodafone, Circle K, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Hint Water, and Jamba Juice, among others.

Our Rating: 5/5

Website: http://www.nianticlabs.com/

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#5) Scanta (Lewes, DE, USA)

The company ventured into AR in 2016 and is headquartered in Lewes, DE in the United States.

Founded in: 2016
Employees: 22 employees
Locations: Lewes, Delaware in the United States.
Revenue: $4 Million

Services and Projects: In addition to augmented reality development (apps, platforms, and experiences), the other services provided include Machine Learning security techniques and products to help customers counter Machine Learning security threats in their computer systems.

For instance, their VA Security system protects virtual assistant chatbots from machine learning attacks.

Clients: On its portfolio, it has worked with companies such as Google and Apple to create AR emojis for their products, thereby marking some of their benchmark projects. AR Emojis were being used to incorporate AR characters into video making and sharing.

It was the world’s first AR Emoji app and it allowed users to communicate with one another while expressing the emotions they required and to use unique avatars to explore the world of augmented reality with Pikamojis. Their 3D avatars are also available on the Unity store.

Our Rating: 5/5

Website: http://www.scanta.io/

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#6) Next/Now (Chicago, USA)

Based out of Chicago, the company was launched in 2011 and provides apps that compliment physical and digital AR experiences using innovative display concepts, natural user interfaces, motion, and gesture interactivity.

Founded in: 2011
Employees: 65-74 employees
Locations: Chicago, USA.
Revenue: $9.3 Million

Services and Projects: The company is an AR studio with leading AR experiences. It has even produced an AR Face Painting beauty app and ranked top by winning the Elevate Awards in 2017. The other awards won include the 2016 award in the Experience Design & Technology Awards as the Best Use of a Single Technology.

Clients: This is an AR company that has worked with top brands by creating AR experiences for the likes of Audi, LG, Allstate, Mazda, and Intel.

For instance, it developed Chevron’s Bumper to Bumper AR app, LG’s numerous interactive video Times Square collaborations, Target’s in-store augmented reality kiosks, and the Fremont Street Experience of multiple experiential films featuring the world’s largest video screen.

Our Rating: 4.6/5

Website: https://www.nextnowagency.com/

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#7) 4Experience (Bielsko-biala, Slaskie, Poland)

This Poland-based virtual and augmented reality company deals in developing apps, games, and AR and VR experiences for other companies and persons. It was launched in 2014.

Founded in: 2014
Employees: 31 employees
Locations: Bielsko-biala, Slaskie, Poland.
Revenue: Not disclosed

Services and Projects: 4Experience develops AR and VR apps across all industries including education, e-commerce, health, entertainment, marketing, training, manufacturing, travel and tourism, medicine, history, retail, and transportation.

For instance, they have developed a diabetes AR app, interactive AR map, augmented routes, AR brochure, AR travel catalogs, and many other projects.

Clients: It has over 100 projects in its portfolio in both AR and VR, and some of its clients include Ford, Cisco, Omron, and Walmart.

Our Rating: 4/5

Website: http://www.4experience.co/

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#8) CitrusBits (San Francisco, California, USA)

CitrusBits deals in the development of apps and UI/UX for mobile, android, iOS, and other devices. It has so far produced more than 300 apps for different customers. They also develop virtual reality and augmented reality apps and experiences as well as AI, IoT, and blockchain apps for businesses and groups.

Founded in: 2006
Employees: 54
Locations: Pleasanton, California.
Revenue: $2.8 Million

Clients: Some of their clients include Burger King, Quiksilver, Symantec, Sotheby’s, IrisVision, Leefco, and Jobflare.

Our Rating: 4.5/5

Website: http://www.citrusbits.com/

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#9) Apple – US (Cupertino, California, USA)

Apple’s ARKit SDK operates on iOS devices and features automatic real-time occlusion, real-time motion capture, RealityKit, and Reality Composer. It also integrates with the Safari browser for WebAR experiences.

Founded in: 1 April 1976
Employees: 137,000 employees
Locations: Cupertino, California, USA.
Revenue: $274.5 billion

Services and Projects: The company deals in the manufacturing and selling of several technology products, services, and platforms including mobile phones, computers, AI, IoT, and now AR & VR.

In AR, the company now has one of the world’s largest AR platforms ARKit, which is used to develop AR apps and experiences for mobile phones and devices.

Clients: Develops and sells tech & services to general clients and corporate clients.

Our Rating: 4.5/5

Website: http://www.apple.com/

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#10) Microsoft – US (Washington, USA)

Manufactures the HoloLens AR headset. The latest version is HoloLens 2 and 3 is expected. Other products and software include Holographic displays and software on PCs and mobile devices, as well as AR accessories such as hand controllers. They also support AR experiences & games and apps on the Microsoft app store.

Founded in: 1975
Employees: 100,000 – 144,000
Locations: Washington, USA.
Revenue: $143,020 Million

Services and Projects: Microsoft develops computers that support AR technology and add-ons, manufactures the HoloLens AR headset, supports AR experiences on the Microsoft Store, and manufactures AR accessories.

Clients: The company’s clients include general customers and companies, and develop their customer projects.

Our Rating: 4.5/5

Website: http://www.microsoft.com/

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#11) VironIT (San Francisco, California, USA)

VironIT develops software for start-ups and other companies, including mobile applications, web-oriented applications, and business software solutions, as well as software integration & updating, support, and maintenance of software applications.

Founded in: 2004
Employees: 22 employees
Locations: Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, and has 3 office locations across 2 countries namely Belarus and U.K.
Revenue: $17.60 Million
Services and Projects: Software development for large companies, SMEs, start-ups, and even individuals.

Clients: Their clients include Sport.com, Meetville.com, Turkcell, PLUGGD, Hackspace, Thumbtack Trelleborg, and AnatomyNext.

Our Rating: 4.5/5

Website: http://www.vironit.com/

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#12) VR Vision Inc. (Toronto, Canada)

The Toronto-based company’s edge-cutting VR and AR services make it rate as one of the best AR companies. It was founded in 2016.

Founded in: 2016
Employees: 10-49 employees
Locations: Toronto, Canada.
Revenue: $12 Million Annually.

Services and Projects: The company specializes in 360 degrees in video production, web, and mobile app development, in addition to AR and VR app development. They develop training and health care, education, and other kinds of applications and experiences.

Clients: Shoes for Crews, Avagrid Renewables, IEP Technologies, PMA Canada, among others.

Our Rating: 4.3/5

Website: http://www.vrvisiongroup.com/

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#13) Groove Jones (Dallas, Chicago, USA)

The AR/VR/MR company and technology studio is an approved development partner for Magic Leap, Microsoft HoloLens, Facebook Spark AR, and Snapchat Lens Studio, as well as a Mobile App development for Apple ARKit and Google’s ARCore.

Founded in: 2015
Employees: 35-41 employees.
Locations: Dallas, Chicago, USA
Revenue: $10.3 Million

Services and Projects: Some of the projects include developing a Toyota TRD Pro AR app based on ARKit. The app allows people attending auto shows to approach viewers outfitted with iPad Pros positioned around the vehicle to learn about the features of the vehicles. Another is the Amazon’s New Year New You AR App.

Clients: The company has also worked for brands like Amazon, FX, AT&T, MasterCard, Samsung, Toyota, Lexus, and McDonald’s.

Our Rating: 4.3/5

Website: http://www.groovejones.com/

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#14) FundamentalVR (London, Great Britain)

FundamentalVR uses virtual and augmented reality in the medical field. It provides training, simulation, and education using virtual and mixed reality in the medical and communications markets.

The company’s haptic simulators that are based on virtual reality are used in the training and educating of healthcare professionals.

Founded in: 2012
Employees: 48 employees
Locations: London, Great Britain.
Revenue: $7.5 Million

Services and Projects: Mostly deals with AR and VR simulations in the healthcare industry, working with partners to develop simulations for training healthcare professionals and for medical applications. It has also been awarded the Healthcare Technology of the Year’ VR Award for two years running now.

Clients: Its clients include the Mayo Clinic, Havard Medical School, King’s College, and other hospitals & clinics.

Our Rating: 4.3/5

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#15) Valence Group/8ninths (Seattle, Washington, USA)

This Seattle-based AR development company was acquired by and is now part of the Valence Group and has served companies such as Microsoft HoloLens, HTC Vive, Magic Leap One, and others with their VR and AR apps. It partners with leading software and hardware companies such as Samsung, Oculus, Facebook, HTC, and more.

Founded in: 2008
Employees: 11-50 employees
Locations: Seattle, Washington.
Revenue: Not disclosed

Services and Projects: The main services include designing and developing AR and VR experiences. It is also a mixed reality studio.

Clients: It has developed a holographic workstation for Citi, among many other projects. The company provides AR content production services as an AR studio. Clients include NASA, Starbucks, Chevrolet, and Disney. The Emmy Award-winning studio was acquired by Valence, an enterprise digital transformation firm, in 2018.

Our Rating: 4.2/5

Website: http://www.8ninths.com/

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#16) Gravity Jack (Liberty Lake, Washington, USA)

Gravity Jack is an exclusively AR app development and 360-degree video development company that was started in 2009.

Founded in: 2009.
Employees: 30 employees.
Locations: Liberty Lake, Washington, USA.
Revenue: Not disclosed.

Services and Projects: They currently develop fully custom software for mobile and web platforms.

Clients: Having been created nine years ago, the company has created a reputation for itself in AR, by developing AR applications and AR experiences for reputable companies such as The Port of Virginia, World of Tanks, Sikorsky, and The Lincoln Motor Company.

Our Rating: 4.2/5

Website: http://www.gravityjack.com/

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#17) TechSee (Herzliya, Illinois, USA)

The company employs augmented reality for remote assistance and diagnosis.

Founded in: 2015
Employees: 81 employees
Locations: Herzliya, Illinois, USA.
Revenue: $10 million per year

Services and Projects: Their Smart Assist feature uses AR and computer vision to identify malfunctions, diagnose malfunctions, and advise clients on possible malfunctions with 95% accuracy. The solution is employed by wireless service providers, consumer electronics companies, insurance, as well as utility companies.

The platform uses the customer’s smartphone to give the customer service agent a view of the problem, then the computer vision system can identify the malfunctions or possible malfunctions by spotting visible symptoms, and the platform can then deliver advice and next steps to the client using annotations.

Using the platform, customers can even solve the problem without assistance from customer service agents.

Clients: Tico, ComData, Accenture, FirstData, LiveWest, Hitachi, Rac, Dyson, and many others.

Our Rating: 4.2/5

Website: http://www.techsee.me/

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#18) YORD (Prague, London, New York)

YORD is a global VR/AR/Metaverse studio leading businesses into immersive reality and specializes in complex interactive projects, building high-end immersive experiences, and developing their products. YORD also offers consultancy to help enterprises understand, build, and enter the Metaverse world.

Founded in: 2019
Employees: 35
Locations: Prague, London, New York

Services:

• AR Solutions: Costume Mobile App, Web AR, Projected AR, Big screen AR, AR Filters, AR Packaging, Print AR, AR Museums
• VR Solutions: Custom VR Simulations, VR Presentation, Fully interactive Virtual Environments, VR Showrooms, VR Training, VR Meetings
• Metaverse Solutions: Consultancy to help enter Metaverse, create Metaverse, and help adapt existing Metaverse.

Clients: Deloitte, Adidas, PwC, Škoda Auto, Apple, Niantic, Raiffeisen Bank, ONE, Human Rights Watch and more.

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#19) LikeXR (Portugal)

With 9 years of experience, LikeXR is a leading XR agency specializing in custom XR solutions for corporate clients and startups. LikeXR has delivered 200+ solutions for 150+ clients, including 30+ top Fortune 500 companies.

An Oculus ISV partner and ARDK contest runner-up from Niantic, LikeXR has experience implementing over 300 different AR and VR technologies (including Niantic VPS, multiple AR libraries for scanning, tracking, and positioning) based on Unity, Unreal Engine, webGL frameworks such as three.js, A-frame, 8thWall, Babilon.js, and others.

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LikeXR handles the full development cycle including creative design, product design and consulting, 3D content creation, UIX design, web development, mobile app development, REST API development, and service integration.

Features:

• Metaverse platform development (web2 to web3)
• Existing metaverse spaces and event creation
• AR/VR applications
• WebAR solutions
• Indoor and outdoor AR navigation
• VR Training Solutions
• AR Marketing Solutions

Founded in: 2014
Employees: 35
Locations: Portugal, Belgium, Indonesia
Revenue: $1.5 Million
Clients: Disney, Mondelez, Mercedes-Benz, Philip Morris, The University of Sheffield, IBM, Campari, and many others.

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#20) DICEUS (USA and Europe)

DICEUS is an augmented reality services company that has applied advanced AR technology to bring the most valuable outcomes to businesses across the globe since 2011. The company offers end-to-end custom software development services utilizing its AR, IoT, ML, and AI expertise, including web and mobile application development for various industries.

Founded in: 2011
Employees: 100-200
Locations: Austria, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Poland, Lithuania, UAE, Ukraine, USA
Revenue: $15M

Core Services:

• Custom AR/AI solutions
• Web/mobile app development
• Discovery phase
• Dedicated team
• UI/UX design

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#21) Travancore Analytics (California, USA)

With over 15 years of experience in custom software development, Travancore Analytics successfully forayed into the Augmented Reality space with a dedicated XR lab and a passionate and expert XR team.

They offer comprehensive AR and VR development services, such as custom 3D content creation, 360-degree video app development, AR software development, VR software solutions, Metaverse, and more, with hands-on expertise with the industry’s most advanced devices.

Travancore Analytics combines peripheral services like mobile/web enablement, data analytics, IoT/embedded, etc., to tie in the whole experience of your AR/VR/MR products or services.

Founded in: 2007
Employees: 265
Locations: California, USA; Ontario, Canada; Mysore, Karnataka; Trivandrum & Ernakulam, Kerala
Revenue: $3 Million

Services and Projects:

• AR/VR HMD-based software development
• AR/VR game development
• AR solutions in training, education, entertainment, e-commerce
• Location and Marker-based AR app development
• Meta Reality Space – Our Metaverse Platform
• AI/ML combined AR/VR/MR software development
• AR/VR/MR testing service enabler
• Hardware-correlated AR/VR application development
• SDK development for AR/VR/MR use cases

Clients: Indian Navy, Bepanthen, Quintar, Intel, Mentour Aviation, Zojila, Forklift University and many more

MetaRealitySpace: Meta Reality Space, a platform developed by Travancore Analytics through years of experience in the field of extended reality. It provides the tools and technology necessary to create a virtual world that is unique to you. Meta Reality Space is your way to be part of the Metaverse at your own pace in a scalable and affordable manner.

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Ratings: 5/5

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#22) Interexy (Florida, United States)

Interexy is a leading AR/VR software development company with over 5 years of experience. Among their clients are such prominent companies as SAP, Pampers & Square, and others. The company has a wide range of services that it offers its clients, from 3D game development to 3D model design.

Interexy also has a great reputation for its customer service, and it has been able to provide top-notch services to many customers over the years.

Their clients value high adaptability, responsiveness, and proactivity that they offer at each and every step. Therefore, your product will be done based on your unique wishes without sacrificing quality and compliance with the industry’s guidelines.

Founded in: 2017
Employees: 150
Locations: Miami, Florida; Dubai, UAE; Warsaw, Poland;

Services and Projects: Consulting, App development from scratch (iOS, Android, Web), Web development, Blockchain development, Metaverse development & deployment, AR/VR Development, DeFI projects, healthcare (mHealth & telemedicine) development.

Clients: SAP, Pampers General Electric, and tech product companies.

Our Ratings: 5/5

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#23) AutoVRse (Bengaluru, India)

AutoVRse is one of the leading companies that are realizing the industry 4.0 vision, bringing over 7 years of expertise to create a cross-industry-wide impact by developing high-quality AR experiences for process/safety training, field service, and inspection workflows

The company has gained a vast amount of knowledge and expertise by working closely with varied organizations to create unique and varied AR experiences across industries.

Clients: Shell, Bosch, Space1, John Deere.
Founded in: 2016
Core Industry: Software development
Core Services: VR Safety Training, Custom AR app development, AR integration to LMS, Customized AR experiences
Locations: US, India
Employees: 65+

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#24) ScienceSoft US (McKinney, Texas)

ScienceSoft is an augmented reality company that has been enhancing business operations of various industries with AR since 2006. The vendor delivers AR solutions with highly detailed 3D model design, precise placement of 3D models, and realistic occlusion between virtual and real objects.

What makes ScienceSoft’s offer stand out is its readiness to assist companies in every phase of AR adoption, even during the early stages. They can design an AR solution’s prototype, PoC, or MVP.

Founded in: 1989
Employees: 750+
Locations: McKinney, Texas; Atlanta, Georgia; Vantaa, Finland; Riga, Latvia; Fujairah, UAE.
Revenue: $32 Million

Services and Projects:

• Marker-based and location-based apps for smartphones, tablets, and AR glasses.
• Design and maintenance of AR content (3D models and metadata).
• Machine learning for scene recognition and object detection algorithms.
• AR solutions of different maturity levels: prototype, PoC, MVP, full-scale app.

Clients: T-Mobile, Rakuten Viber, Nestle, IBM, NASA JPL, eBay, Tieto, Ford.

Our Ratings: 5/5

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#25) HQSoftware (New York, USA)

HQSoftware is an augmented development company that over 9 years delivers high-quality AR solutions for clients from various industries.

Working with Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, IoT, etc. the company performs projects of any complexity that seamlessly connect the real and virtual worlds and are distinguished by deep scene understanding and occlusion.

Founded in: 2001
Employees: 100+
Locations: New York City, USA; Tallinn, Estonia; Tbilisi, Georgia.
Revenue: Not disclosed

Services and Projects:

• Custom software development of markerless, marker-based, and location-based AR solutions.
• Full development cycle from consulting and MVP to integration with internal customer systems for marketing, retail, manufacturing, education, and healthcare.
• AR experience design: 3D models, 360° vision, animations, visual effects.
• AI and ML algorithms for image tracking and object recognition.

Clients: The company’s portfolio consists of many AR/VR projects, such as the AR marketing platform for RealityBLU. As an AR solutions provider, the client received a platform that enables end users with no advanced technical skills to create interactive marker-based and markerless AR campaigns by building complex 3D scenes.

Additional features include data analytics, personalization capabilities, and the ability to show geolocation-based experiences.

Rating: 5/5

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FAQs About Augmented Reality

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Conclusion

Augmented Reality companies are categorized as development, or those that develop AR platforms, experiences, and contents; AR production companies & studios; AR marketing & promotions, that apply AR for branding and marketing themselves or other companies; manufacturing companies that manufacture AR headsets and other devices; and vendors which vend AR products, software, and content.

Most AR companies are in the content production and branding field. Moving forward, in 2021, we expect the use of AR to grow, especially with the proliferation of mobile-based AR and a decrease in the pricing of mobile devices that support AR experiences.

This tutorial explored the top AR companies. If working with an AR company or hoping to work with one, then it is crucial to consider one that is in your field and which has long-term experience in the field.

Our list contains companies that have worked with top brands and the ones that are recommended if you are looking for an AR manufacturing, branding, or marketing partner.