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Resolve enables construction teams to detect these issues in 3D BIM as early as possible so that we can close the gap between design and reality.\r\n\r\nBy combining realtime collaboration in the web, immersive VR reviews, and AI-driven spatial navigation into the most easy to use platform for BIM reviews, Resolve empowers construction teams to identify risks earlier, coordinate faster, and deliver higher-quality assets across mission-critical infrastructure.\r\n\r\nResolve has been used to deliver over 6GW of data center capacity and on projects across pharma, water treatment, healthcare, and other critical assets.\r\n", "one_liner": "Software to accelerate construction by finding issues in 3D BIM", "team_size": 10, "industry": "Real Estate and Construction", "subindustry": "Real Estate and Construction -> Construction", "launched_at": 1416222759, "tags": [ "Virtual Reality", "Construction", "Collaboration", "Design Tools", "AI" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Winter 2015", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "Real Estate and Construction", "Construction" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada", "Remote", "Fully Remote" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/resolve", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2015/resolve.json" }, { "id": 1724, "name": "Sketchbox", "slug": "sketchbox", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/2df5faaf3a1b84d44ea388d53291a399c7f6c297.png", "website": "https://www.sketchbox3d.com", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA; Remote", "long_description": "Sketchbox is like WordPress for VR training simulations, we’ve built the underlying infrastructure that makes creating and updating VR training simulations fast. We primarily work with Fortune 500 companies, and all of our training sims include full student analytics and no-code scenario editors. 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We're building a post-screen world to improve how we interact with technology by providing more screens, larger screens even while laying down, in a portable form factor.\r\n\r\nhttps://supermedium.com/", "one_liner": "VR space of immersive utilities", "team_size": 2, "industry": "Consumer", "subindustry": "Consumer -> Virtual and Augmented Reality", "launched_at": 1510034567, "tags": [ "Virtual Reality" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Winter 2018", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "Consumer", "Virtual and Augmented Reality" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/supermedium", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2018/supermedium.json" }, { "id": 12526, "name": "MoFE", "slug": "mofe", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/5baacf00458303cd12b77af184a6dbf0e35c0b50.png", "website": "https://mofe.co/", "all_locations": "New York, NY, USA", "long_description": "Museum of Future Experiences (MoFE) is a media tech company that creates, publishes and distributes high end immersive VR experiences.", "one_liner": "Next generation Disney.", "team_size": 1, "industry": "Consumer", "subindustry": "Consumer -> Travel, Leisure and Tourism", "launched_at": 1555983525, "tags": [ "Virtual Reality", "Entertainment", "Media" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Summer 2019", "status": "Inactive", "industries": [ "Consumer", "Travel, Leisure and Tourism" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada", "Remote", "Partly Remote" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/mofe", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/summer-2019/mofe.json" }, { "id": 12768, "name": "Ramen VR", "slug": "ramen-vr", "former_names": [ "RamenVR", "Ramen VR", "Zenith" ], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/a7c073a2ccf01b410c9d549753dd965b8febee93.png", "website": "https://ramenvr.com/", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA; El Cerrito, CA, USA", "long_description": "XR + AI are the most fundamental computing shifts of the past century.\r\nWe're using XR and AI to build products that empower creators of online games and virtual worlds.\r\n\r\nMeaningful games can change lives, and every game starts with its developers. We believe that game devs can change the world.\r\n‍\r\nWe're a team of devs working on solving the hardest problems in game development. We previously built the #1 VR game Zenith: The Last City on Steam and Quest.\r\n\r\nWe've raised $40m+ to date and have been working in stealth on our next game as well as tools that will shape the future of game development.", "one_liner": "Ramen VR is transforming game development with advanced XR + AI tools.", "team_size": 15, "industry": "Consumer", "subindustry": "Consumer -> Gaming", "launched_at": 1557843718, "tags": [ "Artificial Intelligence", "Virtual Reality", "Gaming", "Social", "AR" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Summer 2019", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "Consumer", "Gaming" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada", "Remote", "Partly Remote" ], "stage": "Growth", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/ramen-vr", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/summer-2019/ramen-vr.json" }, { "id": 22470, "name": "Degrees of Freedom", "slug": "degrees-of-freedom", "former_names": [ "Democracy Builders Fund", "Inc.", "Democracy Builders & Degrees of Freedom" ], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/f98d5999e4507df5f73229bb5fb875b5a30a9818.png", "website": "https://www.DegreesOfFreedom.org", "all_locations": "New York, NY, USA", "long_description": "Degrees of Freedom offers a high-quality, low-cost degree, by blending virtual and traditional college models. Our students learn on-campus, and online on-line, and in-VR from diverse Ivy League professors and master teachers-- all at the cost of the Pell Grant\r\n", "one_liner": "DoF provides a high quality, affordable higher education alternative.", "team_size": 7, "industry": "Education", "subindustry": "Education", "launched_at": 1616382908, "tags": [ "Virtual Reality", "Nonprofit", "HR Tech", "Edtech", "AI" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": true, "batch": "Winter 2021", "status": "Inactive", "industries": [ "Education" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada", "Remote", "Partly Remote" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/degrees-of-freedom", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2021/degrees-of-freedom.json" }, { "id": 24597, "name": "Filta", "slug": "filta", "former_names": [], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/df744ae4196295cc03f7c026d8e53294f5dac034.png", "website": "http://www.getfilta.com", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "Filta is the face filter NFT marketplace being built by veterans from Pixar/Oculus/Facebook. We partner with creators to release limited-edition filters for their fans to use on social media. It turns out: the face filters you see everywhere on Snapchat and Instagram are created by independent artists - not by the platforms. These artists ALMOST NEVER get money for their work - which is insane! Filta fixes this by giving these creators a marketplace and the best filter creation tool anywhere. Interested in working on the future of digital fashion, AR/VR, and web3? Hit us up. We're hiring.", "one_liner": "The Face Filter NFT Marketplace", "team_size": 3, "industry": "Consumer", "subindustry": "Consumer", "launched_at": 1627363629, "tags": [ "Augmented Reality", "Crypto / Web3", "Virtual Reality" ], "tags_highlighted": [ "Crypto / Web3" ], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Summer 2021", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "Consumer" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada", "Remote", "Partly Remote" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/filta", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/summer-2021/filta.json" }, { "id": 25363, "name": "Gym Class", "slug": "gym-class", "former_names": [ "IRL Studios Inc.", "Gym Class (by IRL Studios).", "Gym Class - by IRL Studios" ], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/90fc62ba6240bfed64d6f34df4390cc401252d92.png", "website": "https://gymclass.com", "all_locations": "San Francisco, CA, USA; Remote", "long_description": "Gym Class is a social platform where you can play games, make friends, and create and share your own experiences. 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Adding multiplayer functionality to these embeds makes this problem exponentially more difficult.\r\n\r\nEnter Hyperbeam—an API that lets you embed virtual computers anywhere, including web, mobile, VR, and even VSCode. You can then open any third-party website or application, synchronize audio and video flawlessly among multiple participants, and add multi-user control with just a few lines of code. Uses cases and customer segments include remote learning, virtual offices, online casinos, productivity, watch parties and more.\r\n\r\nWe are three technical founders from the University of Waterloo, and worked as engineers at Facebook, Yahoo, and Lyft. Our technology is battle-tested–we currently stream over 1.25M hours of video per month across every continent. https://hyperbeam.com?ch=yc", "one_liner": "API for shared embeddable web browsers", "team_size": 3, "industry": "B2B", "subindustry": "B2B -> Engineering, Product and Design", "launched_at": 1644532778, "tags": [ "Developer Tools", "eLearning", "Virtual Reality", "API", "Remote Work" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Winter 2022", "status": "Active", "industries": [ "B2B", "Engineering, Product and Design" ], "regions": [ "Canada", "America / Canada", "Remote", "Fully Remote" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/hyperbeam", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2022/hyperbeam.json" }, { "id": 25817, "name": "Lifecast", "slug": "lifecast", "former_names": [ "Lifecast Incorporated" ], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/1a29e222d654365932751024c04701eec4344d05.png", "website": "http://www.lifecastvr.com", "all_locations": "Palo Alto, CA, USA; Remote", "long_description": "We make tools for state-of-the-art 3D VR video, which fix motion sickness for a more comfortable and immersive experience. Our team's experience includes building VR cameras at Facebook, and robot perception systems at Lyft and Google X.", "one_liner": "Software to create 3D video for VR, robotics and film.", "team_size": 2, "industry": "Consumer", "subindustry": "Consumer", "launched_at": 1645743234, "tags": [ "Machine Learning", "Robotics", "Virtual Reality" ], "tags_highlighted": [], "top_company": false, "isHiring": false, "nonprofit": false, "batch": "Winter 2022", "status": "Inactive", "industries": [ "Consumer" ], "regions": [ "United States of America", "America / Canada", "Remote", "Fully Remote" ], "stage": "Early", "app_video_public": false, "demo_day_video_public": false, "app_answers": null, "question_answers": false, "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/lifecast", "api": "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/winter-2022/lifecast.json" }, { "id": 25915, "name": "UNISON", "slug": "unison", "former_names": [ "Unai" ], "small_logo_thumb_url": "https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/09ab5845988fe864a93c53a882f44a773a84fbfd.png", "website": "https://www.in-unison.com/", "all_locations": "Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA", "long_description": "UNISON is building a unified reality headset to dive in and resurface from virtual worlds with new-found value.\r\n\r\nUNISON is a small team of passionate people from companies like Meta, Sony, Apple and research labs like the IARAI, based in the SF Bay Area and backed by some of the world’s best investors. 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It streamlines collaboration by providing GitHub-like version control for large files and complex projects, integrating seamlessly with tools like Unreal Engine. 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Ruffnauts combines creature catching, chaotic physics, and Gorilla Tag style locomotion into a groundbreaking VR adventure.\r\n\r\nThe company is led by CEO Nathaniel Ventura (ex-Oculus, Google, Meta) and CTO Maciej Szcześnik, former lead gameplay designer at CD Projekt Red for The Witcher series. 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