The Big List of Virtual Reality Hardware and Production Resources

The following is list was assembled and is maintained by VRTO, Toronto, Canada. Please do not redistribute the complete content out of context, we ask that you link to the page instead.
latest update: Feb 1st 2024
Interesting companies/resources to check out:

Cameras/Capture:

• 360 Cam -The 360cam delivers easy real time streaming video over WiFi and even has an optional lightbulb socket adapter.
• 360Fly – like an integrated 360 degree GoPro
• 360Rize – rigs for 360 live action capture
• 360Heros Abyss – specialized 360 underwater camera
• Bubl Cam
• Briskeye CAM360 Pro – Rugged camera housing, Real-time processed 360° video in 4K resolution
• ELMO Qubic series – tiny cameras with high quality wide angle lenses + 360 system
• FaceBook Surround 360
• Freedom Elmo 360 Package
• Freedom360 – “The original 360 camera mount”
• Google Jump (Alphabet Jump??)
• GoPro Cameras – tiny cameras with big specs
• GoPro Omni
• GoPro Spherical (GoPro Professional)
• GoPro Fusion 6th Gen spherical 4K GoPro cam
• GoPro MaX 360
• Immersive Media – Hex (high end) and Quattro (low cost) – clients include Taylor Swift and Conan O’Brien
• Insta360 Pro – 4K up to 100fps, 8K up to 30fps with onboard ambisonic audio capture and autostitch
• Insta360 Pro 2 – CrystalView 8K Playback
• Insta360 Air (Android) – Under $150 for this phone-integrated 360 3K autostitching cam
• Insta360 X3 – The latest 360-degree camera from Insta360, featuring high-quality video capabilities and released in September 2022.
• Canon Prototype 180- and 360-Degree VR Camera – Canon showcased a prototype camera capable of 180-degree 3D content and 360-degree videos, representing the latest innovation in VR camera technology.
• Ricoh Theta X 360 – High-resolution photo and video capabilities in a user-friendly design, significant advancement in 360-degree imaging.

 

 

 

 

• • Insta360 Nano (iOS) – 3040 x 1520 rez, $199
  • iZugar Z6x3D an all-in-one, integrated 3D 360 camera
  • iZugar Studio Z2XC Kit Set – a nice and affordable GoPro Conversion solution
  • Jaunt “NEO”
  • KanDao VR Cameras

• Kodak SP360 and SP360 4K
• Kolor Abyss – 360 Underwater Camera casing for GoPros from Kolor
• LG 360 Cam – a very affordable 2K integrated 360 cam
• Live Planet – a powerful integrated 16-lens camera + end-to-end workflow solution
• LucidCam – Pocket sized Binocular cam allows you to capture the world like your own eyes in true 3D VR
• Luna – a small 360-integrated waterproof camera
• Lytro Immerge – “The world’s first professional Light Field solution for cinematic VR, providing lifelike presence for live action VR through six degrees of freedom”
• Nikon Keymission 360
• Nokia OZO VR
• Orah 4i from Video-Stitch
• Orbi Prime – 360 sunglasses!
• Point Grey Ladybug 5 USB 3.0 – 30 MP resolution covering 90% of a full sphere
• Ricoh Theta S – Affordable 360 camera with software
• Ricoh Theta V – 4K 30fps Video with 4-way audio
• Ricoh Theta X – 5.7K,includes a color display for quicker, phone-free setups and image review
• Scanse – A scanning LiDAR sensor designed to bring powerful 360 degree sensing capabilities to everyone for an affordable price.
• Sphericam 2 – 4k, 60fps, autostitch, 6 lenses
• Spectacles by Snap Inc. – freak out all your friends as you video record them with your eyeglasses!
• Vuze from HumanEyes – Award-winning stereoscopic, 8-lens integrated, auto-stitching 4K “prosumer camera”
• Vuze XR – 5.7K 3D VR & 360 Camera
• VSN V.360° HD Camera – features Bluetooth, USB 3.0 and free software for YouTube conversion – interesting form factor
• Yi 360 VR Camera – Pocket cam delivers 5.7K at 30fps in 360 degree, with autostitch, 12mp SONY sensors, 100mpbs Wi-Fi
• Yi HALO VR Camera – As the newest Jump camera, it was built to work with Jump Assembler. Together they can produce high quality stitches and deliver high quality stereo VR content up to 8K x 8K
• Z Cam S1 – 4K 60fps, 6k 30fps, Open API, integrated spherical cam with ethernet port, premium lenses, onboard sync

Software

Live action:

• Blackmagic Da Vinci Resolve / Fusion
• The Foundry – NUKE
• HUGVR – Browser-based 360 livestreaming
• KOLOR – Video stitching software
• WonderStitch
• Video-Stitch – Realtime – video stitching

Stitching/Panoramic Image

• 3DVista Stitcher – Supports donut (oneshot) images
• Adobe Lightroom CC 2015+
• Adobe Photoshop (File->Automate->PhotoMerge)
• Adobe Premiere Pro (native VR playback and editing – no stitching yet)
• Autostitch
• KRPano – Free watermarked demos – tools for panoramic to VR videos and stills
• Hugin
• HumanEyes VR Studio
• Mistika VR from SGO
• Panorama_tools
• Panoweaver
• PanoramaStudio
• PhotoVISTA
• PTAssembler
• PTGui
• VolumePhoto SE
• StereoStitch – Offers real-time 3D 360 video stitching for VR live streaming​“【oaicite:0】“​.

VR Production Tools

• Canvas Pro 360 from Torus Media Labs – powerful VFX tools for spherical video manipulation in After Effects
• Liquid Cinema – a unique, software-based Point of Interest director
• Mocha VR – native 360-optimized effects tools, including 360° planar motion tracking, advanced roto & masking tools, automatic object removal
• Skybox Studio a huge suite of tools for spherical video manipulation (for After Effects) from Mettle
• Pano2VR and Object2VR from Garden Gnome Software
• VRPanorama Renderer for Unity 5

Developer Tools

Interactive/Animation/Engines/Social/WebVR

• Hi Fidelity
• JanusVR
• JanusXR
• MOZVR (Mozilla Hubs)
• NVIDIA VRWorks™
• OSVR
• SceneVR
• Spatial
• Unreal Engine
• Unity3D Game Engine

SDKs

• Google Cardboard
• Leap Motion
• Oculus + Mobile, Audio SDKs (Unity, GearVR, Unreal)
• VRTK – Virtual Reality Toolkit

Head Mounted Displays

Head Mounted Displays

• Apple Vision Pro (2024) – A mixed-reality headset from Apple featuring high-end specifications, including 3800 x 3800 resolution per eye, full-color stereoscopic vision, and spatial audio, powered by dual M2 and R1 chips. Priced at $3,499.
• Acer WMR
• Avegant
• Daqri Smart Helmet
• Daqri Smart Glasses
• FOVE VR
• Google Cardboard
• Google Daydream
• Homido
• Hoot VR
• HP Reverb G2
• HTC Vive/SteamVR Valve
• Immersed Visor (2024) – Targeted for productive use, this VR headset offers 4K resolution per eye, eye tracking, and wireless PC VR capabilities, equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 chipset, priced at $950. Expected release in 2024.
• HTC Vive Cosmos Series
• Lenovo Mirage Solo with Daydream
• Merge
• Meta
• Meta Quest 2
• Meta Quest 3 (2023) – Released on October 10, 2023, starting at $499.99. Equipped with a Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 CPU, it features a ‘4K+ Infinite Display’ with 2064×2208 resolution per eye, 90Hz/120Hz refresh rates, and improved GPU power
• Microsoft Hololens
• Moggles – a virtual reality console in your pocket
• Oculus Go
• Oculus Rift
• Pico Goblin
• Pico G2 4K – “with enterprise in mind”
• Pico 4
• Pimax 5K+ and 8K
• Pimax Crystal QLED – A similar standalone headset to Pimax’s Reality, with a 110-degree field of view, dual 2880×2720 LCD panels, 4 external tracking cameras, internal eye tracking, and PC VR mode support.
• SONY (Project Morpheus) PlayStationVR
• Razer OSVR
• Samsung Gear VR or Oculus Gear VR Link
• StarVR  One – uses two Quad HD panels – one for each eye with a 210-degree field of view
• TiltFive – Augmented Reality tabletop gaming headset system
• Sulon Cortex – A powerful blended reality head-mounted display
• Valve Index
• Varjo – human-eye resolution VR and XR products
• Valve ‘Deckard’ Standalone Headset – Rumored development by Valve of a standalone VR headset codenamed ‘Deckard’ with speculated wireless PC VR functionality. Release date and full specifications remain unconfirmed.
• Vive Cosmos series
• Vive Pro Eye – precision eye tracking
• Vive Flow – lightweight VR glasses
• Vive Focus 3
• Xreal Air – TÜV Certificated Eye Protection, AR Glasses with Massive 201” Micro-OLED 60hz Virtual Theater.
• Zeiss VROne

 

 

Production Tools

Virtual Reality Content Players

• MaxVR from Super Sinful Silicon – Designed to play Video in VR as smoothly as currently possible
• Samsung VR
• Skybox VR
• VRPlayer – an experimental Virtual Reality Media Player for Head-Mounted Display devices

3D Spatialized Audio and Audio Pipeline Solutions

• AstoundSound (GenAudio Inc)
• Avid Pro Tools 2023 Updates – Enhanced with features for ambisonic audio production, including expanded track widths and integrated Dolby Atmos® rendering.
• Ambi Verb HD – Contains 30 ambisonic room impulse responses for immersive content creation.
• Blue Ripple Sound: Rapture 3D SDK
• Dolby Atmos
• FB360 Spatial Workstation (formerly 3Dception from Two Big Ears – now owned by Facebook)
• FFMOD
• Hear360
• Noise Makers Ambi Head & Ambi Pan
• Oculus Audio SDK
• Omnitone – Google’s open source spatial audio renderer with the cross-browser support.
• Rondo360 – Hyperrealistic Audio for VR by Dysonic
• Phonon 3D
• b360 Ambisonic Encoder – Ambisonics B encoder
• Sound Particles – Nuno Fonseco, like CGI/particle emitter for audio
• Harpex
• AudioKinetic Wwise for VR – Game Audio Pipeline Solutions
• Zephyr Ambisonic Reverb – A 3D audio binaural/surround algorithmic reverb plugin for immersive soundscapes.

Virtual Reality Peripherals

• • Bonus: Wiki Entry for VRPN – (Virtual-Reality Peripheral Network)
  • 3DRudder
  • AxonVR – haptic textile
  • bHaptics – TactGlove, TactSuit
  • Leap Motion
  • Manus Machina – Consumer VR Gloves
  • Neurable – brain-computer interfaces

 

 

 

 

• Nod – Gesture Rings
• Oculus Touch
• OMNI by Virtuix – an omnidirectional treadmill video game peripheral for virtual reality games backed by Mark Cuban and others
• PinchVR – VR everywhere!
• Roto VR Chair – Interactive Virtual Reality Chair
• Sixense
• TeslaSuit
• VicoVR – wireless full body motion control sensor
• VirZOOM – VR driven by a specialized stationary bicycle

Misc VR Apps and Services of Interest

• Cognitive3d – VR/AR analytics company that specializes in tracking user behavior in digital realities.
• Learn Immersive – “Learn Immersive puts you in a realistic 3D simulation where you discover how to complete tasks in the foreign language.”
• Monzo – Digital Model Kits
• Scandy – custom printed 360 spheres you can hold in your hand
• Seene – Advanced computer vision technologies designed from the ground up for use on mobile devices in real-time applications.

VR and Immersive Video Content Distributors and Digital Marketplaces

 

• Driftspace
• LittlStar
• FIVARS Festival
• JAUNT
• Museum of Other Realities
• Occupy White Walls
• OwlFlix
• Rad (formerly Littlstar)
• ReelHouse
• Vimeo 360
• Vrideo
• VRROOM
• YouTube 360

Virtual Reality Development Grants, Foundations and Funding

• VR For Good – Oculus
• ON WEVR – “Launch your first (or next) VR experience leveraging our community and grant program. With OnWEVR, a virtual reality producer could net anywhere from $5,000 to $50,000 grant to produce their idea.”
• Crytek’s VR First Centers
• Virtual World Society

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