It’s not all about Silicon Valley; the UK has become a hotbed for VR and AR development over the past few years, with some of the industry’s biggest and best-known teams surfacing in the country. Digital innovation company Digital Catapult wants to keep that momentum going, and this month inducted 10 VR and AR companies into its Augmentor accelerator programme.
Augmentor is a 10-week programme similar to other VR accelerator schemes like HTC’s Vive X. It provides members with access to mentorship from both a business and technical perspective as well as access to resources and support. Digital Catapult has Immersive Labs spaces spread out across the country, including London, Brighton, North Easy Tees Valley and Belfast, as well as the Dimension volumetric capture studio that we’ve visited before in South London.
Perhaps most importantly, though, the scheme will put these 10 companies in front of investors for a showcase in September 2018. Past participants in the programme include the makers of VR creation app, Gravity Sketch, who come onboard as mentors in this round.
The list of companies included is diverse. Swim AR, for example, makes a pair of swimming goggles that will provide you with an AR overlay about your performance when you’re in the water. Valkyrie Industries, meanwhile, is working on a haptic feedback device that will bring a sense of touch into VR experiences.
Elsewhere, Motion Pixel makes a 360 degree video solution with a patented VR stabilization technology, while HoloMe wants to project recordings of humans into the real world using phone AR. The full list of participating companies, taken from a press release, is below.
Source: 10 UK Companies Working On The Future Of AR/VR Inducted Into Major Accelerator Scheme
