These are the Top Virtual Reality Companies in Ohio (2021)

3 years ago

This article showcases our top picks for the best Ohio based Virtual Reality companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Virtual Reality industry, but are all exceptional startups and companies well worth a follow.

We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

Top Ohio Virtual Reality Companies

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

Marxent

Marxent

Crunchbase | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin

Marxent specializes in augmented reality and virtual reality for furniture and home decor retailers and manufacturers. Marxent’s 3D Cloud is a full-service omnichannel platform for enterprise retailers pursuing a 3D content strategy that benefits from asset reuse across applications.

It was founded in 2011 and headquartered in Dayton, Ohio.. .

Surgical Theater

Surgical Theater

Crunchbase | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin

Surgical Theater is a startup that markets a Surgery Rehearsal Platform (SRP) for neurosurgical pre-operative planning and rehearsal.

[adace-ad id=”4678″]
Yost Labs

Yost Labs

Crunchbase | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin

YOST Labs is one of the fastest growing tech companies in Ohio. YOST Lab’s patented sensor technologies enable motion and position tracking in many of today’s and tomorrow’s most exciting products.

We enable virtual reality to be immersive and interactive. We enable drones and autonomous cars to navigate.

We measure human motion for medical rehab and athletics. We enable robots to move where they are directed to go.

We tell you where you are heading and how fast you are getting there. We are YOST Labs.

Paul Yost founded YOST Labs in 2012 (dba then as YEI Technology) in historic Portsmouth Ohio. Paul set about solving the difficult technical challenge of combining outputs from multiple inertial sensors (accelerometers, gyroscopes, magnetometers) to determine absolute orientation of an object – a necessary capability for numerous market applications.

The resulting 3-Space™ sensor product line quickly became an acknowledged leader in the nascent low-cost inertial sensor and motion capture markets. YOST Lab’s innovation has been recognized with numerous patent awards with additional patent applications pending.

Lumitex, Inc.

Lumitex, Inc.

Crunchbase | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin

Lumitex, Inc. is a designer, developer, and manufacturer of custom electronics back lighting, fiber optic devices, and surgical lighting.

VirtualSpaces Inc

VirtualSpaces Inc

Crunchbase | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin

Today, a typical floor plan to be converted into a VR render takes about 3 weeks – Imagine doing it in 20 Minutes! Thats what we at VirtualSpaces are doing! VirtualSpaces uses Virtual Reality to visualize spaces that are yet to be constructed. We only work on Mobile and Standalone VR systems such as Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Go.

This helps Real Estate developers to send properties to potential buyers instead of buyers coming to the property. We are at AAA console visual quality on Mobile/Standalone VR which means that we develop photorealistic, visceral renders of the property that doesnt exist.

Rendering 6 Million raw vertices on a standalone HMD ike Oculus Go which uses the Snapdragon 821 is unheard of in teh industry and you can view the demo here: https://youtu.be/E4zklkdJ3pU Here is a link to our demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NILkxyy8f7M We can also showcase paints in VR and how lights affect teh visualization of paints before painting is done and here is the demo: https://youtu.be/Tv4hSo7zxdY Mobile VR solutions for yet-to-be-built properties in Real Estate helping RE developers enable property buyers to visualize properties and get a sense of scale, size, height & depth using AAA console visual quality on Mobile devices. 6 million raw vertices on an Oculus Go which uses the Snapdragon 821, is unheard of in the industry.

You can view the vide here: https://youtu.be/E4zklkdJ3pU. .

Enyx Studios

Enyx Studios

Crunchbase | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin

Enyx Studios is shaping the future of interactive storytelling using virtual reality.

[adace-ad id=”4678″]
Sunflower Lab

Sunflower Lab

Crunchbase | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin

Sunflower Lab is premier mobile & web development company with 40+ people across two continents with three offices in Ohio, New Jersey & India. Sunflower Lab team believe it is the quality that spearheads value, nurtures customer satisfaction & serves our clients’ business.

Our relationship with Client based on simple communication and trust. Sunflower team determined to customer satisfaction and service excellence.

Sunflower Lab has worked with many startups as their strategic development partner and help them in design, development, PR, launch to growth. You can find more details about us and our work on www.theSunflowerLab.com.

Virtual Compass

Virtual Compass

Crunchbase | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin

Virtual Compass is a VR technology company. it offers a virtual tour framework designed to showcase college campuses and other destinations.

The company’s product Tourbuilder provides tools its clients need to get the most out of an immersive virtual experience of their space. The tools in the Tourbuilder enables its users to measure recurring interest and new views after the tour is executed.

They provide virtual reality tour services for restaurants and event spaces, schools and colleges; and real estate. Virtual Compass was founded by Jonathan Fox, Daniel Sullivan in 2014; and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio..

Contact CI

Contact CI

Crunchbase | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin

Personal hands-on interaction with the virtual world is achievable with our next generation VR user input, Maestro controller.

Vexos

Vexos

Crunchbase | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin

Vexos, is a full service, high-mix, low- to mid volume electronics manufacturing and material services provider.

[adace-ad id=”4678″]
Timet

Timet

Crunchbase | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin

Timet provides a range of mill and melted products.

Makino

Makino

Crunchbase | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin

Makino is a provider of machinery technology and provide support for metal cutting and manufacturing technologies

Best Lighting Products

Best Lighting Products

Crunchbase | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin

Best Lighting offers the Self Diagnostic/Self-Test feature on many of its exit and emergency lighting fixtures. This feature is becoming increasingly more important in the world of exit and emergency lighting as architects and building owners become more aware of its tremendous value-added functions and safety-assuring techology.

The heart of the SDT feature is the on-board IC chip that continuously monitors the entire fixture and reports any malfunction via a user interface. The user interface identifies the exact nature of the problem allowing the occupant or service personnel to take the proper steps to correct it..

Sierra Lobo

Sierra Lobo

Crunchbase | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin

Sierra Lobo offers a full range of professional and technical capabilities, including Test and Evaluation, Systems Engineering, and Advanced Technologies. Sierra Lobo was founded in 1993 by engineers, who worked together for a large engineering firm on a contract at NASA’s Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio.

When that firm elected not to bid on Plum Brook’s Test Site Operations Contract, the SLI owners realized that their dream to build their own engineering company could become a reality. The founders filed incorporation papers in 1993 in the name of Sierra Lobo, which means “mountain wolf” in Spanish.

The name celebrates the heritage of President George A. Satornino and exemplifies the spirit of the company they wanted to build.

The wolf symbolizes freedom, the spirit of nature, resourcefulness, and adaptability even under the most dire circumstances.. .

[adace-ad id=”4678″]
Refrigeration Sales Corp.

Refrigeration Sales Corp.

Crunchbase | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin

Refrigeration Sales Corp. is a wholesale company that provides refrigeration equipment repair and services.

MindRend Technologies

MindRend Technologies

Crunchbase | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin

VR Robotics Simulator was born out of a need to be able to perform robotic cell design and reach analysis in a quick, easy to learn and intuitive fashion. Them team at MindRend has more than two decades’ experience in manufacturing, robotics and automation.

After working with various 2D and offline programming tools, it became apparent that there is a growing need for simple, intuitive yet powerful engineering tools that won’t take months to learn and can deliver powerful results.. .

New Territory

New Territory

Crunchbase | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin

New Territory is a virtual and augmented reality development studio during the day, and virtual reality arcade at night.

Think-A-Move (TAM) Milicom Headsets

Think-A-Move (TAM) Milicom Headsets

Crunchbase | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin

Milicom Headsets creates solutions for mission critical communications in all environments

[adace-ad id=”4678″]
Broadvox

Broadvox

Crunchbase | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin

Broadvox is a leading nationwide provider of Business Communications. We help businesses of all sizes succeed through cloud-based communications, applications, and high-quality broadband connections.

Over the past decade, we have built successful and long-term partnerships with over 4,000 phone system VARs, Master Agents, Solution Providers, and Independent IT Consultants. We also serve over 300 VoIP and telecommunications carriers as a strategic supplier of VoIP Origination and Termination services..

Mediu, LLC

Mediu, LLC

Crunchbase | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin

Mediu is a telecommunication company providing network services.

FMT

FMT

Crunchbase | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin

FMT is a machinery company specializing in industrial parts washing equipment.

Intelligent Media

Intelligent Media

Crunchbase | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin

Intelligent Media delivers custom software development solutions and IT staff augmentation services. Intelligent Media is a true and seamless back-end software technology partner servicing startups, SMBs, and Fortune 500 companies worldwide.

Let Intelligent Media’s industry specific technology experts develop custom software solutions to help your business grow.. .

[adace-ad id=”4678″]
Pioneer Cladding and Glazing Systems

Pioneer Cladding and Glazing Systems

Crunchbase | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin

Pioneer Cladding and Glazing Systems is a construction firm dealing in design and installation of curtain wall and building facades.

PrioVR

PrioVR

Crunchbase | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin

PrioVR is a mocap suit that uses inertial sensors to provide 360 degrees of low-latency, real-time motion tracking without the need for cameras, optics, line-of-sight, or equipment. Its sensors are placed on key points of the gamer’s body to capture his or her movements and translate them on-screen in real-time.

PrioVR is wireless, allows for multiple simultaneous users, and works indoor as well as outdoor. PrioVR Pro Dev Kit, which is wireless includes two hand-controllers with action buttons, triggers, and joysticks.

The joysticks let gamers navigate through large worlds without actually walking, while the trigger supports a familiar shooting experience. The PrioVR suit comes with demo games.

PrioVR is manufactured by [YEI Technology](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/yei-technology#/entity).. .

Dynalab, Inc.

Dynalab, Inc.

Crunchbase | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin

Dynalab is an electronic manufacturing company that provides wiring harness and cable assemblies.

K2 Towers

K2 Towers

Crunchbase | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin

K2 Towers operates wireless communication towers.

[adace-ad id=”4678″]
SE Blueprint

SE Blueprint

Crunchbase | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin

SE Blueprint offers 3D scanning, large format architectural and engineering printing, data stewardship and digital preservation services.

Parkerhill Reality Labs

Parkerhill Reality Labs

Crunchbase | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin

Parkerhill Reality Labs is an immersive media development company.

SoundSpace

SoundSpace

Crunchbase | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin

Make music in virtual reality

Webster Industries, Inc.

Webster Industries, Inc.

Crunchbase | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin

Webster Industries is a machinery company specializing in engineering conveying solutions.

[adace-ad id=”4678″]
Just199 Hosting

Just199 Hosting

Crunchbase | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin

Just199 Hosting is a Provider of cloud hosting services.

Captivly - Real Estate Photography

Captivly – Real Estate Photography

Crunchbase | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin

Captivly Media specializes in iGUIDE Virtual Tours for real estate and businesses. We are also seasoned pros in photography, videography, and aerial drone photo and video.

We help real estate agents show more houses in less time.. .

This article was written by David Friedmman from Welp Magazine. The editor for this article was Tess Page. If your company is featured in this article and you want to have amendments made please contact us on: [email protected].

Alternatively you may write to us at: Welp Magazine/Fupping Ltd, First Floor, 61-63 Rochester Pl, London NW1 9JU.