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Hiring Now: Top VR Companies You’ll Want to Work for in 2022

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Virtual reality (VR) provides a new lens for just about everything we do these days.

From buying a house to meditating to learning with special needs, startups are using new tech to create entirely new immersive online worlds.

Combined with augmented reality (AR), which adds a digital overlay to physical environments, the so-called “metaverse” represents a boon to just about every industry, including healthcare, engineering, real estate, and the military. They’re getting better, too, as faster and more advanced cellular networks spread and expand the market.

With global spending on VR products and services expected to reach $7.6B by 2026, big players are doubling down. Facebook’s owner, Meta, recently unveiled prototypes of its latest VR headset. Apple is working on its own headset. The company also acquired several VR startups, including Spaces and NextVR, a live video partner with the NBA, Wimbledon, and Fox Sports.

As the industry grows, up-and-coming players like Matterport are creating realistic-looking online worlds for real estate, travel, and hospitality. Hong Kong-based Sandbox VR claims to create the “most advanced virtual reality experience in the world.” Families rent the company’s VR body suit, complete with a gun, to shoot at and with each other in different online worlds. It’s a top activity in Singapore and Hong Kong on TripAdvisor.

Supernatural helps people hack their workout routine, creating VR cardio workouts synced to the beat of a user’s favorite music.

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