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Urban Electronics, Inc. creates games and hyper local-based experiential apps using emerging technologies

Tripp Inc. is a company focused on developing a digital psychedelic wellness platform that utilizes virtual and augmented reality to enhance emotional well-being. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, with a satellite office in Chicago, the company creates immersive experiences that combine audio, visual elements, and gameplay mechanics to promote mindfulness and transformation. Tripp’s offerings are informed by scientific research indicating that interactive digital experiences can positively influence brain function. Through its platform, the company delivers wellness solutions designed to help users manage their emotions, reduce stress and anxiety, and achieve a state of calm and focus.

NZXR is a game development studio specializing in augmented reality solutions. The company focuses on creating engaging and interactive applications and prototypes for mobile devices and augmented reality headsets. By blending expertise in hardware, software, and user experience, NZXR enables users to interact with digital objects in innovative ways, enhancing the gaming experience and fostering deeper engagement with augmented environments.

8th Wall Inc. specializes in developing an augmented reality (AR) platform that facilitates the creation and deployment of interactive AR content directly on mobile websites, eliminating the need for separate apps. Founded in 2016 and based in Palo Alto, California, the company offers a suite of tools, including 8th Wall XR, which empowers developers to design mobile AR applications for a wide range of industries, such as retail, travel, automotive, and entertainment. Its proprietary SLAM engine enables markerless AR experiences with advanced features such as six degrees of freedom (6DoF) positional tracking, surface detection, and lighting estimation. The platform also includes XR Remote for real-time testing of AR applications and a Cloud Editor for collaborative development. 8th Wall effectively enhances AR accessibility across various devices that support rear-facing cameras, making it easier for creators to deliver immersive user experiences.

Lowkey.gg is a company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that develops a desktop application aimed at gaming creators. Founded in 2018, the platform allows players to automatically record their gameplay, capturing highlights and full sessions for sharing with friends and communities. It caters to a wide range of gamers, from casual players to professional esports athletes, enabling them to save and distribute their best gaming moments easily. By facilitating the sharing of video clips, Lowkey connects gamers aged eighteen and older, fostering a community where users can showcase their gaming skills and establish esports squads.

Hoss is an enterprise software company that helps teams make better API-driven products by tracking and managing the APIs they consume. The company’s simple, easy-to-use solution gives teams full visibility into the third-party APIs they use, provides data privacy controls, and increases reliability and performance to make sure integrations are robust and applications run smoothly. It also delivers clear analytics on application errors and performance. Hoss was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA, USA.

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Scaniverse is a California-based company that specializes in a mobile application designed for three-dimensional scanning on iPhones and iPads. The application utilizes LiDAR technology to capture, edit, and share high-fidelity 3D content, producing detailed textured models. This capability allows users to seamlessly integrate their scans with various modeling software and game engines, facilitating easy sharing and collaboration. By leveraging the advanced features of mobile devices, Scaniverse empowers users to create and share 3D content directly from their phones, enhancing accessibility to 3D modeling and scanning.

Gowalla is a company that creates social games designed to be played in the real world, enhancing the experience of exploring various locations. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Gowalla offers an award-winning mobile app and website that serves as a social guide to popular destinations worldwide. The platform features a growing collection of guides to cities, parks, and regions, curated by the Gowalla community and recognized experts such as Disney and National Geographic. This enables users to easily share and discover photos, experiences, and recommendations while on the go, fostering connections among friends and families.

Mayhem is an online gaming platform designed to enhance the gaming experience by enabling players and their communities to engage in various customized formats, including leagues, ladders, scrims, pugs, and tournaments. The platform offers automatic game tracking and real-time leaderboards, allowing for dynamic interaction among users. Additionally, it provides insights on every frame of gameplay, delivering visualized data and actionable advice to players. This comprehensive approach facilitates synchronized game-play reviews and fosters community engagement, making it easier for gamers to connect and compete effectively.

6D.ai is a technology company specializing in the development of application programming interfaces for the augmented reality (AR) industry. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company focuses on creating a robust AR cloud platform that enables real-time, three-dimensional mapping of the environment using data sourced from standard smartphone cameras and mobile sensors. Its technology facilitates the construction of dense, interactive 3D meshes, allowing for multi-user AR experiences and enhancing spatial computing capabilities. By leveraging crowdsourced data, 6D.ai's solutions empower developers to create applications that seamlessly integrate with the physical world, thereby enriching user engagement and interaction. As of March 2020, 6D.ai operates as a subsidiary of Niantic, Inc.

Sensible Object Ltd is a London-based company founded in 2014 that specializes in developing innovative hardware and software solutions for games. The company focuses on creating connected tabletop games that merge physical components with digital applications, enhancing the gaming experience through imaginative play. Sensible Object's products are designed to offer unique and engaging gameplay by leveraging voice-augmented technology and custom hardware. As of June 2019, Sensible Object operates as a subsidiary of Niantic, Inc.

DigiLens Inc. is a technology company based in Sunnyvale, California, specializing in holographic waveguide display solutions for extended reality (XR) applications. Founded in 1997 and formerly known as SBG Labs, DigiLens has developed a patented optical platform and photopolymer technology that enables original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to create customizable XR devices for various sectors, including automotive, enterprise, consumer, avionics, and military. The company offers a range of products, such as the Crystal30 and Crystal50 lenses, which facilitate the design of waveguide-based displays. Additionally, DigiLens provides innovative solutions like the DigiLens AutoHUD, which enhances the field of view of traditional heads-up displays, and CrystalClear, an augmented reality heads-up display. Supporting its offerings, DigiLens also supplies light engines and hardware development kits, such as Insight30, to assist users in developing wearable devices.

Seismic Games, Inc. is a Los Angeles-based game development studio that specializes in creating social and engaging games for digital platforms, including Facebook, iOS, and Android. Established in 2011, the company is recognized for its innovative titles, such as Skylanders BattleCast, a card battle game that integrates physical and digital elements, and Call of Duty: Clan Wars, among others. The founders, who have extensive experience in the gaming industry, previously worked on popular console titles like Star Wars Battlefront and F.E.A.R. Seismic Games focuses on character-driven narratives and customization, aiming to enhance player engagement through user-generated content and real-time interactions. The studio also collaborates with branded and professional entertainment partners to create unique gaming experiences that connect players both online and offline. Since July 2018, Seismic Games has operated as a subsidiary of Niantic, Inc.

Matrix Mill Ltd is a technology company specializing in computer vision and machine learning, founded in 2017 by a team of scientists from University College London. Headquartered in London, the company develops advanced software that leverages data from smartphone cameras to accurately gauge depth and distance of real-world objects. Utilizing deep neural networks and innovative algorithms, Matrix Mill's systems can extract comprehensive three-dimensional information from one or more cameras, allowing machines to perceive their environment in a manner akin to human vision. As a subsidiary of Niantic, Inc., Matrix Mill is at the forefront of redefining how machines understand the world around them.

Escher Reality, founded in 2016 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, specializes in developing augmented reality (AR) technology. The company offers a cross-platform toolkit and custom backend services for mobile AR developers, enabling them to create multi-user, multisession AR experiences. Escher Reality's platform employs machine learning to generate interactive 3D AR content, facilitating video sharing and multimedia gaming. As of February 1, 2018, the company operates as a subsidiary of Niantic, Inc.

Evertoon, Inc. is a mobile application developer based in San Francisco, California, incorporated in 2013. The company specializes in a platform that allows users to create 3D animated movies by customizing avatars from photographs, which can resemble themselves, their friends, or celebrities. Users can enhance their creations by inputting emojis to animate the avatars and recording dialogues with optional voice filters. This user-friendly tool enables individuals to transform their stories into short films within minutes, which can then be shared across various social media platforms, including YouTube and Facebook. As of November 2017, Evertoon operates as a subsidiary of Niantic, Inc.