Top VR Companies & AR Companies in the United States
Virtual and augmented reality have moved past the hype cycle and into specific, measurable use cases — industrial training, medical simulation, retail visualization, location-based entertainment, and increasingly, AI-assisted spatial computing on Vision Pro, Quest, and emerging platforms.
The strongest U.S. VR and AR development companies combine three things: production-quality 3D and Unity/Unreal engineering chops, hardware-platform fluency across Meta Quest, Apple Vision Pro, HoloLens, and WebXR, and the design discipline to build experiences that work for users beyond the first ten minutes. Clutch helps you compare top U.S. immersive tech developers through verified client reviews, portfolios, and pricing data. Filter by platform, industry, and scope, and explore related directories:
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See all 40 projectsKinemeric is an AR/VR Development company noted for its expertise in creating simulation-based training programs and immersive VR experiences across various industries. Feedback highlights their project management skills and creativity, with 90% of reviews expressing satisfaction with communication and timely delivery. Approximately 80% of clients mention their ability to align services with budget constraints while over-delivering on needs.
$10,000+$100 - $149 / hr10 - 49Serves United StatesServices provided
See all 41 projectsLucid Reality Labs is an esteemed AR/VR Development company specializing in creating immersive and interactive experiences across various industries. Their expertise in Augmented and Virtual Reality Development has earned them consistently high praise, with approximately 90% of reviews highlighting their technical competence, creativity, and timely project delivery. Clients particularly commend their ability to blend storytelling with technology and their impressive project management and customer-centric approach.
$25,000+$100 - $149 / hr10 - 49Serves United StatesServices provided
See all 15 projectsTreeview is a specialized AR/VR development company known for its expertise in creating complex XR applications and immersive experiences using Unity. With an impressive 100% positive feedback across reviews, clients consistently praise Treeview's robust project management, responsiveness, and technical skill. Approximately 90% of reviewers highlight their ability to deliver projects on time and exceed expectations, emphasizing their flexibility and proactive approach.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed10 - 49McLean, VA
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Betis Group is a software development firm. Founded in 1995, the team offers Custom Software Development and Enterprise App Modernization. The firm is located in McLean, Virginia.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed10 - 49Fargo, ND
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Valley IT Solutions is a small software development company. They offer Custom Software Development and cloud consulting & SI and were launched in 2013.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed10 - 49Albuquerque, NM
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ITEAM Consulting is an IT managed services company. Based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the team offers IT managed services and IT strategy consulting.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed10 - 49Orlando, FL
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Established in 2014, MVRK is an Event Marketing company. The small team provides Event Marketing and Other Digital Marketing.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed10 - 49McLean, VA
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VanGogh Imaging is a video production company. Their small team is headquartered in McLean, Virginia. Their services include Video Production and Custom Software Development.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed10 - 49New York, NY
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DroppGroup, a Blockchain company, is in New York, New York. Their services include Blockchain and Blockchain Marketing.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed10 - 49Lewisville, TX
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Gotcha!, a mobile app development firm, was founded in 2011. The firm offers Mobile App Development and Search Engine Optimization, and is small.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed10 - 49Boca Raton, FL
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Maxiru is a custom software development firm. The team is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, and their services include Custom Software Development and UX/UI Design.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed10 - 49Federal Way, WA
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Karma Consulting, Inc. Is an UX design agency. They are in Federal Way, Washington. Their team provides UX/UI Design and cloud consulting & SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed10 - 49Chesterfield, MO
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Data Solutions Group is an IT strategy consulting company. Their small team is in Chesterfield, Missouri. Their services include IT strategy consulting and IT managed services.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed10 - 49Greenbelt, MD
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SES Corporation is an IT managed services company founded in 2003. Their team offers IT managed services and Corporate Training & Coaching.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed10 - 49Alpharetta, GA
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In Alpharetta, Georgia and Toronto, Canada, G3. GG Tech Global is a Market Research company. Their services include Market Research and IT strategy consulting.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed10 - 49Sugar Land, TX
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Avani Systems Inc, a cloud consulting & SI company, was launched in 2014. They provides cloud consulting & SI and Cybersecurity.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed10 - 49Charlotte, NC
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BRK Global Marketing is a branding agency headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. They offer Branding and Marketing Strategy and were founded in 1991.
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$50,000+$25 - $49 / hr50 - 249West Palm Beach, FL
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See all 20 projectsAspired is a technology services company specializing in IT staff augmentation, software development, and custom IT solutions. The company has received overwhelmingly positive feedback, with 100% of reviewers praising their ability to understand client needs, deliver projects on time, and maintain effective communication. They are notably recognized for their adaptability, professionalism, and commitment to delivering high-quality solutions tailored to the unique requirements of each client.
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$10,000+$25 - $49 / hr1,000 - 9,999Miami Beach, FL
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Launched in 2019, IOT WEB LAB, LLC is an application development company. The team specializes in Mobile App Development and Web Development and is in Kyiv, Ukraine and Dnipropetrovs'k, Ukraine.
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$25,000+$50 - $99 / hr10 - 49Miami, FL
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Kreios SARL, a Product Design company, was launched in 2006. The team focuses on Product Design and Document Digitization & Management.
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$5,000+< $25 / hr10 - 49Herriman, UT
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CODETENTACLES DEVELOPMENT, a small web development firm, is headquartered in Pimpri-Chinchwad, India and Herriman, Utah. Their services include Web Development and Mobile App Development.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed10 - 49Philadelphia, PA
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App development firm MVP Interactive was established in 2012. The small team provides Mobile App Development and AR/VR development.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed10 - 49Snellville, GA
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Product Design company DFE Design Studio was established in 2014. The company focuses on Product Design and Video Production, and is small.
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$1,000+$50 - $99 / hr50 - 249San Ramon, CA
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APEX Technologies, a midsize AI company, is headquartered in Shanghai, China and Beijing, China. The team specializes in Artificial Intelligence and AR/VR development.
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InspireVR, an AR/VR development and mobile app development firm, offer AR/VR development and Mobile App Development. They were founded in 2015.
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$10,000+$25 - $49 / hr250 - 999Arlington, VA
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See all 25 projectsSoftengi is a software development company offering services in mobile app development, AI-powered solutions, and UI/UX design. The reviews present a mixed picture, with approximately 67% expressing positive feedback on their communication, timely delivery, and technical expertise. However, 33% note concerns about project management, accountability, and unexpected billing issues. Overall, Softengi is recognized for effective communication and innovation but needs improvement in project management practices.
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$5,000+$50 - $99 / hr10 - 49Los Angeles, CA
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Suryavanshi Ventures is a small software development company based in Jabalpur, India and Los Angeles, California. The team provides Custom Software Development and Web Development.
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$10,000+$25 - $49 / hr50 - 249Coral Springs, FL
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See all 1 projectsVirtual Dive Studios offers comprehensive game development services, including ideation, 3D modeling, UI/UX design, programming, optimization, and post-launch support. Reviews highlight their exceptional project management, attention to detail, and ability to transform visions into high-quality, engaging mobile games. Clients commend their professionalism, seamless communication, and successful project outcomes, such as high user engagement and significant revenue generation.
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Design & Manufacturing is a branding company. They are in Austin, Texas and have small team. Their services include Branding and Graphic Design.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Indianapolis, IN
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Marketpath CMS is an Indianapolis, Indiana-based Content Marketing company. Their services include Content Marketing and Search Engine Optimization.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Philadelphia, PA
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Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and , All Ages Productions is a video production agency. They offer Video Production and AR/VR development and were established in 2012.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9El Paso, TX
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Fuzzy Red Panda is a web design agency. They are based in El Paso, Texas and have small team. They focus on Web Design and Graphic Design.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Fresno, CA
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Level 5 Technology Solutions is a web design company in Fresno, California. Established in 2009, the team focuses on Web Design and Logo.
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à la carte, a web design agency, provides Web Design and UX/UI Design. The company is headquartered in Fresno, California.
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Launched in 2007, Lotpath, a small software development company, is headquartered in Fresno, California. Their services include Custom Software Development and AR/VR development.
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Projekt15 is a branding agency. Established in 2016, the firm is based in Fresno, California. Their team specializes in Branding and Social Media Marketing.
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Kelly Rizley Advertising & PR, a public relations firm, was founded in 1979. Headquartered in Cheyenne, Wyoming, the team offers Public Relations and Advertising.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9South Bend, IN
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Keilman Business Consulting, a web design agency, was established in 1995. The team offers Web Design and Web Development.
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Translation company CKP Media was launched in 2004. Headquartered in New York, New York, the team specializes in Translation and Video Production.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Chantilly, VA
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ZoleyTech is a software development company. The agency is in Chantilly, Virginia. Their team provides Custom Software Development and unified communications consulting & SI.
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Texas Mgt. Associates is an IT managed services company. The team is located in San Antonio, Texas, and their services include IT managed services and IT strategy consulting.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Washington, DC
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Tek Terrain is a small Cybersecurity company founded in 2000. Their team specializes in Cybersecurity and Custom Software Development.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Leesburg, VA
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Established in 2014, Vibrantech Solutions is a small IT managed services company. Their services include IT managed services and Custom Software Development.
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Software development firm Poulomi Technologies was founded in 2010. The team focuses on Custom Software Development and IT staff augmentation.
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Ascentium is a small custom software development firm founded in 2019. Their team specializes in Custom Software Development and IT managed services.
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PROCON is an IT managed services company. They are headquartered in Akron, Ohio, and their services include IT managed services and Custom Software Development.
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PixelWorks is an user experience design agency. The agency is located in Greenbelt, Maryland. Their services include UX/UI Design and Graphic Design.
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Falcona Management & Technology is an IT strategy consulting company launched in 2008. The team offers IT strategy consulting and Custom Software Development and is based in San Antonio, Texas.
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See all 1 projectsR2M.ai - Out of Business provided services in web development, particularly leveraging HubSpot CMS, and technical SEO consulting to build scalable and performant websites. Overall, the feedback highlights their technical proficiency and collaborative approach, though there were minor communication challenges. Clients appreciated their accommodating and detail-oriented nature, resulting in significant improvements in website performance and organic traffic.
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Web design company Metaneur was established in 2021. The small team provides Web Design and Custom Software Development.
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Top Tier Marketing is a social media marketing firm. The team specializes in Social Media Marketing and Search Engine Optimization, and the agency is based in Portland, Oregon.
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Piladya is an application development company founded in 2021. The team offers Mobile App Development and Blockchain.
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Blockchain company Metaphoric was launched in 2019. The small team provides Blockchain and Mobile App Development.
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List of the Top 15 United States AR & VR Developers
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$50,000+$100 - $149 / hr50 - 249Newport Beach, CA
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$5,000+$100 - $149 / hr10 - 49Los Angeles, CA
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$25,000+$100 - $149 / hr10 - 49Dallas, TX
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$50,000+$100 - $149 / hr1,000 - 9,999San Francisco, CA
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38.3/40.018.4/20 Reviews9.9/10 Clients & Experience10/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$50,000+$100 - $149 / hr50 - 249Los Angeles, CA
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$10,000+$100 - $149 / hr10 - 49Austin, TX
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33.9/40.016.2/20 Reviews10/10 Clients & Experience7.7/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$50,000+$100 - $149 / hr10 - 49Chicago, IL
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$75,000+Undisclosed10 - 49Amityville, NY
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33.4/40.015.6/20 Reviews10/10 Clients & Experience7.8/10 Market PresenceService focus
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Undisclosed$25 - $49 / hr250 - 999Salt Lake City, UT
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$10,000+$100 - $149 / hr10 - 49Los Angeles, CA
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32.9/40.016.6/20 Reviews9.4/10 Clients & Experience6.9/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$25,000+$25 - $49 / hr250 - 999Houston, TX
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$10,000+$25 - $49 / hr250 - 999Nashua, NH
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36.1/40.016.4/20 Reviews10/10 Clients & Experience9.7/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$5,000+$300+ / hr10 - 49North Royalton, OH
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32.5/40.016.4/20 Reviews8.3/10 Clients & Experience7.8/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$10,000+Undisclosed10 - 49Brooklyn NY, NY
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31.1/40.016.2/20 Reviews9.1/10 Clients & Experience5.8/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$25,000+$150 - $199 / hr10 - 49Seattle, WA
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34.1/40.015.6/20 Reviews10/10 Clients & Experience8.5/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$25,000+$150 - $199 / hr10 - 49Irvine, CA
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30.7/40.016.2/20 Reviews8.2/10 Clients & Experience6.3/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$25,000+Undisclosed10 - 49Fort Worth, TX
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$50,000+$100 - $149 / hr10 - 49Calabasas, CA
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36.9/40.017.4/20 Reviews10/10 Clients & Experience9.5/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$50,000+$200 - $300 / hr50 - 249Chicago, IL
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36.4/40.016.6/20 Reviews10/10 Clients & Experience9.8/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$25,000+$150 - $199 / hr10 - 49Ada, MI
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36.7/40.017.8/20 Reviews10/10 Clients & Experience8.9/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$10,000+$150 - $199 / hr10 - 49Los Angeles, CA
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33.8/40.017/20 Reviews10/10 Clients & Experience6.9/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$5,000+$100 - $149 / hr50 - 249Los Angeles, CA
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30/40.016.2/20 Reviews8.2/10 Clients & Experience5.5/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$5,000+$50 - $99 / hr10 - 49Alpharetta, GA
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30/40.016.2/20 Reviews8.4/10 Clients & Experience5.3/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$25,000+$100 - $149 / hr10 - 49Spokane, WA
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$10,000+$150 - $199 / hr10 - 49Austin, TX
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$25,000+$200 - $300 / hr2 - 9New York, NY
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36.2/40.017.6/20 Reviews10/10 Clients & Experience8.6/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$25,000+$150 - $199 / hr50 - 249Austin, TX
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$10,000+$50 - $99 / hr50 - 249New York, NY
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35.5/40.016/20 Reviews10/10 Clients & Experience9.5/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$25,000+$150 - $199 / hr10 - 49Durham, NC
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33.3/40.015.8/20 Reviews9.3/10 Clients & Experience8.2/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$5,000+$200 - $300 / hr10 - 49Santa Monica, CA
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34.1/40.016.2/20 Reviews9.2/10 Clients & Experience8.7/10 Market PresenceService focus
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U.S. VR/AR Development FAQs
A full-scope VR or AR engagement typically covers:
- Concept and UX design – experience design specific to spatial interfaces, comfort considerations, interaction patterns
- 3D asset production – modeling, texturing, rigging, and animation, either in-house or coordinated with partners
- Engine development – Unity, Unreal, or proprietary engine work for the experience itself
- Platform integration – Meta Quest SDK, Apple Vision Pro/visionOS, HoloLens, Magic Leap, WebXR, mobile AR
- Hardware integration – controllers, hand tracking, eye tracking, haptics, sensors
- Deployment and ongoing support – app store submission, enterprise deployment, content updates
Many firms specialize narrowly — a Vision Pro–native shop is a different animal than a Quest enterprise training shop or a WebAR retail visualization firm. Match firm specialization to your platform target.
- VR/virtual reality — fully immersive, headset replaces real-world view (Quest, PSVR, PC VR)
- AR/augmented reality — digital content overlaid on the real world, typically on mobile devices (Snapchat lenses, IKEA Place, Pokémon GO)
- MR/mixed reality — digital content interacts with real-world geometry — closer to AR but with spatial awareness (HoloLens, Vision Pro passthrough mode, Quest 3 mixed reality)
- XR/extended reality — umbrella term for all of the above
The lines blur as headsets add passthrough cameras and mobile devices add depth sensing. What matters for scoping is which platform the experience needs to run on, since that determines engine, SDK, and design approach.
Based on Clutch pricing data, pricing for VR/AR projects in the U.S. go for:
- Hourly rates: typically $100 – $ 200 per hour for development; $150 – $300+ for senior engineers and technical art directors
- Prototype or proof-of-concept: typically $25,000 – $75,000
- Production-quality short experience: $75,000 – $250,000
- Full enterprise application or multi-platform release: $250,000 – $1M+
- Ongoing live-service or training content updates: typically $10,000 – $50,000 per month
Hardware costs (devices for testing, deployment kits) sit on top and can add up quickly for enterprise rollouts. Confirm scope of platform support — adding Vision Pro to a Quest project is not a simple port.
Filter your options on platform fluency, shipped portfolio, and the production discipline to maintain performance budgets:
- Platform fluency means real depth in the SDKs and design conventions of your target hardware — Vision Pro UX is genuinely different from Quest UX.
- Shipped portfolio means experiences in the market that you can actually try, not just sizzle reels.
- Production discipline matters because VR/AR is unforgiving on performance — if the headset drops below 90fps, users get sick. Ask how the firm handles performance budgets, profiling, and optimization throughout development, not just at the end.
Also ask: who's the technical lead, what platforms have they personally shipped on, and how does the firm handle the inevitable platform SDK updates (Vision Pro especially is moving fast).
- No shipped, currently-available experiences in the relevant platform store. Pitches and unreleased demos don't prove they can ship.
- Sizzle reels with no playable demos. Anyone can make a video; not everyone can make a 90fps experience that works on real hardware.
- No performance discussion on pitch. If the firm doesn't bring up frame rates, draw call budgets, or thermal throttling, they haven't shipped enough to know it matters.
- Tool-led pitches that ignore your use case. "We use Unreal" isn't a strategy. The platform target should drive the engine choice, not vice versa.
- No ongoing support plan. SDKs update, OS versions change, hardware revs ship. A firm that disappears at launch leaves you with an experience that breaks within 6 months.
Be objective. Don’t let exciting promises or fees sway your decision. Make sure you identify, address, and avoid these red flags as early as possible.