You asked about Virtual and Augmented Reality
73 people built something like it. 32 are gone.
That is 50% of the ones whose fate we could settle, against 23% across the whole register. 9 were acquired.
| Launched | What it was | Today |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-01-01 | Turn physical objects and environments into 3D models in seconds. · matterport.com | acquired |
| 2021-01-01 | Building the next generation AI creative studio · moonvalley.com | still up |
| 2013-01-01 | YCNorth Wearable computing hardware: biosignal gesture recognition · bynorth.com | acquired |
| 2015-06-01 | YCScope AR Scope AR is the leading provider of User Guided Augmented Reality… · scopear.com | gone |
| 2018-01-01 | Wordpress for AR & VR · sketchbox3d.com | gone |
| 2022-01-01 | YCUNISON Live between worlds, in UNISON, using the headset we're building! · in-unison.com | still up |
| 2025-01-01 | YCMentra Building the open source smart glasses operating system. · mentra.glass | still up |
| 2017-06-01 | YCSunu Audio and Haptics AR interface equipping blind users with super powers · sunu.com | gone |
| 2013-06-01 | YCMeta Augmented reality glasses. · metavision.com | gone |
| 2016-06-01 | YCEmote Catch student behavior problems before they start. · emotenow.com | still up |
| 2016-06-01 | Premium immersive cinematic VR entertainment for captive audiences · skylights.aero | gone |
| 2021-06-01 | YCFilta The Face Filter NFT Marketplace · getfilta.com | still up |
| 2018-06-01 | Augmented Reality mobile app to try and buy tattoos · inkhunter.tattoo | gone |
| 2018-01-01 | YCPlexus High-performance gloves for VR and AR · plexus.im | still up |
| 2018-06-01 | YCIxora We create the digital outdoor environment for a movie. · ixora.org | gone |
| 2018-01-01 | VR space of immersive utilities · supermedium.com | still up |
| 2016-01-01 | The simplest way to test, manage, and deploy VR/AR apps at scale. · constructvr.io | gone |
| 2019-01-01 | Disney meets Airbnb Experiences · adventurous.co | gone |
| 2021-01-01 | Realistic virtual video studio to record and stream from your browser · lighttwist.com | still up |
| 2017-06-01 | The backend for Augmented Reality. · escherreality.com | acquired |
| 2020-06-01 | YCRTCanary We are a monitoring and analytics plugin for all video chat platforms. · rtcanary.com | gone |
| 2017-01-01 | YCWavy Experience music and art in augmented reality · downloadwavy.com | acquired |
| 2022-01-01 | Connecting the world by simulating it · gymclass.com | still up |
| 2019-06-01 | YCRamen VR Ramen VR is transforming game development with advanced XR + AI tools. · ramenvr.com | still up |
| 2022-06-01 | A scalable, cloud-native Perforce and Git alternative · diversion.dev | still up |
| 2018-06-01 | YCPhiar We are developing a revolutionary AI-powered augmented reality… · phiar.net | acquired |
| 2022-06-01 | A new way of seeing inside the human body. · illuminant.ai | still up |
| 2014-01-01 | Simulate clothes on your body. · avametric.com | acquired |
| 2015-01-01 | YCResolve Software to accelerate construction by finding issues in 3D BIM · resolvebim.com | still up |
| 2019-01-01 | YCRavn Ravn is building a heads-up display for soldiers. · ravn.com | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | DoF provides a high quality, affordable higher education alternative. · degreesoffreedom.org | gone |
| 2020-06-01 | Social avatar platform for VTubers · hyper.online | gone |
| 2022-06-01 | Creating genre-defining multiplayer VR games. · ruffnauts.com | still up |
| 2024-06-01 | YCWeel GPS & dashcam smartphone app · weel.live | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | API for shared embeddable web browsers · hyperbeam.com | still up |
| 2015-01-01 | YCDabble A synthetic photo studio for e-commerce · dabble.so | gone |
| 2019-01-01 | YCPengram Indoor navigation through augmented reality on your phone. · pengramar.com | gone |
| 2022-01-01 | YCLifecast Software to create 3D video for VR, robotics and film. · lifecastvr.com | gone |
| 2014-06-01 | Augmented reality through projectors · vizeralabs.com | gone |
| 2011-06-01 | YCZigfu Layer above Kinect. · breaks.nu | gone |
| 2026-06-01 | Virtual Reality for Training Robots · movingatoms.ai | still up |
| 2019-06-01 | YCMoFE Next generation Disney. · mofe.co | gone |
| 2018-01-01 | YCmiru Experience any piece of furniture in AR · miruhome.com | gone |
| 2019-06-01 | Next-Generation Surgical Navigation and Robotics · zetasurgical.com | still up |
| 2018-06-01 | YCLeena AI We at Leena AI build a virtual assistant that answers employee's… · leena.ai | still up |
| 2019-06-01 | YCInEvent In-Person, Hybrid and Virtual Event Management Software · inevent.com | still up |
| 2022-06-01 | Virtual Restaurants & Stores for Africa · getfoodcourt.com | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | Enterprise Deepfake Detection · realitydefender.com | still up |
| 2020-01-01 | YCWelcome Create jaw dropping virtual events · experiencewelcome.com | gone |
| 2021-06-01 | Building Job driven Virtual Tech University for India 🇮🇳 · algouniversity.com | still up |
| 2020-01-01 | YCStable A virtual address + mailbox for business · usestable.com | still up |
| 2022-01-01 | Virtualizing brick-mortar infrastructures of clinics w/ generative AI · ankr.us | still up |
| 2021-01-01 | YCUnfurl A virtual food hall that delivers · unfurlcuisine.com | gone |
| 2018-01-01 | YCEdwin Edwin is virtual English tutor - an AI-powered service for learning… · edwin.ai | acquired |
| 2018-06-01 | Virtual Lab Managers for scientists and biotech, research Labs · happilabs.org | acquired |
| 2019-06-01 | YCTandem Tandem is a virtual office for remote and distributed teams. · tandem.chat | gone |
| 2023-06-01 | Virtual Care for Type 2 Diabetes Reversal · lifestylerx.io | still up |
| 2021-06-01 | YCMindmesh Mindmesh is the virtual desk that puts you in control. · mindmesh.com | gone |
| 2022-01-01 | Unlocking Virtual Power Plants for rental properties · glowenergy.com | acquired |
| 2021-06-01 | Virtual Co-working Community · flow.club | still up |
How this compares
The register re-probes every domain it holds. Some that answered last month stop answering. We send that list — what went quiet, and what it was — once a month. Nothing else.
How this was made. Show HN entries are every post from 2021 to 2023 with at least five points that linked to its own domain; code hosts and free hosting are excluded, because a repository outlives the effort behind it. Product Hunt entries needed 100 votes — a far higher bar, so they are the promoted top slice rather than a like-for-like sample. Both are judged by asking the domain whether it still answers: gone means it no longer resolves, refuses the connection, serves a parking page, or says plainly that it shut down. An HTTP error is not counted as gone — a server answering 404 is one somebody still pays for, and an audit of 25 gone-calls found two such sites alive with only a moved homepage. Y Combinator entries use the status YC publishes itself, which is why only those can say acquired. Squatted domains — a lapsed name now serving somebody else's site — are not detected, so these figures run slightly low.