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JanusVR
Company typePrivate
Founded2014
FounderJames McCrae
Karan Singh
Headquarters
San Mateo, California
,
USA
Websitejanusvr.com

JanusVR is a company based in San Mateo, California, and Toronto, Ontario, that develops immersive web browsing software.[1] It was founded by James McCrae and Karan Singh in December 2014.[2] Named after Janus, the Roman God of passages, JanusVR portrays web content in multi-dimensional spaces interconnected by portals.

Company

The founders of JanusVR came from the Dynamic Graphics Project, Computer Science at the University of Toronto.[3] Development of JanusVR began in the middle of 2013, with early progress documented on the Oculus VR Rift Forum, and subsequently in the JanusVR subreddit. In August 2015, JanusVR joined the Boost.VC accelerator program, and raised a Seed Series round with Lerer Hippeau Ventures [4] as the lead investor in January 2016.

Products

The JanusVR platform comprises a suite of software, including:

References

  1. ^ Cervantes, Edgar (October 24, 2016). "Best VR browsers – immerse yourself into the web". VR Source.
  2. ^ Bye, Kent (2015-12-16). "Building the Metaverse with janusVR". Road to VR. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
  3. ^ Anderson, Scott (Spring 2014). "Don't Click That Link — Walk Through That Door!". University of Toronto Magazine.
  4. ^ "JanusVR: Reddit and Yahoo reincarnate for the 3D web". medium.com. July 28, 2016.

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