From Virtual Reality to the Metaverse, uncover the UK’s emerging Immersive Technologies industry and the tech companies that make up the sector through real-time industrial data.
Immersive Technologies is a broad term used to describe any technology that extends or alters our current reality typically within the 360-degree space.
Examples of Immersive Technologies include Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), 360 and Mixed Reality (MR). Extended Reality (XR) is the terms often used to describe this full suite of Immersive Tech.
As the industry has grown, so has the application of Immersive Tech in the UK, with XR now extending far beyond the likes of VR gaming, with uses across architecture, the EdTech industry, healthcare, retail, the Metaverse and more.
Key information you should know about the Immersive Technologies sector from our AI-driven platform of over 5 million companies:
Our Immersive Technologies RTIC is made up of 15 individual industry verticals, including verticals such as 360°, Augmented Reality, Architecture & Construction. You can find out more about the verticals by buying a report, visualising the sector on our platform, or by downloading the data.
Companies and start-ups focused on the development, manufacturing, and delivery of Immersive Technologies, including Augmented Reality, Haptics, Hardware, the Metaverse and more.
Companies that transform live filmed content into an immersive 360-degree experience.
Companies adapting immersive technologies for architectural design, property sale and construction activities.
Companies developing technology to enhance the real world by overlaying computer generated content.
Companies applying immersive technologies in education.
Companies applying immersive technologies to a variety of non-traditional markets, like data analytics, 5G or the creation of digital humans.
Companies developing immersive experiences and games utilising immersive technologies.
Companies developing technologies that can create touch-based experiences to be used along other immersive technologies.
Companies manufacturing the hardware that embeds immersive technology software.
Companies applying immersive technologies for the development of medical practice.
Companies developing immersive tools to aid in engineering and manufacturing processes.
Companies developing media for Immersive Technologies, including animation, character development, sound effects and soundtracks.
Companies building the digital infrastructure and tools for the development of the metaverse as a digital space.
Companies developing technology in a similar way to Augmented Reality, with a concentration on interaction between real world and computer-generated objects.
Companies applying immersive technologies in large retail complexes, E-commerce and fashion design and advertising.
Companies providing technologies that allow for users’ complete immersion in an alternative environment.
We estimate that the UK Immersive Technologies sector could be worth approximately £6.7bn by 2027, based on the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.9%. Below you can see the five year turnover forecast for the RTIC from 2023 to 2027.
We worked with Immerse UK and Oxford Insights to map the UK’s Immersive Economy, helping to produce a report that measured the scale, nature, and economic value of the UK’s virtual, augmented, and mixed reality ecosystem
At The Data City we’re mapping the emerging economy through accurate and reliable real-time data. We’ve produced Real-Time Industrial Classifications (RTICs) for some of the UK’s fastest growing sectors, across over 350 industry verticals, including Immersive Technologies.
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