Spatial.io vs IBM

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Spatial.io is a 3D collaboration and spatial computing platform headquartered in New York City. Founded in 2016 and having raised $50M in funding, Spatial began as an enterprise-focused AR collaboration tool allowing remote teams to work together in shared holographic workspaces. The platform evolved through multiple iterations—from Microsoft HoloLens integration to web-based 3D environments—ultimately positioning itself as a browser-accessible spatial platform that works on VR headsets, desktops, and mobile without app installation. Spatial serves both enterprise collaboration use cases and a growing creator community building and monetizing custom virtual worlds.\n\nSpatial's platform enables users to create and share persistent 3D spaces for meetings, presentations, product showcases, virtual events, and art galleries. Enterprise users leverage Spatial for design reviews, remote collaboration with 3D assets, and virtual brand experiences, while creators use it as a no-code tool to build interactive virtual worlds and monetize them through NFT galleries, ticketed events, and virtual goods. The platform's cross-device accessibility—supporting Meta Quest, Apple Vision Pro, PC, and mobile—is central to its adoption strategy, removing the headset ownership barrier that constrains many XR collaboration tools. Spatial integrates with Figma, Google Drive, and Sketchfab for asset import.\n\nSpatial.io competes with Engage XR, Virbela, and Mozilla Hubs in the virtual collaboration space, and with Roblox and Decentraland on the creator world-building end. Its pivot toward browser-accessible, creator-friendly spatial experiences reflects broader market feedback that enterprise-only XR collaboration tools face adoption friction from mixed device environments. For enterprises seeking accessible 3D collaboration tools and for creators wanting a spatial platform without metaverse-specific technical overhead, Spatial.io offers one of the most polished multi-device spatial environments available.