HXRC Developer Hub

Helsinki XR Center’s developer hub offers shared work space and equipment for teams, companies and individuals in their early phase of development of virtual reality, augmented reality or mixed reality projects.

COVID disclaimer 2021

Due to ongoing circumstances, most of Helsinki XR Center’s teams have been working remotely since March 2020. The hub program will start remotely for new joiners in 2021, easing teams into the process with remote coaching, events and networking. We believe that we can find ways to help emerging XR startups in this situation with this kind of a remote program.

About the Developer Hub

The Helsinki XR Center (HXRC) hub offers shared workspace, equipment, co-learning and mentoring for teams in their early phase of virtual and augmented reality development. Helsinki XR Center functions as FIVR’s (Finnish Virtual Reality Association) main developer hub in the Finnish capital region.

Our objective is to support grassroots activity and innovation of Finnish virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and metaverse-related teams, help with the transition into spatial computing mediums and reduce the early risks involved in hi-tech research and development, as well as to build a flourishing community around virtual culture phenomena.

We are in it for the revolution. We want to help you: artists, technologists, thinkers and entrepreneurs to create solutions that dare to imagine what kind of meaning immersive technology and spatial computing could and should convey for the human being.

Application period for Helsinki XR Center developer space is ongoing and new teams are brought in as space becomes available. Applications should contain information on the proposed project including objectives for the next six months, team headcount, skills and background, and estimate on how often the team would need the space.

The teams are chosen based on need of the space and equipment, skill, dedication, and potential of the project idea.

HXRC offers a development program for early phase VR/AR teams in two stages:

A three-month trial period where the central idea of your vision is fleshed out, resulting in a demo. Can you show the skill and resolve to produce something concrete?
Continuation periods for three months at a time, where we set up a roadmap and development path together for the next 12 months, driven by the team, and follow up on progress at three month intervals with deadlines. The mission is to keep the team on a good track and ambitious pace while leaving room for trial and error, necessary pivoting and learning.

We are currently looking for new developer teams to join our XR hub!

Read more and send your application through the Google Form below!

Apply for our Hub (Google Forms)