AR & VR Development Company in Vancouver

Platform count and content-authoring needs set the number on Vancouver XR: a scoped Vancouver AR/VR proof of concept, a production enterprise application (industrial trades training, clinical rehab VR, virtual production previs tooling), or full multi-platform XR systems with cloud rendering, multi-user networking, and CMS-driven content authoring. Scope drivers include UX research, a Unity or WebXR prototype, and a hardware-validated demo on Quest 3, Vision Pro, HoloLens 2, or Varjo XR-4. Vancouver rates sit above Calgary and Edmonton because of the Hollywood North VFX talent premium and ILM/DNEG/Sony Imageworks salary benchmarks. We give fixed-fee proposals rather than open T and M estimates.

Yes. We pattern virtual production work after publicly disclosed LED Volume builds at ILM Vancouver (StageCraft adoption), DNEG Vancouver, and Sony Imageworks Vancouver. Our stack runs Unreal Engine 5.4 with Lumen, Nanite, nDisplay multi-wall calibration, and Stype RedSpy or Mo-Sys StarTracker camera tracking, with USD interchange so geometry, lookdev, and animation move cleanly between Maya, Houdini, Nuke, and Shotgun. We integrate with Flow Production Tracking (formerly Shotgun) for review and approval, and we build IATSE 891-aware tooling that respects on-set time pressure and crew turnover. Render and review pipelines stay in Azure Canada West (Vancouver) when client sovereignty requirements demand BC-physical data residency, which Disney, Marvel, and Lucasfilm contracts increasingly specify.

BC's Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) governs private sector handling of personal information in BC and is substantially similar to PIPEDA but with stricter requirements on employee personal information, consent for collection of biometric and spatial data, and direct enforcement by the BC Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner. For AR/VR we treat gaze patterns, hand tracking templates, voice prints, and room-scale spatial meshes as personal information under PIPA and design for on-device processing where the hardware permits (Vision Pro Optic ID and Quest 3 hand tracking remain local). FOIPPA applies on top for any public sector engagement (BC ministries, health authorities, post-secondary). AIDA federal alignment under Bill C-27 is layered for high-impact systems. We document the full residency story in a PIPA-aligned PIA the BC OIPC will accept on first read.

Yes. We build VR apprenticeship simulators across welding (GMAW, GTAW, SMAW), plumbing, electrical (Code Canada-aligned), HVAC, and millwright trades patterned on BCIT's existing VR Lab and Sheridan College Centre for Mobile Innovation precedents. The stack runs Unity 2022 LTS with XR Interaction Toolkit and a custom haptics layer for HaptX or SenseGlove integration where torque feedback matters (e.g., pipe threading). LMS integration goes through SCORM 2004 or xAPI to BCIT's Learning Hub and SkilledTradesBC certification systems. Funding pathways include the Canada-British Columbia Workforce Development Agreement, the SkilledTradesBC Innovation Fund, and federal Future Skills Centre programs. We document accessibility against the BC Accessibility Act so apprentices with mobility constraints can complete seated-mode parity training.

Yes. We build visionOS 2 applications in Swift and SwiftUI with RealityKit and Reality Composer Pro, and ship Unity PolySpatial bridges where a cross-platform codebase makes sense. Vancouver clients have launched Vision Pro experiences for property (zoocasa, Engel and Volkers Vancouver immersive listings), retail (Aritzia and Lululemon flagship activations), and animation studios (internal previs and dailies review at Atomic Cartoons and DHX Media). Distribution runs through the App Store and Apple Business Manager for managed deployment. We coordinate Canadian launch timing against Apple's staged regional rollout, handle Pan-Canadian accessibility parity for VoiceOver, Switch Control, and AODA/BCAA equivalents in spatial, and keep clinical and financial integrations inside Azure Canada West where required.

IATSE Local 891 covers BC film and television technicians and increasingly includes VFX, virtual production, and LED Volume crew. Vancouver studios bind tooling decisions to crew working condition expectations: turnover hour calculations, on-set rest periods, ergonomic constraints around HMD wear duration, and meal penalty triggers. We design virtual production tooling that respects those constraints — for example, web-based review dashboards so DPs and supervisors do not need to wear HMDs for long sessions, automated nDisplay calibration to compress setup time, and predictive thermal management on Varjo XR-4 headsets to extend comfortable wear. We coordinate with production managers early so tooling decisions do not create friction with IATSE 891 stewards mid-shoot.

Yes. Our virtual production and previs tooling is USD-native and integrates with Autodesk Flow Production Tracking (formerly Shotgun) for review, approval, and notes, Foundry Nuke for compositing handoff, Autodesk Maya and Houdini for asset round-trip, and DaVinci Resolve for colour-managed dailies. We follow the OpenUSD and OpenColorIO standards that ILM Vancouver, DNEG Vancouver, Sony Imageworks Vancouver, and Method Studios rely on, ship in their preferred ACES colour pipelines, and stage rendering and review on Azure Canada West when BC-physical data residency is contracted. Real-time engines (Unreal 5.4, Unity HDRP) export cleanly to those downstream tools, and we provide Python and USD scripting bridges so studio TDs can extend our tooling against existing in-house frameworks.

Most custom AR/VR work qualifies for the federal SR&ED program (35 percent refundable for CCPCs up to the $3M expenditure limit, 15 percent non-refundable above) plus the BC Scientific Research and Experimental Development Tax Credit (10 percent refundable for CCPCs, 10 percent non-refundable above). Screen-eligible virtual production work can layer the BC Production Services Tax Credit (PSTC) and the BC Digital Animation, Visual Effects and Post-Production (DAVE) credit (16 percent on BC labour). Interactive digital media projects layer the BC Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit (17.5 percent on BC labour) when the title is published commercially. We deliver experiment logs, technical narratives, and CRA T661-aligned documentation. Final eligibility sits with your SR&ED consultant, the CRA, and Creative BC.