Bigscreen
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Bigscreen is a California-based startup creating an immersive virtual reality telepresence platform that aims to revolutionize the way people work, play, hangout, and collaborate.
Use cases of Bigscreen include both entertainment and productivity. It's used as a virtual living room to watch movies, play videogames, browse the web, and hangout with friends. It's also used for productivity as a tool for remote teams to collaborate together in virtual offices.
The Company's aim is to build useful tools that enable users to use existing content, apps, and games in VR, and to socialize and hangout in a shared VR space with their friends and coworkers.
| Type | Private | |
| Founded | 2014 | |
| HQ | Berkeley, US | Map |
| Website | bigscreenvr.com |
Latest Updates
| Employees (est.) (Sep 2019) | 5 |
Key People/Management at Bigscreen
Darshan Shankar
CEO & Founder
Bigscreen Office Locations
Bigscreen has an office in Berkeley
Berkeley, US (HQ)
Berkeley, CA, USA
Bigscreen Financials and Metrics
Summary Metrics
Founding Date | 2014 |
Bigscreen total Funding | $14 m |
Bigscreen latest funding size | $11 m |
Time since last funding | 2 years ago |
Bigscreen investors | SV Angel, True Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Ludlow Ventures, Presence Capital, David Bettner |
Bigscreen's latest funding round in October 2017 was reported to be $11 m. In total, Bigscreen has raised $14 m
Bigscreen Online and Social Media Presence
5.13k Twitter followers
Bigscreen has 5.13k Twitter Followers. The number of followers has increased 3% month over month and increased 14.9% quarter over quarter
Bigscreen's Trends
Twitter Engagement Stats for @bigscreenvr
1.4k
Tweets
50
Following
5.1k
Followers
86
Tweets last 30 days
5.7
Avg. likes per Tweet
88.4%
Tweets with engagement
Bigscreen News and Updates
July 14, 2019
Social VR platform Bigscreen TV adds 50 free live channels
Bigscreen is first and foremost a destination where users can share their desktop screens with friends. Bigscreen TV takes the service in a new place.
May 02, 2018
New Bigscreen update streams your desktop to the Oculus Go
Oculus says that its new Go headset already boasts support for more than 1,000 titles out of the gate as of today. One of the most interesting of the small subset of those that I’ve taken a look at today has been the latest update for Bigscreen, which brings the previously PC-only VR desktop streami…
March 19, 2018
Bigscreen launches alpha test for Gear VR mobile streaming
Bigscreen is only available on PC VR headsets such as the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Windows VR platform, but that’s all about to change. Starting today, Bigscreen is starting its Alpha Testing signup phase for the Samsung Gear VR mobile version of Bigscreen. The mobile edition of Bigscreen will eve…
February 17, 2018
Bigscreen’s new update adds support for 12 players
It’s time for another Bigscreen update, and this latest edition makes the social VR app even, well, bigger. The Big Room Update, as it’s called, includes some key new features. Perhaps the best addition is support for up to 12 users in three new expanded environments, all based off of pre-existing s…
December 16, 2017
Bigscreen’s ‘Big Rooms’ update shares your desktop with dozens in VR
A new “Big Rooms” update to desktop sharing app Bigscreen will allow a host to share their computer screen with dozens of people in VR. Since it launched in March 2016, Bigscreen offered rooms where up to four people could share their desktops with each other. Some major updates shipped since then, …
October 10, 2017
Bigscreen nabs $11M in funding as it looks to build the perfect virtual movie-watching app
Big screens apparently mean big money. Virtual reality remote desktop app Bigscreen has added $11 million in Series A funding to its pocketbooks as it looks to weather some waning investor interest in VR and build up its technologies while the VR headset market builds itself up. Read More
Bigscreen Blogs
August 21, 2019
Grand opening of the MODERN CINEMA in Bigscreen
Grand opening of the MODERN CINEMA in Bigscreenhttps://medium.com/media/9636cce6a64f9eb15eabf8b235127edb/href2 months ago, we unveiled Bigscreen Home, a modern-themed penthouse, in our massive Bigscreen TV update. Today, we’re excited to show you the Modern Cinema. This brand new environment is desi…
August 13, 2019
Watch The International 2019 DOTA 2 tournament in Bigscreen
On August 20–25th, Valve is hosting The International 2019, the DOTA 2 eSports tournament, in Shanghai, China. With a $32 million prize pool, it is the biggest eSports tournament in the world.Growing up, I played thousands of hours of DOTA. I wasn’t good at the game, but I still enjoyed the exhilara…
July 25, 2019
Watch today’s SpaceX rocket launch LIVE with thousands of SpaceX fans in VR
Two weeks ago, we launched Bigscreen TV, our biggest update ever. It has been wonderful to see our community react so positively to Bigscreen TV.Our most popular channel is 3D Movie Trailers, a 24/7 loop of Disney movie trailers in 3D. It’s an incredible glimpse of our upcoming premium 3D movie nigh…
July 11, 2019
Introducing BIGSCREEN TV: watch movies, news, Twitch, sports, & 50+ channels with friends in VR
Introducing BIGSCREEN TV: watch movies, news, Twitch, sports, and 50+ channels with friends in VRhttps://medium.com/media/0b49457598f7dd760ec1999685be5701/hrefWe’re excited to launch Bigscreen TV today, a new way to watch movies, news, anime, sports, and more in VR with friends.50+ Channels:
Movies…
May 25, 2019
Bigscreen on Quest: our summer roadmap
It’s been exciting to see tens of thousands of new Quest and Rift S users join Bigscreen and hangout in our rooms. I wanted to update everyone on the issues we are working on, and the future roadmap for the next couple months.Today’s Update
Fixed 2 crashes, especially in larger rooms
Added push-to-t…
May 15, 2019
NEW TRAILER: Bigscreen is launching on Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift S on May 21
In the next few weeks, we are excited to launch on several new VR headsets.Bigscreen is an official launch title on the new Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift S headsets, launching on May 21.https://medium.com/media/75c691498e6d62d03e625e1a8ce18597/hrefWhat is Bigscreen?Launched in 2016, Bigscreen is a so…
Bigscreen Frequently Asked Questions
When was Bigscreen founded?
Bigscreen was founded in 2014.
Who are Bigscreen key executives?
Bigscreen's key executives are Darshan Shankar.
How many employees does Bigscreen have?
Bigscreen has 5 employees.
Who are Bigscreen competitors?
Competitors of Bigscreen include SketchUp, Sketchfab and Augmented Pixels.
Where is Bigscreen headquarters?
Bigscreen headquarters is located at Berkeley, CA, USA, Berkeley.
Where are Bigscreen offices?
Bigscreen has an office in Berkeley.
How many offices does Bigscreen have?
Bigscreen has 1 office.
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