Best Augmented Reality Companies in China
The 89 best Augmented Reality companies in China in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: XREAL.
China's Augmented Reality sector is moving fast enough that tracking 89 companies across it feels like a full-time job. Total disclosed funding across the directory sits at $826M, with Xreal alone pulling $300M of that, followed by HiScene at $109M and Bright Field of Vision at $48M. One unicorn in the mix. Investors like Qualcomm Ventures, Matrix Partners China and Meridian Capital are the names you'll keep seeing. And that funding concentration matters: the top two companies account for nearly half the capital raised across all 89 tracked players.
The macro tailwind is real. The global AR market was valued at roughly $14.7B in 2020 and is forecast to reach $85.5B by 2025 at a 38.1% CAGR, driven by retail adoption, software availability and falling hardware costs. Wearable displays and smart glasses are the hot themes right now, which tracks with Xreal's trajectory. Consolidation is picking up internationally too, as this recent AR acquisition signals. Privacy and security concerns remain the structural friction point worth watching. So if you're sizing up where China fits in the global AR race, the funding momentum here says: very much in it.
- Doug Halsall
Ranked: Best Augmented Reality companies in China
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XREAL 🦄 Provider of augmented reality smart glasses and immersive display technology 84Funding top 14%Market top 21%Tech top 22%Moat top 26% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 14% Markettop 21% Techtop 22% Moattop 26% Talenttop 28% Newstop 36% Producttop 36% Globaltop 37% Growthtop 45% Customersbottom 35% Funding: Raised $300M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 6 yrs (0.8/yr) Market: 400 employees (top 5% of High Tech) · Top-500,000 web property rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 84/100 | $300M | 5 mo ago | Series D | 400 | Kejian Wu Co-founder | Cart FunctionalityShopifyShop Pay+27 | — | 1 launch |
| 2 | HiScene Provider of AR glasses and image recognition solution | $109M | 57 mo ago | Series C | — | Chunyuan Liao Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 3 | Neo Bear Provider of AR-based educational products for kids | $56M | 116 mo ago | Series B | 96 | Neo Xiong Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 4 | Bright Field of Vision Provider of AI-powered smart glasses for multiple purposes 53Funding top 24%Moat top 31%Growth top 35%Product top 36% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 24% Moattop 31% Growthtop 35% Producttop 36% AItop 45% Marketbottom 43% Globalbottom 38% Techbottom 26% Funding: Raised $48.3M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 9 yrs (0.4/yr) Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $48M | 8 mo ago | Series D | 50 | — | GSAPVue.jsjQuery UI+4 | — | 1 award |
| 5 | MAD Gaze Smart glasses for augmented reality | $32M | 76 mo ago | Series A | — | Jordan Cheng Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 6 | RealMax Provider of an AR/VR wireless headset | $31M | 108 mo ago | Series A | 30 | Skyman Steven Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 7 | Raythink AR display system for assisted driving | $31M | 30 mo ago | Series A | 31 | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Qidi Technology Developer of smart glasses for AR and VR applications | $29M | 45 mo ago | Seed | — | Mike Founder | — | — | — |
| 9 | Futurus Designs and manufactures advanced display technology for VR/AR content | $25M | 88 mo ago | Series A | 200 | Junfeng Xu Ceo | — | — | — |
| 10 | Tooth collar Provider of AI and cloud-based diagnosis tools for dentists | $20M | 51 mo ago | Series B | 300 | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Seengene Metaverse development tool | $19M | 94 mo ago | Series A | 40 | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Long Jing Optoelectronic Technology Provider of augmented reality-based near-eye optical modules | $16M | 53 mo ago | Series C | 100 | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Lingxi AR Developer of lenses for AR displays | $16M | 51 mo ago | Series B | — | Michelle Xueyang Fang co-founder and COO | — | — | — |
| 14 | LNGIN Technology Developer of holographic displays | $15M | 48 mo ago | Series A | — | Wan Mei Co-Founder | SubstackSentryNode.js+15 | — | — |
| 15 | Fortsense Provider of 3D face sensing technology for AR/VR and other applications | $14M | 42 mo ago | Series C | 40 | Mo Lianghua Founder | — | 6 patents LiDAR optical scanning and beam‑steering devices using acousto‑optic modulation | — |
| 16 | Beijing Naidejia Display Technology Provider of optical modules for AR smart glasses | $14M | 18 mo ago | Series C | — | Yang Wang Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 17 | 7invensun Provider of eye tracking technology for applications in VR | $14M | 43 mo ago | Series D | 100 | Thomas Huang Co-Founder & CEO | VideoJSMicrosoft ASP.NETTengine+6 | — | — |
| 18 | Banuba Developer of augmented reality software development kits and virtual try-on platform | $12M | 90 mo ago | Series A | 100 | Dmitry Ogievich Co-Founder & CEO | HubSpot CMS HubLazySizesjQuery+19 | 11 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | 7 launchs |
| 19 | Xloong Provider of wearables for sports and industrial purposes | $8M | 105 mo ago | Series A | 60 | Shi Xiaogang Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 20 | Cloudream Products with display and tools to enable virtual trials of fashion products in retail stores | $5M | 132 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | QderoPateo Communications Augmented reality startup | $3M | 187 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | Steve Chao CEO | — | — | — |
| 22 | Blue Hat Interactive Entertainment Technology Provider of AR-based educational games | $3M | 71 mo ago | Public | — | Xiao Chen CEO | — | 7 patents Light‑sensing interactive toys with online‑offline data integration for gaming experiences | — |
| 23 | Imysky AR based social photo sharing app | $2M | 91 mo ago | Deadpooled | 16 | Hurry CEO | — | — | — |
| 24 | Fancy Augmented reality solutions provider | $2M | 117 mo ago | Seed | 45 | — | BootstrapNginxjQuery | — | — |
| 25 | CoolHobo VR-based m-commerce platform for retailers to sell directly to Chinese consumers | $1M | 103 mo ago | Seed | 26 | Huizhu Chen Co-Founder & CMO | — | — | — |
| 26 | Egger robot Interactive AR based projector for K-12 students | $1M | 111 mo ago | Deadpooled | 40 | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | Metaverse Makeovers Virtual trial of glamour products | $750K | 138 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | Thea Mai Baumann Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 28 | 90app TV Game developer | $450K | 115 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | Liu Haoran Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 29 | Clever Robot Labs Platform for creating AR/MR experiences | $120K | 108 mo ago | Seed | — | Cyrus Lum Chief Technical Officer and Co-founder | — | — | — |
| 30 | Syngular Developer of augmented and mixed reality solutions for surgical applications | $117K | 8 mo ago | Seed | — | Louis Sze Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | 2 awards |
Top 12 Augmented Reality companies in China
#1
XREAL 🦄Series D · Haidian, Beijing · founded 2017 · 400 employees$300Mraised▾
Provider of augmented reality smart glasses and immersive display technology. It develops AR glasses and companion systems that enable users to view, interact with, and transform 2D digital content into 3D and spatial environments. It includes AR eyewear, connectivity hubs, and supporting software that allow seamless integration with apps, media, and gaming platforms. These solutions are designed for entertainment, productivity, and extended reality use cases, enabling portable, high-quality immersive viewing experiences across multiple devices and environments.
- Jan 2026Series D$100M
- May 2025Series C$27.7M
- Jan 2024Series C$60M
- May 2023Series B$28.6M
#2
Series D · Chaoyang, Liaoning Sheng · founded 2014 · 50 employees$48.3Mraised▾
Provider of AI-powered smart glasses for multiple purposes. It offers smart glasses enabled with AI and AR that detects temperature and facilitate users to focus on targets, and broadcast mobile phone content. Its features include blast protection, heat dissipation design to protect against high temperature, suitability for various vision conditions, and in-built noise cancellation speakers. It has its use cases in industries like medical, security, power plants, and maintenance.
- Sep 2025Series D—
- Nov 2021Series C$15.6M
- May 2020Series B$7M
- Jun 2018Series B$15.6M
#3
Series C · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2015$13.8Mraised▾
NED+AR develops optical modules for AR smart glasses. Products include freeform optical modules, freeform waveguide optics modules, wide-angle aspherical optical module, reflective optical waveguide module, and Fresnel optical module. Claims to have customers including Google, Meta, Huawei, Lenovo, HiScene.
- Dec 2024Series C$13.8M
- May 2022Series B—
- Jun 2021Series B—
- May 2019Series A—
#4
Series A · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2019 · 31 employees$30.6Mraised▾
AR display system for assisted driving. It designs and manufactures car-mounted AR HUD products and solutions, including AR HUD, LBS imaging modules, and supporting software algorithm applications.
- Nov 2023Series A$14.1M
- Jun 2022Series A$15M
- Jun 2021Series A—
- Oct 2020Seed$1.5M
#5
Seed · Pak Shek Kok, Hong Kong · founded 2021$116.5Kraised▾
Developer of augmented and mixed reality solutions for surgical applications. The company provides tools for pre-operative planning, intraoperative navigation, and post-operative assessment. Their platform converts medical scan data into detailed three-dimensional models. The solutions are being piloted in hospitals for surgeries involving bone tumors and neurosurgery. Future applications are being explored in fields such as ENT, dentistry, plastic surgery, and scoliosis treatment.
- Oct 2025Seed$116.5K
#6
Series C · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2012$109.4Mraised▾
HiScene is an image recognition solution application platform which can be used in new media, e-commerce, video broadcasting, and other fields. Its offerings are HiLeia (real-time communication software for AR glasses); HiAR SDK (to develop AR apps); HiAR Cloud API (API for online recognition); HiAR Portal (visualised backend tool for content management); HiAR UI (UI for smart glass) and, HiAR G100, a smart AR augmented reality glass which features unibody design, Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor, 4GB LPDDR4 + 64GB EMMC memory, Sony 13 Mega Pixels camera and more.
- Sep 2021Series C$41.8M
- Aug 2019Series C$35M
- May 2019Series B$17.7M
- Aug 2017Series B$15M
#7
Seed · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2021$28.8Mraised▾
Developer of smart glasses for AR and VR applications. Its glasses are designed in such a way that it keeps the user's hand free. The smart glasses are based on Vertical Integration Pattern technology and cater to Web 3.0, Metaverse, etc.
- Sep 2022Angel$14.4M
- Sep 2022Angel$14.4M
#8
Series C · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2018 · 40 employees$13.9Mraised▾
Fortsense provides 3D face sensing technology for AR/VR, security monitor, car electronics and other applications. Claims that the 3D face sensing software and hardware solution provides customers with complete solutions to improve the security and interactive experience of face sensing. Clients include Nubia, Meizu, China Mobile and more.
- Dec 2022Series C—
- Sep 2019Series B$13.9M
- Nov 2018Series A—
#9
Series D · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2009 · 100 employees$13.7Mraised▾
Provider of eye-tracking technology for applications in VR. It is focused on machine vision and artificial intelligence technologies. Its offerings are aSee (eye tracker and eye movement analysis software based on VR) and, aGlass (eye tracking module for education, business, and human-computer interaction field). Its offerings have applications in assistive devices, AR/VR, eye tracking analysis/games, psychological research, AI, smart car, and more. Claims, assistive devices powered by eye-controlled nursing software system helps users with physical disabilities, ALS, and other aphasia users to communicate with the outside world. Also, the company provides services such as eye-tracking software design and maintenance, consulting services in the field of eye-tracking solutions, eye control security alarm monitor services, communications by VR/AR, and more.
- Nov 2022Series D$13.7M
- Feb 2018Series C—
- Dec 2014Series A—
#10
Series B · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2017 · 300 employees$20Mraised▾
Yaling Technology focuses on invisible correction, integrating R&D, production, and sales. Products include bracketless digital brackets, invisible orthodontics, and so on.
- Mar 2022Series B—
- Jul 2021Series A$20M
#11
Series A · Hangzhou, Zhejiang · founded 2017$14.9Mraised▾
Developer of holographic displays. It designs and manufactures holographic display systems. It caters to multiple applications.
- Jun 2022Series A$14.9M
#12
Series B · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2009 · 96 employees$56Mraised▾
Provides AR-based educational products for kids. It develops AR-based toys and mobile apps that enable children to learn words and languages. Products include AR-based paintings books, flashcards, magnifying glasses, and more. It also produces a cartoon video series for children.
- Oct 2016Series B$37.1M
- Sep 2015Series A$18.9M
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Augmented Reality coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on AR / VR / Metaverse is moving in China
A read on the academic research around AR / VR / Metaverse — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 4,595 China-affiliated papers.
- Tsinghua University142
- Beihang University135
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University111
- Zhejiang University96
- Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University95
- Virtual reality5→644
- Human–computer interaction3→314
- Augmented reality6→246
- Computer graphics (images)1→106
- Visualization3→91
- Virtual reality11→1385
- Human–computer interaction5→676
- Augmented reality10→378
- Multimedia2→196
- Computer graphics (images)2→134
- Virtual reality6→250
- Human–computer interaction2→136
- Augmented reality1→71
- Multimedia1→30
- Data science1→26
Where ar vr is researched across China
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Who's filing ar vr patents in China
China ar vr patent filing is accelerating — 3,157 filings from 802 assignees (2016–2025), led by BOE Technology Group, Huawei TECH, Tencent TECH Shenzhen; annual filings 45→346.
- BOE Technology Group328
- Huawei TECH257
- Tencent TECH Shenzhen159
- Beijing BOE Optoelectronics TECH155
- Beijing Zitiao Network Technolog131
- Goertek114
- Shenzhen Royole Technologies111
- Goertek Optical TECH99
Common questions
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