The virtual reality (VR) industry is changing so rapidly that any study published this week, will be outdated the next. From the cameras and software that create VR environments to the headsets that we view them on, the world of VR can be confusing to industry experts and newcomers alike.

In an industry that is still in a research & development phase, it’s a jumble of big names and new players laying the foundation for the future of VR. Piper Jaffray calls the current state of virtual reality “similar to the state of mobile phones 15 years ago” and that it “will likely take a decade” to truly hit “mainstream”.

Just as mobile transformed the ways we communicate, socialize, work and live, VR is a step further into this paradigm. This flowchart is intended to provide a birds-eye-view of the companies at the heart of this revolution:

This link makes the flowchart interactive, so all companies and sources are clickable.

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