Compare the Top Free VR Development Platforms as of August 2025

What are Free VR Development Platforms?

Virtual reality (VR) development software, also known as VR SDK (software development kits), are software applications, frameworks, and software development kits that enable developers to create virtual reality and mixed reality applications and VR experiences. Virtual reality development tools provide capabilities such as 3D modeling and object tracking, artificial intelligence, and more. Compare and read user reviews of the best Free VR Development platforms currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.

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    echo3D

    echo3D

    echo3D

    3D digital asset management (DAM) platform for companies to store, secure, optimize, search, and share 3D content in real-time across their organization and beyond. We help over 200,000 users take control over their 3D content - we offer a 3D-first content management system (CMS) and delivery network (CDN), compression and conversion tools, as well as collaboration tools, access permission tools, version control and reporting tools and a library of more than 800k free 3D models. We tackle the unique complexities of 3D content (various file format, fragmentation, interactivity, location-awareness, large file size, higher latency, etc.) by offering an all-in-one 3D warehouse for better workflows across your team and beyond.
    Starting Price: $99 per month
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    360dgrees

    360dgrees

    360dgrees

    Quick and easy, everything you need to launch immersive experiences to engage people as never before. Hotspots are the key components of the interactive layer of 360dgrees.com: The chance to change a static virtual reality experience into an opportunity to get into the action. Hotspots are interactive connecting points in the virtual reality space. Static hotspots provide endless functional possibilities, such as booking seats at a venue by giving the user the chance to explore and choose where they want to sit in virtual reality. An action point moving in a virtual plane, these are moving interactive points in a 3D space. Dynamic hotspots give the ability to create an interactive point on a moving object in a 360 video. With near-infinite applications, Picture in Picture provides a seamless transition between instruction and reaction, consumption and narrative.
    Starting Price: $30 per month
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    Vizard Virtual Reality Software
    COMPREHENSIVE VIRTUAL REALITY SOFTWARE FOR RESEARCHERS Build once, deploy everywhere. The Vizard virtual reality software's universal VR hardware connectivity supports a range of VR headsets, projection systems, 3D displays, motion trackers, eye-trackers, gloves, biofeedback monitors, and more. Capture and output a wide array of precise data in real time based on research requirements. Take advantage of 3D model workflows from 3DS Max, Maya, Revit, Sketchfab, Substance Painter, and many more via glTF, DAE, FBX and more. Leverage the power of Python, the world’s most accessible, popular scripting language. Includes robust open-source community libraries and toolkits for researchers. Achieve versatile rendering including multi-user, clustering, multi-channel abilities, Projection VR, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Windows MR headsets, and more with Vizard virtual reality software
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    Ultraleap Gemini
    Ultraleap’s Hand Tracking Software is what you need to get started with our world-leading hand tracking. It’s the brains of the operation and has everything you need to run your camera module and get tracked hands working for you. All customers developing with Ultraleap hand tracking devices and/or software need a license. The Visualizer will show your tracked hands, as well as the infrared images direct from the camera module. From the control panel you can adjust system settings, modify the interaction area, and access diagnostics. The software runs the camera module and sends hand tracking data to applications that need it. What you need to build applications if you're using the LeapC API. Alternatively use TouchFree, or our Unity or Unreal plugins. Follow our guides for VR Headsets, Touchless Kiosks, or desktop. Run the Visualizer to check your device is working properly. Right-click the Ultraleap icon in the system tray and select the visualizer.
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    StellarX
    Create collaborative Spaces, rich simulations, and visualize the world around you like never before, without code. Collaboration should be simple, straightforward, and effective. StellarX empowers business professionals across industries to better themselves with immersive AI-enabled experiences. Simply drag-and-drop, grab and go, point and click, or set it and forget it. You name it, consider it done—without code. Beginner or not, with powerful drag-and-drop functionalities it’s easy to build immersive Spaces and experiences. Keep it private, invite only, or make it public. Right from the Base Camp portal, you can adjust settings for each of your Spaces. Get started with templates, or build environments from scratch. Bring your world to life with our assets or import your own. Create realms, visualize designs, build learning experiences, or complex multiplayer spaces with our visual scripting tools.
    Starting Price: $18.99 per month
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    Cardboard SDK
    The open-source Cardboard SDK allows you to build immersive cross-platform VR experiences for Android and iOS. With essential VR features such as motion tracking, stereoscopic rendering, and user interaction, you can build entirely new VR experiences or enhance existing apps that support VR. Cardboard SDK provides everything you need to create your own Virtual Reality (VR) experiences for Google Cardboard. It supports essential VR features, such as motion tracking, stereoscopic rendering, and user interaction via the viewer button. With these capabilities, you can build entirely new VR experiences, or enhance existing apps with VR capabilities. You can use the Cardboard SDK to turn a smartphone into a VR platform. A smartphone can display 3D scenes with stereoscopic rendering, track and react to head movements, and interact with apps by detecting when the user presses the viewer button.
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    Ctruh

    Ctruh

    Ctruh Technlogies

    Ctruh Technologies Private Limited is a SAAS (Software as a Service) platform at the forefront of transforming the way we build the metaverse and create digital assets. With their innovative no-code 3D editor, Ctruh empowers individuals and businesses to effortlessly design immersive AR (Augmented Reality) and VR (Virtual Reality) environments. Their user-friendly interface and intuitive tools enable users to unleash their creativity and bring their visions to life without the need for coding expertise. By leveraging Ctruh's no-code editor, users can easily craft virtual worlds, design interactive experiences, and create captivating digital assets.
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