Immersed CEO Renji Bijoy Discusses the ‘Next Device After Smartphones’ in Thrilling Barchart Interview: Here’s Why Investors Are Paying Attention

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The future of computing isn’t going to live inside a laptop screen.

That was one of the central themes discussed during Barchart’s recent interview with Immersed CEO Renji Bijoy, who detailed the company’s evolution from the #1 productivity app in the Meta ecosystem into a full-scale Spatial Computing hardware company developing what it believes could become the next major computing platform: Visor.

Throughout the interview, Bijoy outlined how Immersed’s journey began with software, but increasingly expanded into hardware as the company identified what it believes is a major shift underway in both artificial intelligence and human-computer interaction.

From Productivity App to Spatial Computing Platform

Immersed originally gained traction by solving a surprisingly practical problem: giving remote workers, developers, and professionals a more immersive workspace inside virtual reality.

The platform allows users to create massive virtual multi-monitor setups within VR and AR environments, eliminating the physical limitations of desk space while enabling deeply focused work sessions.

What began as a niche productivity tool has since become one of the most widely adopted work-focused applications in the AR/VR ecosystem.

Today, Immersed has:

• Over 1.5 million users on the platform
• Users who have collectively spent the equivalent of 2,000 years working inside Immersed
• The #1 productivity app in the Meta Quest Store
• The most-used AR/VR productivity application globally
• The #1 spatial computing platform for real-world work

Some users now spend up to 60 hours per week working inside Immersed’s virtual environments.

That level of engagement helped convince the company that spatial computing was evolving beyond gaming and entertainment into something much larger: the next major computing platform. 

Why Immersed Pivoted Toward Hardware

One of the more important moments in the interview came when Bijoy discussed why Immersed decided to build its own headset.

Initially, the company focused entirely on software distributed through ecosystems like Meta and Apple. But over time, leadership began to recognize a strategic challenge facing many software companies in the AI era.

Bijoy explained that software alone may become increasingly commoditized as artificial intelligence rapidly accelerates development capabilities and lowers barriers to entry.

Hardware, however, remains significantly harder to replicate. 

That realization became a major catalyst behind Visor: Immersed’s lightweight spatial computing headset designed specifically for productivity and AI-native workflows.

In the interview, Bijoy described Visor as a long-term moat for the company in a world where software advantages may erode faster than they once did.

The company believes owning both the hardware and software stack could become increasingly valuable as AI transforms how people interact with computers. 
Bijoy also highlighted the importance of owning the platform vs building off someone else's platform. Apple’s app store, for example, makes all the rules for its platform and charges a hefty 30% tax. Owning that next platform gives a company like Immersed all the leverage. 

Visor’s Design Philosophy: Solving the “Public Wearability” Problem

Bijoy also addressed what he sees as one of the biggest barriers preventing mass adoption of current mixed reality devices: aesthetics.

While products like Apple Vision Pro demonstrated the technical possibilities of spatial computing, many consumers viewed them as bulky, heavy, and impractical for everyday public use.

Immersed designed Visor with the opposite approach.

According to Bijoy, the headset was intentionally built to look sleek, lightweight, and socially wearable, closer to a thick pair of glasses than a large VR headset.

The company says Visor is 70% lighter than Apple Vision Pro while still delivering approximately 2 million more pixels.

That balance between performance and wearability is central to Immersed’s broader vision of integrating computing seamlessly into daily life rather than creating something users only wear occasionally at home.

AI, Context, and the Future of Computing

The interview also explored how AI may fundamentally reshape user interfaces.

Bijoy argued that the current paradigm of manually typing endless prompts into AI systems may not represent the final form of artificial intelligence interaction.

Instead, he believes future computing systems will become increasingly contextual and ambient.

In Immersed’s vision, wearable devices like Visor could continuously observe and understand a user’s digital environment, workflows, meetings, and tasks, allowing AI assistants to proactively provide guidance, automation, and insights in real time.

Rather than repeatedly explaining context to an AI chatbot, users may eventually rely on spatial computing devices that already understand what they are working on.

That intersection between AI and wearable computing is becoming a major focus for the company as it positions itself within the broader spatial computing market.

Ongoing Regulation A Raise

The timing of the interview is particularly relevant as Immersed continues its active Regulation A offering. Regulation A offerings have increasingly become a popular route for growth-stage technology companies seeking to expand access to private investment opportunities beyond traditional venture capital circles. It’s a unique approach that blends capital raising with giving a company's supporters, those who made them a success, the ability to invest and own a stake in the upside. True to their immense traction, Immersed has raised $30 million from over 7,000 investors. 

For Immersed, the raise comes during a period where spatial computing, wearable AI, and mixed reality continue attracting substantial industry attention from both investors and major technology firms.

As companies race to define what the next computing platform may look like after smartphones, Immersed is positioning itself at the intersection of AI, productivity, and wearable hardware.

And if Bijoy’s vision proves correct, the future of work may eventually move far beyond the traditional laptop screen.
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