8th Wall Secures $2.4 Million

VR and AR startup 8th Wall announced the close of $2.4 million in financing. Six investors contributed to the round: Norwest Venture Partners, Betaworks, SV Angel, Greylock Partners, Third Kind Venture Capital, and VR Fund.

8th Wall is an AR platform that works on all commonly available iOS and Android phones and integrates seamlessly with ARKit and Tango. It aims to bring the best possible AR experience to each user’s device, allowing the same apps to run on iOS or Android, with or without native AR libraries, by using the phone’s camera and inertial sensors.

In its announcement, the company said it is launching XR, a free plug-in for Unity developers to start building and experimenting with augmented reality apps.