What does HyperTunnel do?

HyperTunnel builds a mixed-reality digital-twin platform that connects frontline workers with remote experts in defense and industry.

Who founded HyperTunnel?

HyperTunnel was founded by Eduardo Neeter.

Who are HyperTunnel's investors?

HyperTunnel's investors include Techstars.

Where is HyperTunnel headquartered?

HyperTunnel is headquartered in Jersey City, US.

HyperTunnel

Techstars '23

Jersey City, US · 4 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors

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HyperTunnel develops extended reality (XR) solutions for frontline workers in high-stakes industries including aerospace, defense, manufacturing, and logistics. The platform enables workers to visualize complex data, collaborate intuitively, and perform operational tasks with greater precision through spatial computing and digital twin technologies.

Also known as FactualVR · FactualVR, Inc.

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Founders & leadership

Eduardo Neeter Founder & CEOEduardo Neeter founded HyperTunnel, an XR software platform for frontline workers in defense, aerospace, and industrial sectors. He brings over three decades of technology industry experience, including early immersive computing work at ATR Media Integration & Communications in Japan starting in 1996, roles at SRI International spinoffs and Georgia Tech's graphics and visualization lab, executive positions in financial services at Citigroup and CIBC, and multiple successful venture launches. He holds a B.S. in Systems Engineering, completed graduate coursework in Computer Science, and earned an MBA in Management of Technology.

Investors · 1

Techstarslisted by TechstarsBoulder · $220K

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Company profile

researched Sep 2026

HyperTunnel, operating under the corporate name FactualVR, Inc., develops an extended reality (XR) platform for frontline workers in high-stakes environments such as industry, defense and forensic investigation. The product is described as a mixed reality workflow platform for synchronous and asynchronous remote collaboration that maintains a persistent, synchronized digital twin of a worksite accessible at any time from any location. Field teams scan equipment or work areas using consumer devices such as iPhones and iPads to generate a spatially accurate 3D digital twin; remote experts then join that twin in VR to gain situational awareness and deliver guidance within the same spatial context.

The platform is organized around three named modules. HyperCall provides live expert collaboration at the point of work, connecting frontline personnel with remote experts in a shared spatial context for troubleshooting, maintenance and inspection without travel. HyperNote allows experts and technicians to leave persistent spatial notes, annotations, media and documents anchored to the digital workspace for asynchronous use. HyperCoach draws on the operational and spatial data captured by the other modules to deliver real-time, context-aware procedural guidance. The site also describes earlier-framed offerings under the names Distant Presence (synchronous remote assistance), Mind Capture (asynchronous knowledge sharing) and Classroom Builder (a low-code tool for building immersive replicas of worksites for training and simulation), plus Vigilant Coach, a computer vision and machine learning capability intended to act as an on-demand virtual expert that alerts workers when they deviate from a prescribed procedure.

The stated objective of the platform is to reduce reliance on scarce subject matter experts by making expertise accessible live, capturing it spatially so it persists across teams and time, and scaling it through intelligent guidance, with claimed outcomes of faster decision-making, reduced downtime and improved operational readiness.

Founding story

The company was founded as FactualVR, Inc. with the goal of improving justice by providing tools for forensic investigations that replicate and communicate the facts around crime and accident scenes; it later extended the same spatial technology to electric utility training and field support and then to defense.

Business model

The company sells its XR collaboration platform to enterprise and government customers, with the website using a "Book a Demo" enterprise sales motion and gated industry white papers. It has also drawn on non-dilutive government funding, including SBIR grants and contracts from the Department of Energy and the U.S. Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office.

Traction

Government work includes a Department of Energy SBIR Phase I and Phase II grant with deployment alongside a large Mid-Atlantic electric utility, a 2021 CRADA with NAWCAD, and a Sequential SBIR Phase II contract with the U.S. Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office that was subsequently completed. The company was one of six companies selected for the XR topic at the 2025 AFGSC Commercial Capabilities Showcase and advanced to follow-on discussions with Air Force Global Strike Command, and was designated "Awardable" in the SBIR Aisle of the Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace in February 2026. It was selected as one of 40 showcase seed-stage startups at Venture Atlanta 2024 from over 550 applicants and as a finalist for the AWE USA 2025 Startup Pitch Competition. Earlier milestones include a pilot program with JEIS, an invitation to the Microsoft Mixed Reality Partner Program and finalist status in the Singapore Airlines AppChallenge.

Latest developments

In February 2026 HyperTunnel announced it had been designated "Awardable" within the SBIR Aisle of the Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace, a digital acquisition platform led by the Department of War Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office. In August 2025 it announced selection for follow-on discussions with Air Force Global Strike Command after the 2025 AFGSC Commercial Capabilities Showcase, and in May 2025 it announced a strategic collaboration with Holochip Corporation on defense and industrial XR and finalist selection in the AWE USA 2025 Startup Pitch Competition.

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Market position

A small, early-stage XR vendor positioned against traditional 2D remote-collaboration tools, with traction concentrated in U.S. defense and industrial programs. A third-party profile estimates annual revenue in the $1M-$10M range and lists engineering and infrastructure firms such as Arup, AECOM, Jacobs Engineering and Bechtel as comparable companies.

The company positions its product beyond conventional remote assistance by placing expert and frontline worker inside the same spatial context through a persistent digital twin, supporting both live and asynchronous collaboration and preserving spatial knowledge for reuse in training and guidance rather than limiting interaction to 2D video calls. A cited U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command reviewer described its digital twin rendering as an upgrade over widely available assisted-reality capabilities.

Technology

Spatial computing and digital twin technology: worksites are captured in 3D using consumer devices such as iPhones and iPads, rendered as persistent synchronized digital twins that remote experts enter in VR, with AI/ML used to match objects, place interactive 3D models on site and support "human-like" interaction. A computer vision and machine learning component is intended to monitor task execution and flag deviations from prescribed procedures. A third-party profile lists a stack including HTC VIVE, Unity3D, Unreal Engine, MongoDB, HubSpot Analytics, AutoCAD, Figma, Microsoft 365, Drift, Stripe and Adobe Creative Suite. Company researchers co-authored a paper, "SmallTAL: Real-Time Egocentric Online Temporal Action Localization," published in the MIT Press journal Presence: Virtual and Augmented Reality.

Go-to-market

Direct enterprise and government sales supported by demo requests and downloadable industry white papers, combined with federal innovation channels (SBIR contracts, CRADAs, defense showcases and the Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace), accelerator and pitch-event visibility (Georgia Tech ATDC, Creative Destruction Lab, Venture Atlanta, AWE USA), and partnerships such as the collaboration with Holochip Corporation.

Frontline operations teams and their supporting experts in industry, defense and forensic investigation, including aerospace, manufacturing, logistics, electric utilities, and government and military organizations such as U.S. Air Force, Navy and Army commands.

Geography

U.S.-based; company press releases are datelined Atlanta, Georgia, third-party listings place the company in Georgia (Marietta) and in Jersey City, New Jersey, and customers referenced include U.S. federal defense organizations and a Mid-Atlantic electric utility.

History

FactualVR, Inc. (doing business as HyperTunnel) was founded to improve forensic investigation, providing tools to replicate and communicate the facts around crime and accident scenes. It was named one of the winners of the 2018 NIST First Responder Heads-Up Display (HUD) Challenge. The company then expanded into electric utility training and field support, receiving a Department of Energy SBIR Phase I grant in 2018 and later a Phase II grant, working with a large Mid-Atlantic electric utility under that grant. It subsequently entered the defense sector, receiving the 2020 TechConnect Defense Innovation Award, and in 2021 signed a CRADA with the U.S. Navy Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) to collaborate on research and development of the Navy's Augmented Reality Remote Maintenance Support Service (ARRMSS). Later milestones include participation in Georgia Tech's ATDC Accelerate program, completion of the Creative Destruction Lab Compute program, an SBIR Phase II contract with the U.S. Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office and its successful completion, a collaboration with Holochip Corporation, and an "Awardable" designation in the Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace in February 2026.

Risks & controversies

The company is small, with third-party listings reporting roughly 2-10 employees and pre-seed stage, and a significant share of its demonstrated traction comes from non-dilutive government SBIR contracts and grants rather than commercial revenue, creating dependence on federal program renewals.

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Key figures

latest reported

Company stageJan 2026Pre Seed

EmployeesAug 20264 people

Estimated annual revenueAug 2026$1M - $10M

Founded yearJan 20162016

HeadcountAug 20264

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

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Timeline · 17

launches, deals, and filings

Feb 2026

Designated "Awardable" in Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace

HyperTunnel was designated "Awardable" within the SBIR Aisle of the Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace, a digital acquisition platform led by the Department of War Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO).