Perspectus

What Perspectus does

Perspectus, Inc. is a privately held virtual reality software company headquartered in Fort Collins, Colorado, founded in 2014 (incorporated as Perspectus, Inc. in 2020) to commercialize a VR platform originally developed as the 'BananaVision' project at Colorado State University by Dr. Tod Clapp. The company's core product, Perspectus VR, is a patented software platform that allows users to upload DICOM medical imaging data (MRI, CT, 4DCT, PET-CT) and volumetric anatomical models and render them as manipulable 3D visualizations in virtual reality, augmented reality, or mixed reality environments. The platform supports up to 100 simultaneous remote users for real-time collaboration and includes a spatial recording feature that enables the creation of customized VR content for training and assessment purposes.

Perspectus serves three primary customer segments: higher education institutions (medical, nursing, dental, veterinary, pharmacy, and chiropractic programs), healthcare providers (hospitals and academic medical centers for patient education and presurgical planning), and commercial pharmaceutical and medical device companies (for sales enablement and physician training). The technology is differentiated by an exclusive worldwide license to the underlying patented rendering IP, validation through multiple peer-reviewed clinical and educational studies, and positioning as a cost-effective alternative to traditional cadaver and simulation labs.

The company operates a sales-led enterprise go-to-market, with direct outreach via a 'Request a Demo' contact form, phone, and email, supported by content marketing, case studies, and strategic university partnerships. Revenue is generated through subscription-based enterprise licensing of the Perspectus VR platform, with deployment ranging from individual user setups to movable remote viewing stations to dedicated VR labs. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. As of the available data, Perspectus reports 1-10 employees, has no disclosed external funding rounds or parent company, and operates across North America with documented research collaborations in Japan and Canada.

Name

Perspectus

Legal name

Perspectus, Inc.

Website

https://perspectustech.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Perspectus is a privately held Fort Collins, Colorado-based software company that sells a patented VR/AR/MR platform for visualizing DICOM medical imaging and anatomical models, serving universities, hospitals, and pharmaceutical and medical device companies with subscription-based enterprise licensing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical VR Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (51321)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare & Clinical Simulation (Surgery, Nursing, EMT, Patient Interaction) (EDAFAJAC)

Keywords

• Medical VR software
• Anatomy education technology
• DICOM visualization platform
• Healthcare VR solutions
• Immersive medical imaging

Headquarters

HQ city

Fort Collins

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Software Platform Subscription: VR software platform licensing for healthcare and educational institutions. Utilizes commercially available VR hardware. Flexible implementation models through individual user setups, movable remote viewing stations or large dedicated VR labs.
2. Enterprise Licensing: Enterprise agreements with universities and healthcare institutions for campus-wide or department-wide deployment of VR technology

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Perspectus provides a patented VR software platform that allows users to upload, volumize, and view patient DICOM scans and anatomical models in three dimensions using virtual reality, augmented reality, or mixed reality. The platform supports remote multi-user collaboration for up to 100 simultaneous users and includes spatial recording for training, evaluations, and assessments. It is sold to higher education institutions, healthcare providers, and commercial users as a cost-effective alternative to cadaver and simulation labs.

Product overview

Perspectus is a single unified platform (Perspectus VR) with multiple deployment options and use-case modules. The core Perspectus VR platform enables 3D visualization of medical imaging data using VR/AR/MR technology. The platform comprises the core Perspectus VR software (originally developed as BananaVision™) along with specialized modules for Higher Education, Healthcare, and Commercial Use sectors. Key features include DICOM rendering, multi-user collaboration (up to 100 simultaneous users), spatial recording, and flexible implementation models ranging from individual setups to dedicated VR labs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• BananaVision: Original name of the Perspectus VR platform, developed at Colorado State University starting in 2014.

Products and services

• Perspectus VR Patented software platform that allows users to upload, volumize, and view patient DICOM scans (MRI, CT, 4DCT, PET-CT) and anatomical models in three dimensions using VR, AR, or MR. Users can grab, segment, move, enlarge, and walk through images. Includes remote multi-user collaboration for up to 100 simultaneous users, voxel imaging for lossless rendering, and spatial recording for customized training content. Sold to universities, healthcare providers, and pharmaceutical/medtech companies through individual setups, movable remote viewing stations, or dedicated VR labs using commercially available VR hardware.

Quantifiable outcome

• 83% of cases - Enhanced surgeon understanding of patient-specific anatomy
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• University of CharlestoncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 September 2022Next generation VR education lab partnership announced September 2022. Collaborative deployment of VR technology for healthcare education.
• Rocky Vista UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 July 2021Launched innovative VR anatomy program July 2021. Expanded program to new Montana campus June 2023. Partnership for campus-wide VR deployment in medical education.
• Colorado State UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Original development partner where Dr. Tod Clapp created BananaVision (2014). CSU built and operates the largest VR Student Education Lab in the world. Ongoing collaboration on research and case studies demonstrating VR effectiveness in anatomy education. Multiple peer-reviewed publications co-authored with CSU researchers.
• CU Anschutz Medical CampuscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPatient education study sponsored by University of Colorado in collaboration with CSU measuring VR benefits with cancer patients. Study showed VR ranked most preferred tool (81%) by patients, patient retention improved from 76% to 96%.
• Hokkaido University Graduate School of MedicinecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch collaboration on VR modeling for presurgical discussions in cerebrovascular neurosurgery. Published in Operative Neurosurgery journal. VR sessions enhanced surgeons' understanding of patient-specific anatomy in 83.3% of cases.
• Toronto General HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative research on VR simulation system for preoperative planning of thoracoscopic thoracic surgery. Published in Journal of Thoracic Disease September 2021.
• UCHealth University of Colorado HospitalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Douglas Holt using Perspectus VR to show cancer patients their tumors in 3D form. Featured in KDVR news coverage.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Osso VR: Osso VR provides VR-based surgical and procedural training for surgeons, medical device reps, and hospital systems. It is a direct competitor to Perspectus' VR/AR surgical training and procedural planning use cases across healthcare institutions.
• Anatomage: Anatomage provides the Anatomage Table, a digital cadaver and 3D anatomy platform widely used in medical and health-sciences education. It competes directly with Perspectus VR for higher-education anatomy budgets.
• BioDigital: BioDigital offers an interactive 3D human body mapping platform used for medical education, training, and patient communication. It is a direct competitor to Perspectus for anatomy visualization and patient-education use cases.
• FundamentalVR: FundamentalVR delivers VR/haptic surgical simulation and benchmarking for medical training. It competes with Perspectus in clinical simulation and shares a similar enterprise sales motion into hospitals and medical schools.
• EchoPixel: EchoPixel provides true 3D interactive visualization of medical imaging data for clinical planning and education. It is comparable to Perspectus' DICOM-to-3D workflow and target buyer (radiologists, surgeons, AMC teams).
• Surgical Theater: Surgical Theater offers VR visualization of patient-specific imaging for surgical planning and patient engagement. It directly overlaps Perspectus' presurgical planning and patient-education workflows and shares medical-center customers.
• ImmersiveTouch: ImmersiveTouch delivers VR-based surgical simulation, training, and planning modules to hospitals and medical schools. It competes with Perspectus in clinical simulation and presurgical planning.
• Visible Body (Elsevier): Visible Body builds interactive 3D anatomy and physiology applications for students, educators, and healthcare professionals. It overlaps with Perspectus' higher-education and health-sciences anatomy modules.

Broad incumbents

• Microsoft (HoloLens / Mixed Reality for Healthcare): Microsoft's HoloLens and Dynamics 365 Mixed Reality offerings provide AR/MR hardware and platform capabilities used for surgical planning, medical training, and remote collaboration. Perspectus runs on commercially available VR/AR/MR hardware including HoloLens-class devices, making Microsoft both a potential ecosystem partner and a competitive threat.
• Dassault Systèmes (Living Heart / MEDIDATA): Dassault Systèmes' 3DEXPERIENCE platform, including the Living Heart project and clinical-trial simulation tools, brings 3D digital-twin capabilities to healthcare and life sciences. It is a broader incumbent overlapping Perspectus' patient-specific 3D modeling and clinical use cases.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/PerspectusVR
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCoBlp8xqQUrbCp204ZuOupQ
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/perspectusinc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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