Wildman

What Wildman does

Wildman Inc. (株式会社ワイルドマン) is a Tokyo-based private technology company founded in 2018 that operates in the metaverse and XR (VR/AR/MR) domain, offering a portfolio of services rather than a single productized platform. Its commercial offering spans four lines: (1) a Digital Archive Service that uses Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive high-resolution cameras combined with proprietary 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) conversion technology to digitize cultural properties and facilities; (2) VR game development leveraging multi-sensory design (visual, auditory, haptic) for immersive titles; (3) PRIAI, a computer vision AI that automatically detects and applies mosaic/blur privacy protection to individuals in video footage; and (4) XR/metaverse consulting and contract development.

The business model is primarily professional services — consulting engagements and commissioned software/hardware development — supplemented by game content development (with prior award-winning titles such as BLAST BUSTER and The Gunner of Dragoon) and digital archiving projects. Target segments include education and tourism organizations (digital preservation of cultural properties), entertainment and gaming companies (VR content), and media/broadcasting operators (PRIAI for privacy compliance). Go-to-market is sales-led and lightweight: a website inquiry form, PR Times press distribution, and organic social engagement. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. Geographic focus is Japan, with team size reported at 1–10 employees despite claimed "over 10 years" of cumulative XR/metaverse development experience.

The company has accumulated modest institutional validation signals — selection into DCAJ's TechBiz2025 program for its 3DGS digital archiving business, membership in NVIDIA's Inception Program, and multiple regional game industry awards (BitSummit, Unity VR EXPO, Mogura VR, CEDEC) between 2014 and 2018. However, there is no disclosed funding, no headcount growth data, no named enterprise customers, and no revenue disclosure, leaving the commercial scale of the business essentially opaque.

Name

Wildman

Legal name

株式会社ワイルドマン

Website

https://wildman.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Wildman Inc. is a Tokyo-based private company (1–10 employees) offering XR/metaverse services including 3D Gaussian Splatting digital archiving for cultural properties, VR game development, PRIAI computer-vision privacy tooling, and XR consulting, primarily serving Japanese education, tourism, entertainment, and media clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

XR/Metaverse Development Services

NAICS

Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services (5192), Nature Parks and Other Similar Institutions (712190), Tour Operators (561520)

SIC

Services-Allied To Motion Picture Production (7819), Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPAHAGAI

Archive Restoration & Digitization (Film/Video/Audio Scanning, Remastering)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Media Technology & Services (Post-Production, VFX, Animation, Streaming Infrastructure)/Media Asset Management & Archiving (MAM/DAM, Preservation)

SECONDARYMPADAMAG

Digital Archiving & Asset Management (MAM/DAM, Cataloging, QC)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Film & Video Production/Distribution/Film & Video Restoration, Archiving & Preservation

SECONDARYTHAAAGAB

Guided Tours & Interpretive Services (Ranger-Led, Naturalist, Cultural Interpretation)

Travel & Hospitality/Adventure, Amusement Parks & Ecotourism/National Parks & Protected Area Visitor Services (Concessions, Guided Access)

Keywords

• Metaverse development
• XR consulting services
• VR game development
• Digital archiving
• Privacy protection AI

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting and Commissioned Development: XR/metaverse business introduction support and software/hardware planning and development consulting services provided by experienced team members with conference speaking and book writing experience
2. Game Content Development: Development of VR games targeting the global market, leveraging international exhibition experience and comprehensive art approach combining visual, auditory, and tactile elements
3. Digital Archiving Services: End-to-end cultural property and facility digitization including high-precision filming, analysis, and viewer provision for education, tourism, and entertainment applications

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Wildman Inc. provides XR/metaverse consulting, digital archiving of cultural properties using Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive cameras combined with 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) conversion, VR game development for global markets, and PRIAI, an AI-driven image processing product that automatically applies privacy protection (mosaic/blur) to individuals in video footage. Services span end-to-end support from high-precision filming and analysis to viewer delivery for education, tourism, and entertainment use cases.

Product overview

株式会社ワイルドマン (Wildman Inc.) is a metaverse exploration company offering a portfolio of XR/metaverse services and products. The core offerings include: (1) a Digital Archive Service using Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive cameras and 3D Gaussian Splatting technology for digitizing cultural properties and facilities; (2) VR Game Development services producing immersive VR experiences; (3) PRIAI, an AI-powered privacy protection product for automated video privacy processing; and (4) XR/Metaverse consulting and contract development services. The company leverages over 10 years of software and hardware development expertise to serve as a guidepost for society in the metaverse domain.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PRIAI: An AI product that automatically applies privacy protection to videos by recognizing individuals and applying mosaic/blur processing, developed by Wildman Inc. members.

Products and services

• Digital Archive Service for Cultural Properties and Facilities

Quantifiable outcome

• Automated mosaic processing reduces manual privacy protection workload
• +1 more outcomes

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 capability2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• NCXXcoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership logo displayed on Wildman Inc. website partners section. Nature of collaboration not explicitly detailed.
• NVIDIA Inception ProgramcoreTechnology or IntegrationPartner logo displayed on website indicating membership in NVIDIA's startup acceleration program for AI and technology companies.
• TechBiz2025 (DCAJ)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWildman's digital archiving business using Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive and 3D Gaussian Splatting technology was adopted into the TechBiz2025 program by DCAJ (Digital Content Association of Japan), supporting education, tourism, and entertainment applications.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Matterport: Matterport provides a 3D capture and digital-twin platform used across real estate, construction, and increasingly heritage/tourism — comparable to Wildman's 3D scanning and archiving service, though with a much broader horizontal scope and SaaS model.
• Spatial: Spatial is a metaverse collaboration platform for 3D/AR/VR meetings and events — comparable to the enterprise metaverse-consulting adjacent to Wildman's service, though more productized and globally distributed.

Regional players

• Varjo: Varjo is a Finnish maker of high-end XR headsets used for industrial, heritage, and simulation applications — comparable to Wildman's high-fidelity VR/immersive capture use cases as a hardware counterpart serving the same enterprise verticals from a European base.

Direct peers

• CyArk: CyArk is a non-profit specializing in 3D digital preservation of cultural heritage sites worldwide — the most directly comparable peer to Wildman's 3DGS-based cultural property digital archive service, addressing the same museums and heritage institutions vertical.
• HIKKY: HIKKY is a Tokyo-based XR/metaverse company that operates the Vket virtual event platform and produces immersive 3D experiences — directly comparable to Wildman as a Japan-headquartered XR studio offering metaverse services and content development to enterprise and consumer clients.
• Psychic VR Lab: Psychic VR Lab operates STYLY, a Japan-built XR content creation and distribution platform, and is one of the closest Japanese comparables to Wildman on the XR/metaverse developer-and-platform side, targeting creative and enterprise users.
• Cluster: Cluster is a Japanese metaverse platform focused on social VR events, corporate use cases, and user-generated content — overlapping with Wildman's metaverse consulting and VR content offering for Japanese enterprises and communities.

Broad incumbents

• Unity Technologies: Unity provides the underlying 3D engine and authoring tools used by Wildman (and many Japanese VR studios) to build immersive experiences — an enabling platform incumbent rather than a direct competitor, but central to the same XR development ecosystem.
• Sony Group: Sony operates PlayStation VR, Sony Pictures, and a broad XR/media stack that overlaps with Wildman's VR game development and immersive content work, but at vastly greater scale and as part of a diversified entertainment conglomerate.
• Bandai Namco Entertainment: Bandai Namco is a major Japanese game publisher with significant VR titles and immersive entertainment IP — relevant as a potential publishing partner or competitor for Wildman's VR game output, and a benchmark for monetizing Japanese VR IP.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/wildman-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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