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ABOUT US

 

 

Delivering the highest levels of immersion for defense and aerospace 

By truly blending digital and physical worlds into one, Varjo is transforming simulation across industries – saving money, time, resources and even lives along the way.

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who we are

A world leader in mission-ready VR and XR

Varjo was founded in 2016 by experienced product leaders and innovators with a background in developing high-end technology and innovations at Nokia, Microsoft, and NVIDIA. Varjo founders had a vision of seamlessly merging the virtual and real worlds with human-eye resolution virtual and mixed reality.

Today, Varjo is a supergroup made up of 180+ professionals with the passion, skills and vision to do things most people think are impossible. We focus on delivering the world’s most advanced VR/XR technology to demanding industries such as aerospace, defense, maritime, engineering, research, and more. Our technology is deployed in over 120 defense programs worldwide.

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Finland
Vuorikatu 20
00100 Helsinki

USA
901 N Glebe Rd.
Ste. 500
Arlington, VA 22203

Germany
Beta-Straße 10A
85774 Unterföhring
Munich

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A new era of preparedness

Varjo pioneered the world’s highest resolution XR/VR to meet challenges no one else can solve. By putting this once-in-a-generation technology onto the heads of everyone from fighter pilots and military personnel to industrial designers and medical teams, it’s transforming simulation and training and profoundly impacting human performance.

Made for people, teams and nations doing high-stakes work, Varjo offers the highest-fidelity XR/VR and the ability to easily recreate photorealistic real-world digital twins in an end-to-end system that’s made to integrate into your tech stack.

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Awards throughout the years

 

2025

Fast Company – World's Most Innovative Companies

Varjo was named to Fast Company’s list of World’s Most Innovative Companies in the VR/AR category, recognizing our leadership in XR technology for mission-critical and defense applications.

2024

Finnish Security Awards

Varjo won an award in the future category from the Finnish magazine called "Turvallisuus & Riskienhallinta" at the Finnish Security Awards, recognized for driving a safer and better future.

2024

XR Awards finalist

Varjo XR-4 was nominated as a finalist for XR Head Mounted Display of the Year at AIXR's XR Awards.

2024

Auggie Awards Finalist

Varjo was nominated as a finalist for the XR-4 Series headsets in the Best Headworn Device category at Augmented World Expo.

2024

Best of CES (Ubergizmo)

Varjo XR-4 Series was recognized as a winner in Ubergizmo's Best of CES 2024 awards.

2023

Fast Company – World's Most Innovative Companies

Fast Company's annual list is one of the most prestigious innovation rankings in the world, evaluating thousands of companies across all industries. Varjo was named in the VR & AR category.

2022

Auggie Award – Best Headworn Device 

(Augmented World Expo, for Varjo Aero)  
Varjo Aero won the Best Headworn Device category at AWE in Santa Clara, California, competing against manufacturers of smart glasses, head-mounted displays, heads-up displays, and helmets.

2021

Grand One – Winner 

(with 20/20 Helsinki) Varjo won at Finland's biggest digital media competition for the "Highest-performance XR for every workplace" campaign for the XR-3 and VR-3 launch.

2020

One of Finland's 10 Most Promising Startups 

Talouselämä is one of Finland's leading business publications. Each year an expert jury selects the ten most promising Finnish startups pursuing rapid international growth through new innovations and business models. Varjo was named to the list in 2020.

2020

"Outstanding Innovative Product" by MS&T

Selected by the readers of Military Training & Simulation magazine, this award recognizes innovative products that provide enhanced value to military clients. Varjo XR-1 Developer Edition won for its industrial-grade mixed reality with photorealistic visual fidelity, ultra-low latency, and integrated eye tracking.

2020

Grand One – Winner: Best Execution 

(with 20/20 Helsinki)  Grand One is Finland's biggest and most prestigious competition in marketing. Varjo won the Best Execution category for the Varjo VR-1 "Let there be sight" launch campaign, and was also shortlisted for Best Design in the same competition. 

2019

Lumiere Award for Immersive Storytelling 

Organized by the Advanced Imaging Society, the Lumiere Awards recognize distinguished international achievements in the creation of immersive storytelling using advanced visual technologies.

2019

Product of the Year – Helsinki Design Awards 

Organized annually in conjunction with Helsinki Design Week, the Helsinki Design Awards recognize designers, organizations, and innovations that have promoted design during the year.

2019

Auggie Award – "Start-up to Watch"

Auggie Awards are the most recognized AR and VR industry awards globally, hosted annually by the Augmented World Expo. Varjo debuted its prototype mixed reality headset at AWE 2018.

2018

W3 Awards – 2× Gold

(with 20/20 Helsinki) Varjo won two gold awards for our Mixed Reality Real-time Test Shoot in the Innovative & Experimental and Technology & Science online video categories.

2018

Lovie Awards – Bronze

(with 20/20 Helsinki) Varjo won bronze for the same Mixed Reality Real-time Test Shoot in the Internet Video, Technology category.

People of Varjo

How we like to work

Varjo has been lucky to have attracted a supergroup of intelligent professionals from many different backgrounds to our team. We all share the same ambition level of wanting to build the world’s best products, but at the same time, we want to stay humble, maintain a low hierarchy, and focus on solving problems. These values are the guideposts for our everyday work at Varjo:

  • Be kind.

  • Aim for the virtually impossible.

  • Just do it – with style.

  • Have each other’s back.

  • Keep it real.

  • If we are not having fun, we’re doing it wrong.

Interested in joining the team? 

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Varjo Press Kit

See why Varjo is making headlines, get high resolution images taken through the Varjo headset, read our press releases, request an interview and more. It’s all here.

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Latest news and insights

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Counter drone simulation

Government & Defense / June 16, 2026

Varjo expands supply of multi-domain training capabilities to Ukrainian Armed Forces to include C-UAS simulator

Varjo delivers to the Ukrainian Armed Forces an immersive and interoperable XR simulator designed to train soldiers for counter-drone operations.

Government & Defense / April 14, 2026

Varjo and VRAI Announce Strategic Partnership to Bring Data-Driven Insights to Military Training

Varjo and VRAI announced a strategic partnership to transform how militaries train their personnel.

Ukrainian soldiers train with XR

Government & Defense / March 31, 2026

Ukrainian Armed Forces to Advance Virtual Training Capabilities with Varjo

Varjo and Norwegian XR company Fynd Reality are delivering battle tank training to Ukraine to address urgent challenges on the battlefield.

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