Key Events

1999
EON Reality was founded in 1999. The co-founders, Dan Lejerskar and Mats Johansson had already ten years experience in the field of high-end simulation and Virtual Reality . Based on this experience, they realized that there was a gap in the market. At that time expensive visualization workstations were transitioning to PC and the founders saw an opportunity to address the market for PC-based virtual reality solutions for the commercial and education market. The basic idea was to use VR to improve knowledge transfer capability helping organizations to understand faster, remember longer and decide better.

2000
Initially the founders targeted EON Reality to be a leader in Virtual Reality with practical applications, simulation-based training and marketing/sales solutions. EON Reality quickly became a leading innovator and developer of virtual reality solutions. Within a few years, the company had successfully deployed software solutions on six continents.

2002
In 2002 EON Reality acquired realityBuy, becoming the world's leading interactive 3D solutions provider for business and education based on Virtual Reality technology. realityBuy originated in 1999 as a leader in the development of web 3D application solutions. Combined, EON Reality instantly had an unmatched position in Interactive 3D software and application with hundreds of customers. One of these customers, Office Depot, rolled out a EON-based web 3D furniture application that a record number of 15 million visitors downloaded, the largest commercial web 3D application to date, see Office Depot reference.

2004
In 2004 EON Reality rolled-out, 1000 interactive 3D Configuration point of sales systems to American Suzuki dealers in 50 states, taking home the Kiosk Excellence Award at KioskCom 2004 see Suzuki reference.

2005
In 2005 EON Reality formed the global Interactive Digital Center (IDC) Consortium together with NVIDIA, Hewlett-Packard and Christie Digital idedicated to establishing a de facto standard for real-time visualization solutions worldwide. As a part of the initiative eighteen IDC excellency centers have been established to date with a combined investment exceeding 40 M USD.

2007
In 2007 EON Reality opened its Asia Pacific Headquarters, R&D Center in Singapore with a grant support from Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) and Media Development Authority (MDA).

2010-11
EON Reality took a major step in extending its world leading interactive 3D and VR products by releasing a new product family targeting the emerging volume 3D market and customer centric applications including EON Human, EON Interact, EON Experience, EON Creator, EON IPortal and EON Geo was positioning the company to continue its leadership as the market grows exponentially over the coming years. Today, EON Reality solutions and experience allow organizations to deploy and integrate EON solutions while ensuring successful, ongoing operation with high return on investment and improved performance.