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24 alternatives to Facebook Spaces

Facebook's social Virtual Reality platform is here!

Facebook Spaces is a virtual reality social platform that lets users create avatars and interact with friends in immersive digital environments. Launched in 2017, it combines social networking with VR technology… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Facebook Spaces launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Facebook Spaces▲5

   A New Way To Connect With Friends In VR

   2017 · about.fb.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Facebook Horizon▲184

   Facebook's multiplayer VR world

   2019 · meta.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Facebook AR Studio▲383

   Facebook's developer platform for Augmented Reality

   2017 · spark.meta.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Spatial 1.0▲341

   Collaborate with lifelike avatars in VR/AR/Web

   2020 · spatial.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Rooms▲322

   Create a room for whatever you're into (by Facebook)

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Facebook 360 Photos▲333

   Share an immersive view of your world

   2016 · facebook.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   AltspaceVR▲72

   The social platform for virtual reality (pre-launch)

   2014 · microsoft.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Facebook 360 for Gear VR▲118

   Facebook launches it's first dedicated virtual reality app

   2017 · about.fb.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Spaces by Google▲555

   Small group sharing for everything in life

   2016 · workspace.google.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Space▲250

    Clubhouse style social audio for business

    2021 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    ~spaces~▲67

    Spatial social networking

    2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    SpatialChat 3.0▲505

    All-in-one space for collaboration, all-hands and networking

    2022 · spatial.chat · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Canvas by Facebook▲341

    A new space for big ideas on Facebook

    2016 · facebook.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    VR Resources — Facebook Design▲215

    Stories and resources from the VR design team at Facebook.

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Spaces▲112

    Interactive 3D art gallery for the new frontier of Web 3.0

    2020 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Spaces▲8

    Connecting people with family and friends.

    2024 · spacesnet.xyz · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Connect.Club▲328

    Real networking in a virtual world

    2020 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    floors.js▲215

    Hey HN, I'm Vincent. I built floors.js to bring back social interactions on the web. You paste one script tag. Your pages become isometric 3D rooms. Visitors show up as avatars, see each other, and chat in real-time. Three.js handles the isometric rendering, and a Bun WebSocket server manages presence, rooms and chat. The whole thing runs without touching the host site's DOM or styles beyond its own container. It works on any static site and is also optimised for SPA navigation (clicking on a door lets you navigate to another page). The landing page itself is the live demo, and I'm in the…

    Feb 2026 · floorsjs.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Virtuali▲164

    Meet people, create an avatar & experience a virtual world

    2021 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Welcome Spaces▲266

    Collaborative platform for professionals & customers

    2022 · welcomespaces.io · its alternatives →

21. 21
    I built a fun video meeting app with 2D physics and proximity chat▲166

    Hi HN! https://flat.social is a web video meeting app for organising fun online meetings & social events. Each participant can move around and talk with others in their proximity. Here is a quick demo if you wanna see it in action: https://youtu.be/Y2yH3twjrx4 I’ve been on it solo for around a year right now. Tech used is Next.js, Typescript, PIXI.js on the front-end and Node, Mediasoup, Socket.io and Matter.js (physics engine) on the backend. Feel free to jump in into the demo room (https://flat.social/f/Flat.Social-Demo) to say hi, I’ll be…

    2022 · flat.social · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Real Virtual Show 006: Getting Social in Virtual Reality w/ Gunter S. Thompson▲57

    How can virtual reality experiences be social?

    2016 · traffic.libsyn.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Facebook Live API▲225

    Build immersive and interactive live video experiences

    2016 · facebook.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    display.land▲243

    Capture and edit reality

    2019 · get.display.land · its alternatives →

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