Gimbal Innovations

Employee size

2-10

Organization type

Privately Held

Headquarters

Mason, OH

Founded

2021

Founded in Cincinnati in 2020 by an aerospace engineer with more than 25 years in aviation, aerospace engineering, and advanced manufacturing, Gimbal Innovations builds high-performance motion platforms for virtual- and augmented-reality systems. Its patented Momentum 1080 flight and motion simulator combines immersive VR with fully untethered, three-axis rotation in a compact platform designed for homes, entertainment venues, and aviation or defense training. The company’s team brings together aerospace engineering, custom control software, and commercial leadership to develop what it calls “Visceral Reality.”

• Access Virtual, LLCVeteran-owned small business Access Virtual, LLC is developing a new kind of flight-training company in Willoughby, Ohio, built around making immersive simulation more practical to transport and use. Its flagship project is a compact, motion-enabled virtual-reality simulator for military and general aviation applications, including instructor-led training.WILLOUGHBY, OH
• Saturn Flight SimulatorSaturn Flight Simulator is developing a patented flight-training simulator built around unrestricted 360-degree yaw, pitch and roll rotation, plus linear heave motion. Based in Hicksville, New York, the company is in the engineering and architecture phase for a prototype intended to reproduce flight paths that conventional simulator designs cannot. Its planned system is configurable from light single-engine aircraft through heavy multi-engine and combat-training applications, with FAA and other agency certification being pursued.
• Yost LabsYost Labs is an Ohio technology company founded by Paul Yost in Portsmouth in 2012, developing patented sensor technologies for real-time motion and position tracking. Its 3-Space™ sensors and proprietary QGRAD™ fusion firmware support applications such as virtual reality, navigation, rehabilitation and robotics, while the company also develops motion-capture systems and custom sensor solutions. Yost Labs maintains an in-house, low-volume circuit-board production line for prototyping and rapid product development.PORTSMOUTH, OH
• 360Rize360Rize, a 360Heros Inc. company, builds and manufactures camera systems and related solutions for virtual-reality, 360-degree video and photography, and augmented-reality work. Its 360Penguin camera can capture up to 6K video and 7K still images, while the company also trains production teams in immersive-video shooting and post-production. The company’s work was featured in the 2015 Guinness Book of World Records after it helped create a high-quality 360-degree video on Mount Everest.OLEAN, NY