Jaipur, (Rajasthan) [India]: In a country known for its rapid strides in IT and software, one startup is taking a bold leap into the future of immersive technology. IceShard Games, founded and led by Nishant Latiyal, is emerging as India’s first full-stack Extended Reality (XR) company, building both hardware and platform experiences from the ground up.
In an industry still in its nascent stages in India, IceShard Games stands out as a pioneer. The company is designing and preparing to launch India’s first Mixed Reality (MR) headset, built to offer immersive digital experiences tailored for both consumer and enterprise use cases. The headset is expected to support full spatial awareness, hand tracking, eye tracking, and real-world environmental mapping—bringing a futuristic, yet accessible product to Indian users.
But IceShard’s innovation doesn’t end at hardware.
The company is simultaneously developing a Metaverse-like platform, codenamed Fusion, which blends social interaction, education, entertainment, and creativity into a unified digital ecosystem. This XR-powered platform allows users to create avatars, socialize in virtual worlds, participate in live experiences, attend virtual classes, play immersive games, and even watch anime or stream interactive content—within the same universe.
“We’re building more than a product—we’re building the next paradigm of interaction. IceShard Games is here to position India not just as a consumer, but as a global creator in the XR revolution,” says Nishant Latiyal, the 18-year-old founder and CEO.
What makes IceShard unique is its end-to-end approach. While global tech giants dominate isolated parts of the XR space—hardware, platforms, or content—IceShard is working on all three simultaneously, with a vision to build an ecosystem that is “by India, for the world.”
The startup’s roadmap includes:
- The IceShard MR Headset, with competitive specs and an affordable price point, tailored for the Indian market.
- Fusion, a persistent XR platform offering multiplayer, virtual commerce, content creation, and social networking.
- A cloud-based backend infrastructure, designed to support real-time rendering, voice proximity, user-generated content, and low-latency virtual interaction.
With global attention on the XR space and massive investments being poured into platforms like Apple Vision Pro, Meta Quest, and Microsoft HoloLens, India has remained largely on the sidelines. IceShard Games aims to change that narrative, placing the country at the forefront of the immersive technology revolution.
Its influence is already growing through strategic partnerships, early-stage investor interest, and a growing team of developers, designers, and creators working on the next generation of interaction.
As Nishant Latiyal puts it:
“IceShard Games is not just a startup—it’s a movement. We’re inviting India’s youth, creators, and technologists to build the future together, not watch it happen from afar.”
With the anticipated launch of their MR headset and Fusion platform later this year, IceShard Games is set to become a defining force in the Indian and global XR space.
Learn more at www.iceshardgames.com
