RAUM vs TrueMetaverse

RAUM is a VR-first, no-code spatial collaboration platform for business teams, using avatars, spatial audio, and 3D tools. It supports meetings, workshops, training, onboarding, brainstorming, product reviews, and virtual events, with persistent rooms, guest access, role-based controls, and capacity for 100 participants. The download page lists Meta Quest 2, Quest Pro, Quest 3, Quest 3S, PICO 4, PICO Neo 3, Apple Vision Pro, and Windows PC VR. Participants without headsets can join the same worlds in a browser, but browser access is part of a paid plan. Native Apple betas are available through TestFlight for iPhone, iPad, and macOS. The free PC Spectator Cam captures sessions for recordings, live streams, or a second screen. Professional Plus costs €99 a month billed annually, or 150€/Month when billed monthly; Business Plus costs €599 a month billed annually, or 899€/Month when billed monthly. RAUM says it is hosted in Germany and GDPR-compliant.

TrueMetaverse is a free, MIT-licensed, self-hosted realtime 2D world for studying, meetings, presentations, games, and shared online time. Users create or join pixel-art spaces with realtime presence, grid movement, collision-aware maps, and short room codes. Five maps are included, along with a server-controlled Hide & Seek mode for 3–12 players per room. Shared activities use LiveKit audio and video rooms, screen sharing, and a synchronized Excalidraw whiteboard controlled by its creator. Study sessions provide persistent timers and daily, weekly, monthly, and all-time leaderboards. The product runs in a browser, with keyboard controls on desktop and joystick and zoom controls on touch devices. Docker deployment can place the frontend, APIs, realtime server, database, media services, TLS, and TURN on one VPS. The README describes JWT authentication, salted scrypt password hashing, per-IP failed-login limits, and server-side validation. Restarting the single WebSocket process clears room, whiteboard, and active game state.