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BigScreen

Bigscreen is a social virtual-reality company founded in 2014 by Darshan Shankar. Its flagship Bigscreen app lets people watch movies, mirror their Windows PC desktop, play games, and hang out with friends inside shared virtual rooms across major VR platforms. In 2023 the company shipped the Bigscreen Beyond, an ultra-compact, custom-fit OLED PC-VR headset, followed by the Beyond 2 line. Bigscreen is a consumer VR hardware and software company backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and other investors; it does not currently operate a public developer program or REST API. This profile is maintained in the API Evangelist network as a company record.

BigScreen is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Virtual Reality, VR, Hardware, and Consumer Electronics.

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11.0/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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CompanyVirtual RealityVRHardwareConsumer ElectronicsEntertainmentHeadsetSocial VR

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 11.0/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Bigscreen Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: bigscreen
name: BigScreen
description: Bigscreen is a social virtual-reality company founded in 2014 by Darshan Shankar. Its flagship Bigscreen app
  lets people watch movies, mirror their Windows PC desktop, play games, and hang out with friends inside shared virtual rooms
  across major VR platforms. In 2023 the company shipped the Bigscreen Beyond, an ultra-compact, custom-fit OLED PC-VR headset,
  followed by the Beyond 2 line. Bigscreen is a consumer VR hardware and software company backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
  and other investors; it does not currently operate a public developer program or REST API. This profile is maintained in
  the API Evangelist network as a company record.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bigscreen/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- a16z
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
image: https://www.bigscreenvr.com/android-chrome-512x512.png
tags:
- Company
- Virtual Reality
- VR
- Hardware
- Consumer Electronics
- Entertainment
- Headset
- Social VR
apis: []
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.bigscreenvr.com/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.bigscreenvr.com/privacy
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.bigscreenvr.com/terms
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/bigscreen-domain-security.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence