Most of them, but not all, and the ones that fell were the headset-first and venture-scale bets. Katmai is active and sold as a photorealistic 3D virtual office in the browser where your team is present as real people on live video, at $25 per user per month with every feature included, no minimum number of users and free guests. Gather, Kumospace, SoWork, Roam, Sococo, WorkAdventure, Flat.social, oVice, Cosmos Video, SpatialChat and Virbela are all still sold. Teamflow still takes signups but has not been developed since its 2023 pivot. Around's domain is parked for sale, Microsoft retired Mesh, Meta's Workrooms page is gone and Spatial moved to games. Every status below comes from the vendor's own site, read in October 2026.
This guide is published by Katmai, which makes virtual office software. Check each vendor's site before you buy; the category moves fast.
Every vendor's status in 2026
|
Product |
Status |
What it is |
Published price |
|
Katmai |
Active, sold |
Photorealistic 3D office with real people on live video, in the browser |
$25 per user per month, every feature included |
|
Gather |
Active; independent and non-venture-backed since February 2026; free plan ended September 15, 2025 |
2D pixel-art avatar office |
Essential $12 per member per month billed annually ($15 billed monthly) |
|
Kumospace |
Active; founders now run Fonzi AI and say Kumospace is still supported |
Avatar office in the browser |
Business $16 per user per month, paid annually, minimum 5; free up to 5 members |
|
SoWork |
Active; made by Sophya, Inc., Boston |
Avatar office in a 2.5D space |
Basic $5.40, Premium $12 per member per month, billed annually; free up to 10 |
|
Roam |
Active; has published a 2027 price of $20.88 |
Map of rooms |
$19.50 per active member per month |
|
Sococo |
Active, still sold |
Floor map of rooms |
$13.49 per seat per month prepaid annually, 10-seat minimum |
|
WorkAdventure |
Active; open source, Paris |
2D pixel-art avatar office |
Free up to 10 users; Business from €8 per user per month |
|
Flat.social |
Active |
2D map with video and audio, for meetings and events |
$6 per seat per month, 10 to 100 seats; free up to 5 at once |
|
oVice |
Active; Nanao, Japan |
Avatar icons on a 2D floor plan |
Entry-S $65 per space per month annual; Business Starter $16 per user per month annual, from 20 users |
|
Cosmos Video |
Active |
Live video tiles on a 2D map |
Free up to 4 online; paid price not shown in the page as served |
|
SpatialChat |
Active; its own site announces it has acquired Teemyco |
Video bubbles on a 2D map |
Business $8 per user per month; free for up to 12 participants |
|
Virbela |
Active; sold by eXp World Holdings to Virbela LLC in November 2024 |
3D avatar campus |
Not published; contact sales |
|
Teamflow |
Still takes signups; pivoted to Lindy in 2023, no development since |
Avatar office |
See teamflowhq.com |
|
Around |
Gone; around.co is parked for sale and Miro lists the app as deprecated |
Was a floating-video call app |
None |
|
Microsoft Mesh |
Retired in December 2025; its replacement, immersive events in Teams, retires April 2, 2027 per Microsoft |
Was 3D avatar meetings in Teams |
None |
|
Horizon Workrooms |
Product page gone; Meta's site says managed services are no longer sold from February 20, 2026 |
Was VR avatar meetings on Quest |
None |
|
Spatial |
Active, but repositioned to 3D games and immersive experiences |
Was a VR meeting app |
See spatial.io |
What the survivors have in common
They run in a browser or on a screen, they charge a published monthly price, and they stayed small enough to keep running. Gather's February 2026 move to independence, with its AI team joining Figma, is the clearest version of the pattern: the product survives as a business rather than as a growth story. Kumospace's founders moved on to Fonzi AI and kept the product supported. SoWork, Roam, Sococo and WorkAdventure never left.
What the casualties have in common
A headset, a platform owner or a pivot. Workrooms and Mesh asked people to put on hardware for a working day and were run by companies for whom a virtual office was a side project. Around was absorbed into Miro and then deprecated. Spatial followed its users to games. Teamflow kept the lights on but moved its people to Lindy. None of these failed because remote teams stopped wanting an office; they failed because the office was never the main business.
What this means for a buyer
Pick a vendor whose only product is the virtual office, and pick one you can get into without a headset. Then pick what you want to see. Every active product above except Katmai, Cosmos Video, Flat.social and SpatialChat shows avatars or a map of rooms. Only Katmai shows real people on live video inside a 3D office, in the browser, with the Katmai team setting up your spaces and adding your users after a demo, at one price of $25 per user per month with every feature included.
FAQ
Is Gather shutting down?
No. In February 2026 Gather became an independent, non-venture-backed business and its AI team joined Figma. It is still sold, with no free plan since September 15, 2025.
Is Kumospace still around?
Yes. Its founders now run Fonzi AI and have said Kumospace is still supported. It is still sold.
Which virtual office products have shut down?
Around is gone: its domain is parked for sale and Miro lists the app as deprecated. Microsoft retired Mesh in December 2025. Meta's Workrooms page is gone and Meta says managed services are no longer sold. Spatial moved to games. Teamflow still runs but has had no development since 2023.
Is Teamflow dead?
Teamflow still takes signups, but it pivoted to Lindy in 2023 and has not been developed since.
Is Katmai still active?
Yes. Katmai is actively sold as a photorealistic 3D office with real people on live video, at $25 per user per month with every feature included, no minimum number of users and free guests.
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