Google-backed virtual reality technology developer High Fidelity has attracted funding from new and existing investors and has now raised $15.9m in total.

High Fidelity, a US-based developer of deployable virtual worlds previously backed by internet company Google’s corporate venturing arm Google Ventures, secured $11m in series B funding on Thursday.

Investment firm Vulcan Capital led the round, with the other investors undisclosed, though High Fidelity did reveal that they include a mix of new and existing backers.

High Fidelity was founded in 2013 by Philip Rosedale, the inventor of virtual reality online community Second Life. Its open-source platform, which is still in…