Cintoo has introduced Cintoo Workspace, a collaborative application for reviewing high-fidelity digital twins created from 3D scan data. The company said the product is now officially launched and is cloud-connected to the Cintoo platform. Teams can join a real-time session from a desktop, a VR headset or an immersive room.
The launch addresses a familiar mismatch in reality-capture workflows: organizations are collecting more scan data, but the people who need to review it are often in different locations. Cintoo describes current alternatives as unstructured meetings in shared 3D spaces, where participants can lose track of one another, or video calls in which team members passively watch a low-resolution, screen-shared walkthrough. Decisions may then be pushed into later emails, meetings and site visits.
Built for scan data, not only design models
Cintoo said most collaboration tools are organized around design models. Workspace, by contrast, is an Unreal Engine application that works with scan data from terrestrial and mobile scanners, 360 cameras and drones, as well as BIM or CAD models. That allows teams to review the site as it actually is and compare existing conditions with the design.
Guided collaboration
The application’s guided collaboration is intended to mirror how teams move through a site. One person leads the review. Participants can choose to follow the leader while remaining free to explore, and the leader can bring everyone to a specific location when something needs attention. Role indicators, avatars and a radar are included to help users stay oriented.
Shared annotations, measurements and issue features allow decisions to be made inside the digital twin rather than in separate follow-up threads. Cintoo is presenting this structure as a way to make remote reviews more purposeful than simply placing several people in the same 3D space.
“Simply being in the same 3D space isn’t the same as working together,” said Dace Campbell, Cintoo’s Product & Business Manager, XR & Metaverse, according to the announcement. He said teams need the structure of a real site walk, with a leader, opportunities to break off and check details, and a point at which everyone regroups to discuss. Conducting that process in real scan data, on the device each participant prefers, is what Cintoo says makes remote reviews work and can lead to faster, more confident decisions.
The product is aimed at project teams that need to inspect as-built conditions, compare scan data with models and resolve issues without gathering on site. Cintoo’s announcement focuses on the collaboration workflow and device access; it does not provide pricing, customer deployments or independent performance results.