Cintoo has launched Cintoo Workspace, an application that lets project teams meet and make decisions together inside high-fidelity digital twins streamed directly from 3D scan data. Participants can join a real-time session from a desktop, a VR headset or an immersive room, while built-in guided collaboration is intended to give virtual reviews the structure of a real site walk.
The review gap Cintoo is targeting
Cintoo describes a mismatch between how much reality data organizations capture and how easily that data can be reviewed. Sites are being scanned in ever greater volume, but the people who need to inspect the results are rarely in one place. Existing approaches include unstructured meetings in shared 3D spaces, where participants risk losing track of one another, and video calls in which the group passively watches a single low-resolution, screen-shared walkthrough. Decisions then move into follow-up emails, meetings and costly site visits.
Built on scan data, not only design models
Most collaboration tools, Cintoo notes, are built around design models. Cintoo Workspace is an Unreal Engine application cloud-connected to the Cintoo platform. It works on scan data captured by terrestrial scanners, mobile scanners, 360 cameras and drones, alongside BIM or CAD models. The company says this lets teams review the site as it really is and compare it with how it was designed.
Guided sessions modelled on a site walk
The guided collaboration mode is intended to mirror how teams work on site:
- One person guides the review while participants choose to follow the leader and remain free to explore on their own.
- The leader can gather everyone at one specific location when something needs attention.
- Role indicators, avatars and a radar keep participants oriented.
- Shared annotations, measurements and issue features are used to make decisions inside the digital twin.
Because sessions run on scan data rather than only on design models, they are aimed at reviews in which the captured condition of a site matters, such as checking scanned geometry against the intended design or flagging issues where they are found. Cintoo presents the guided format as an alternative to ad hoc shared 3D meetings and to single-screen walkthroughs.
Company view
Dace Campbell, Cintoo's Product & Business Manager for XR & Metaverse, said that sharing a 3D space does not by itself amount to working together. In his view, teams need the structure of a site walk — one person leading, others breaking off to check details, and the group regrouping to discuss — and doing so in real scan data, on the device each participant prefers, is what makes remote reviews effective and supports faster, more confident decisions.