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As augmented reality continues its march into the workplace<\/a>, new tools are emerging to integrate collaboration and visualization tools into virtual and augmented reality.<\/p>\n One application, which recently launched on both iOS and Android, is DOTTY<\/a>, which provides three-dimensional visualization tools for augmented reality viewers.<\/p>\n Recently accepted into the Plug and Play [Internet of Things] accelerator<\/a>, Dotty is in talks with companies ranging from Lowes to Panasonic and Macy\u2019s about use cases for its visualization tools for augmented reality platforms.<\/p>\n The company\u2019s first\u00a0big rollout is an integration with TurboSquid<\/a>, the three-dimensional\u00a0image library. \u201cWe are working with TurboSquid to convert their library into AR and VR,\u201d says Dotty co-founder Ajay Shah. \u201cWe can take any platform and convert it into AR. That\u2019s really what\u2019s going to take AR to the next level.\u201d<\/p>\n Dotty began as a 3D printing insole company in the same vein as Sols<\/a>, and was trying to beat that company at its own game. In 2014, the company signed an agreement in Oakley and began its pivot from 3D printing to 3D visualization.<\/p>\n Shah met his co-founders at the University of Wallagong\u00a0in Australia. Wesley McCombe and co-founder Russell Considine were both working on visualization and networking technologies who went on to have careers with Royal Dutch Shell and Itron (respectively). The three came together to work on the 3D printing business to take advantage of the perceived opportunity in the market.<\/p>\n That initial contract was to layer different sunglasses onto scanned images of customers\u2019 faces, scaling the sunglasses to fit in a \u201ctry before you buy\u201d feature. Now, however, the company has much bigger aspirations.<\/p>\n \u201cEvery other augmented reality company talks about it as putting furniture into your home,\u201d says Shah. \u201cWe break things down from complex systems so that the technology can be used for training and teaching on site.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s a market that\u2019s attracted a number of players including Upskill (the former APX Labs<\/a>), and the Israeli company Cimagine (which was bought by Snap last year<\/a>).<\/p>\n On the hardware side, Dotty has sewed up a partnership with Osterhout Design Group<\/a>, the (eye)wearable manufacturer which raised $58 million last year in a deal led by 21st Century Fox.<\/p>\n Shah sees\u00a0uses for his software everywhere there\u2019s a remote workforce or a fella on a factory floor. Or even at places like a magic kingdom.<\/p>\n \u201cAn entertainment company has employees at theme parks who are specialized repair people for when something breaks down,\u201d he says. \u201cYou can build processes and protocols to fix these maintenance issues, and use a lower pay grade (or skilled employee) to do the maintenance on site.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201c3D viewing in augmented reality is a key use case for ODG smartglasses in the enterprise, and DOTTY\u2019s software is helping to push boundaries and offer customers a new way to work in 3D by enabling collaboration in AR from wherever you are located,\u201d said Pete Jameson, ODG COO. \u201cWe are excited to offer DOTTY in our App store and to make innovative hardware-software solutions available to those wanting advanced, collaborative 3D visualization tools on our glasses.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/151130-n-pd526-004.jpg?w=680\")
As augmented reality continues its march into the workplace, new tools are emerging to integrate collaboration and visualization tools into virtual and augmented reality.
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