Cintoo has launched Cintoo Workspace, a collaborative environment for project teams to meet and make decisions 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. The application includes guided collaboration intended to give virtual reviews the structure of a site walk.
The launch addresses a practical mismatch described by Cintoo: organizations are capturing more reality data, but the teams that need to review it are rarely in the same place. Existing options include unstructured meetings in shared 3D spaces, where participants can lose track of one another, and video calls in which the group watches one person’s low-resolution, screen-shared walkthrough. Decisions may then move into follow-up emails, meetings and costly site visits.
Scan data, not only design models
Cintoo says most collaboration tools are built around design models. Cintoo Workspace is an Unreal Engine application cloud-connected to the Cintoo platform. It works with scan data captured by terrestrial and mobile scanners, 360 cameras and drones, alongside BIM or CAD models. That allows teams to review the site as it actually is and compare existing conditions with the design.
Guided review with room to explore
The guided collaboration model is intended to mirror how teams work on site. One person leads the review. Participants can opt in to follow the leader while remaining free to explore the digital twin. When something needs attention, the leader can gather everyone at a specific location. Role indicators, avatars and a radar are provided to help keep participants oriented. Shared annotations, measurements and issue features allow decisions to be made inside the digital twin.
Company positions structure as the differentiator
Dace Campbell, Cintoo’s Product & Business Manager, XR & Metaverse, said that simply being in the same 3D space is not the same as working together. According to Campbell, teams need the structure of a real site walk: someone leads, people can break off to check details, and everyone regroups to discuss. Campbell said doing this in real scan data, using each participant’s preferred device, is what makes remote reviews work and can enable quicker, more confident decisions.
The product therefore combines reality-capture data, multi-device access and a chaired review workflow. Cintoo’s announcement presents these as a way to reduce dependence on passive screen sharing and subsequent site visits. The company’s claims about faster and more confident decisions are its own positioning; the announcement does not provide independent performance data or customer results.