Flatventure: Building Shared AR Before the Tools Existed

Nothing We Needed Existed Yet

Co-founder, Technical Lead · Flatventure Ltd · 2015–2017

Co-founded an AR startup in 2015 to build persistent shared augmented reality -- before ARKit, before ARCore, before any of the tools that exist today. Built novel computer vision systems from scratch.

The Problem

Persistent shared AR required spatial tracking, 3D pipelines, multi-user sync -- nothing existed as libraries.

What I Did

Co-founded company, led all technical development, built scanning hardware and marker systems.

What Was Built

• 3D scanning pipeline (5 min turntable-to-device)
• Multi-Kinect interference solution
• Synchronized multi-user AR
• Hand-ported SLAM

Outcome

• Working shared AR platform
• Ended due to market timing (not execution)
• Skills transferred to Soul Machines

Building before tools exist. Same instinct that built this rig later built the Skills Platform.