Nothing We Needed Existed Yet

Flatventure: Building Shared AR Before the Tools Existed

Flatventure Ltd · 2015–2017

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240 Expo scans

Hand-ported to Android SLAM

Recorded and edited by me.

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.

Problem Space

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 I Built

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

Adoption

240 scans at Armageddon Expo, rig donated to University of Auckland.

Outcome

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

Why This Matters

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

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