Cinema Suite is now Transform Interactive!
Cinema Suite was born in 2012, and it’s been a long and memorable journey over the past 8 years. We were born from Javelin Technologies, one of the world’s leading 3D CAD software companies. Back then, we knew that there had to be more we could do with customer’s data, other than just sit on a server. Highly accurate, visual 3D models and designs that are painstakingly developed by engineering teams. We are proud to announce that Cinema Suite is now Transform Interactive!
We started developing in Unity, the same software game developers use to create their experiences. Even back then, we knew that this was the technology we wanted to employ to made this CAD data more interactive. We constructed a RealD 3D movie theatre to showcase this interactive technology (there really was no mainstream VR or AR back then), and started developing. In 2013 Oculus released their first Virtual Reality VR headset, the DK1. Even though it was early days, we were starting to find hardware technologies that were fitting into our new vision.
During our testing, we found Unity to be limited for sequencing animations, and lacked visual quality we were looking for in our productions. We set out and developed an entire suite of products as plug-ins to the Unity engine, which allowed users to sequence and animate their data, and automatically control Unity’s cameras to do so. Because we took a cinematic approach to this development, we wanted to appeal to both industry and entertainment, and the name Cinema Suite was born.
Fast forward to today, and the hardware landscape for interaction has exploded. Mixed and Augmented Reality (XR) has become front and center with many ground breaking devices, such as the Microsoft Hololens, Magic Leap One, Realwear, AR offerings from Lenovo, and more. Google and Apple, as well as PTC with their Vuforia platform, are leading the way with AR democratization. More and more companies are using artificial intelligence as well as IoT (internet of things) to better understand process management and control. Over the past several years, we have continued developing interactive applications and have continued to adapt to these fantastic new devices, that enhance visual interaction for the user and utilize business data as effectively as possible.
Our new name Transform Interactive signifies our belief in the importance of digital transformation. We are passionate about using today’s leading technology to help business and their people, by offering solutions that provide impact in training, simulation, and remote servicing, as well as drive business sales and marketing. We are thrilled to be one of Canada’s first partners offering PTC’s Vuforia AR and ThingWorx IoT products and solutions. Our goal is to be leaders in digital transformation technologies, by providing tools that break the barriers of communication, and immediately impact your bottom line. Our partnership with PTC now allows us to offer solutions that compliment our services offerings, and allow companies to grow a technology plan.
We will be creating a new Twitter and Facebook account, and updating LinkedIn to reflect our changes, and rename our Instagram account to Transform Interactive. Our existing Cinema Suite Twitter and Facebook will remain for our Unity product support and updates. We will also be launching a new YouTube channel, where we will take an episodic approach into digital transformation, and show real world examples on the benefits of visualizing critical business process data.
Want to learn more about Transform Interactive? Please feel free to contact us!
Finally. I want to personally thank every prospect, customer, student, employee, and anyone along the way that has helped us get to where we are today. We couldn’t have done it without you!
Happy Holidays!
Dan Gamsby
dan@transforminteractive.com