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Coming out of stealth today, Fantasmo wants to let any developer contribute to and draw from a sub-centimeter accuracy map for robot
navigation or anchoring AR experiences.Fantasmo plans to launch a free Camera Positioning Standard (CPS) that developers can use to collect
and organize 3D mapping data
The startup will charge for commercial access and premium features in its TerraOS, an open-sourced operating system that helps property
funding led by TenOneTen Ventures, Fantasmo is now accepting developers and property owners to its private beta.Directly competing with
The prospect gets scarier when you imagine everyone wearing camera-equipped AR glasses in the future
Ryan Measel first had the spark for Fantasmo as best friends at Drexel University
Measel finished his PhD, the pair started Fantasmo Studios to build augmented reality games like Trash Collectors From Space, which they
took through the Techstars accelerator in 2015
But while building the infrastructure tools to power the game, they realized there was a much bigger opportunity to build the underlying
Fantasmo now collects geo-referenced photos, scans them for identifying features like walls and objects, and imports them into its point
investment from top-tier VCs like Kleiner Perkins and First Round.Google is the biggest threat, though
With its industry-leading traditional Google Maps, experience with indoor mapping through Tango, new VPS initiative and near limitless
The startup sees a path to victory through interoperability and privacy
Fantasmo wants to empower property owners to oversee that data and decide what happens to it
