From the very beginning of the development
emphasis was put to have expert know-how in all fields in an
interdiciplinary team. For instance industrial designers took a very
active role right from start. SpaceCat has been designed by Michael
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Competence
Axiglaze has competence in a wide range of areas including
Inductive Spring 3D-technology, input device ergonomics, human
computer interaction and CG software development.
The technology that eventually became the Inductive Spring
3D-technology was developed by a cross-disciplinary team at the Swiss
Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. The team was lead by Martin
Sundin, PhD, who is founder of Axiglaze.
A first
prototype (1 MB) was built and an initial patent claim was filed
in 1996. Three years later, in 1999, a prototype called
SpaceCat (6MB) was awarded
the prestigious innovation cup award "Technologiestandort Schweiz". In
August 2001, the base patent was approved.
In May 2001, the Swedish Venture capital firm Centrecourt AB invested
in Axiglaze AB. The target was to create a 6DOF tool for desktop
motion capture called the
quCat (9MB). A 0-serie of
devices has been produced. Due to lack of capital in autumn 2001 this
strategy had to be put on ice. Currently Axiglaze primarily works on a
licencing strategy.
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