Avatour

Avatour operates a 360° video collaboration and documentation platform that lets distributed teams participate in on-site meetings without traveling. An on-site host uses a portable, off-the-shelf 360° camera to stream live video or to record walkthroughs; remote participants join from a standard web browser, a VR headset, or an Igloo immersive room, and each viewer independently pans, tilts and zooms within the panoramic scene rather than being limited to a fixed camera field of view. Up to 20 remote participants can join interactively, with an optional Webinar Mode supporting up to 30 non-interactive spectators.

The platform supports three collaboration modes: live 360° video conferencing, synchronous review of pre-recorded content in a shared session, and asynchronous on-demand access to recorded assets. Features include Workspaces for organizing assets and access control, 2D and 360° snapshots, timeline- and location-anchored notes with threaded comments, a patent-pending Spotlight tool that lets remote users highlight areas of interest for the camera operator, a secondary live 2D phone camera feed for close-ups, geospatial/GPS capture, screen and asset sharing, guest point-of-view indicators, and dashboards estimating travel cost, time and CO2 savings. AI capabilities include face blurring for privacy, transcription, topic detection and summaries, and automated pre-filling of inspection checklists and reports from walkthrough assets.

Primary applications are remote inspections, virtual facility and site tours, location-based training, and continuous improvement activities such as Gemba walks and manufacturing line transfers.

Founding story

Devon Copley is a co-founder and Chief Executive of the company.

Business model

Avatour sells access to its cloud platform alongside hardware and service packages; the site lists plans and pricing and offers curated Avatour 360° camera hardware kits, while also supporting customer-owned compatible cameras.

Subscription/service packages combined with 360° camera hardware kits, offered through published plans and pricing.

Traction

Following commercial release in March 2020, Avatour reported enabling thousands of remote site meetings, with demand boosted by COVID-19 travel restrictions, and stated that customers save up to 80 percent on travel costs. Customers named at the time of its 2021 seed round included the FAA, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Kellogg's and Black & Veatch.

Latest developments

Recent product emphasis is on AI-powered inspection reporting, checklists, transcription and summaries, alongside content addressing reshoring, manufacturing line transfers and remote Gemba walks published between December 2025 and February 2026.