ROYAL OAK ? 3D visualization software provider RTT USA has joined Aguru Images, a provider of innovative image capturing devices, in a strategic partnership that will enhance development of 3D photo images.

The partnership will allow RTT to combine its expertise in material visualization with Aguru?s proficiency in the capture and measurement of surface geometry and the reflectance properties of a material. This will complement RTT?s proprietary 3D design and visualization software package, RTT DeltaGen, by further increasing the quality of its material visualization and simultaneously speeding up the process. The combination will offer a unique package to better serve clients in both print and film, and across many industries including automotive, apparel and furniture design, the company said

?RTT is thrilled to partner with Aguru to offer our clients an exceptional design package that will streamline our services,? said Peter Stevenson, COO of RTT USA.

Aguru Images Founder and COO Saul Orbach said partnering with RTT gives Aguru the opportunity to directly visualize material measurements in realtime with unsurpassed efficiency in the development process.

?As a result, our combined offering will make it quicker and easier for anyone doing product development, design or marketing to more accurately and vividly show their work, while helping customers reduce the time and cost of design projects, which is critical in today?s economy,? Orbach said.

RTT clients include Adidas, Audi, Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Lexus, Toyota and Volkswagen. The company has offices in Pasadena, Calif. and Royal Oak. Its parent company, Realtime Technology AG, was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany. It has offices in Stuttgart, Hamburg, Paris, Brussels, Milan, Melbourne, Seoul and Tokyo. The company employs more than 330 people worldwide.

Aguru Images was founded in 2007 to commercialize and market innovative image capture devices developed at and licensed from USC?s Institute for Creative Technologies and NYU?s Courant Institute. The company?s advanced capture technologies reduce the time, cost and complexity required to develop photo-real computer generated recreations of people and objects for use in film, game, animation, multimedia and design industries. Aguru Images has offices in Los Angeles, CA, with a satellite office in Rockville, Maryland.

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