Those engineers chalking up the cloud to be a passing fancy or a platform that's ill-suited for professional-class design tools might want to reconsider. In yet another example of a full-function engineering tool making its way to the latest software delivery model, startup Lagoa has just released a full 3D rendering and collaboration platform, entirely browser-based and running solely in the cloud. Lagoa, which was just awarded a $1.6 million round of seed funding from such companies as 500 Startups, Atlas Venture, Real Ventures, and RHO Ventures, is the brainchild of a trio of partners, including Thiago Costa, the developer of the Logoa MultiPhysics desktop-based physics engine, Arno Zinke, with a Ph.D. in physically based rendering, and Dov Amihod, the company's chief technology officer.
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