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Release Date: July 14, 2026 Platforms: Web Authoring, Remote Assist Analytics Portal, HoloLens, iPad, Teams App

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A major platform release

This is a major release across the entire Altoura Frontline platform, with significant new capabilities and improvements spanning Web Authoring, the Remote Assist Analytics Portal, HoloLens, iPad, the Teams App, and enterprise deployment.

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Highlights

  • Customer Tenant Deployment — Deploy the complete Frontline solution, including applications and Azure resources such as storage, directly into your own Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) tenant and Azure environment.
  • Procedure Analytics — Track how procedures are used and executed.
  • Remote Expert Analytics — Gain insight into Remote Expert sessions.
  • Voice Commands — Navigate procedures hands-free with context-aware voice controls on HoloLens.
  • In-HMD Authoring — Place and attach 3D models directly to procedure steps from within HoloLens.
  • Edit Object — Reposition, adjust, and update 3D objects across the platform, in both Procedures and Remote Assist.
  • Procedure Import — Import procedures from Dataverse and procedure packages.
  • Remote Expert enhancements — Screen sharing, GLB sharing, improved drawing and annotations, arrow rotation, a built-in PDF viewer, and broader collaboration improvements.
  • Completely redesigned iPad experience — New UI, an improved QR system, and support for the latest Frontline capabilities where applicable.
  • Platform improvements — Better QR tracking, 3D model scaling, lighting, drawing accuracy, and overall stability.
Important migration notice. With this release, procedure data storage has moved from Azure Blob Storage to Azure Cosmos DB. As a result:
  • Procedures created in previous versions are not currently compatible with the new storage format.
  • Please create new procedures using the latest version of Frontline.
Known issue — 3D object import scale. 3D objects that were exported without meters as the unit of measurement may import at an oversized scale, which can cause display and interaction issues. We’re actively working on this, and a patch will follow shortly. In the meantime, we recommend exporting models using meters as the unit of measurement.

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Customer Tenant Deployment

You can now deploy the complete Altoura Frontline platform into your own Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) tenant and Azure environment — including application services, storage, and supporting cloud resources. What this gives you:
  • Customer-managed Microsoft Entra ID authentication
  • Customer-owned application registrations
  • Customer-managed Azure resources and storage
  • Enterprise-grade security and governance
  • Stronger alignment with your IT, compliance, and data residency requirements
This deployment model is supported across the full platform: Web Authoring, Remote Assist Analytics Portal, HoloLens, iPad, and the Teams App.

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Web Authoring

New
  • Procedure Analytics
  • Package Import
Improvements
  • General bug fixes and stability improvements

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Remote Assist Analytics Portal

New
  • One-time passcode (OTP) login support for non-Author users
  • Remote Expert Analytics dashboard

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HoloLens

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Voice Commands

Hands-free voice controls to keep you moving through a procedure without touching the interface. Context-aware selection — Gaze at a button or control and say “Select” to activate it. Global voice commands: Follow Me panels — Toggle between Follow Mode and Pinned Mode. In Follow Mode, panels stay comfortably within your view as you move. Auto-facing panels — Panels automatically turn to face you while moving, improving readability and reducing manual repositioning.

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Procedure Import

  • Dataverse import
  • Package import

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In-HMD Authoring

  • Place and attach 3D models directly to procedure steps from within HoloLens

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Interactive objects

  • Pick up, manipulate, and inspect objects during procedure execution
  • A translucent placeholder remains at the original location to assist with assembly and disassembly workflows

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Remote Expert

  • Screen sharing support

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Improvements

QR tracking & alignment
  • Improved QR tracking accuracy and stability
  • Enhanced alignment precision
  • Automatically adjusts to the size of the detected QR code
  • More consistent placement across sessions
3D models
  • Imported GLB models now retain their original scale
Lighting & visual quality
  • Improved lighting and reflections for more realistic visuals
Drawing & annotation
  • Improved arrow placement accuracy
  • Arrow rotation while placing annotations
  • Arrow color customization
  • Improved drawing responsiveness and annotation accuracy
  • Improved drawing so strokes render completely, without missing segments
PDF viewer
  • Built-in PDF viewer with improved rendering and document interaction
Active speaker focus
  • Improved active speaker detection in multi-participant sessions
Backend
  • Moved procedure data storage to Azure Cosmos DB for improved reliability and scalability
Stability
  • General bug fixes and performance improvements across Procedures, Remote Expert, and Authoring

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Deprecated

  • URL sharing in Remote Expert has been deprecated

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iPad

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Complete UI redesign

  • The application has been rebuilt with a completely new user interface

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Improved QR system

  • Redesigned QR detection and alignment for improved accuracy
  • LiDAR-enabled iPads automatically determine QR size for improved placement accuracy

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Feature support

  • Added support for the latest HoloLens features where applicable

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Remote Expert

  • Share GLB models during Remote Expert sessions
  • Built-in PDF viewer

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Improvements

  • Improved drawing accuracy
  • Improved arrow placement
  • Arrow rotation support
  • General UI, performance, and stability improvements

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Teams App

New
  • Multi-tenant authentication
  • Arrow rotation support for annotations
Improvements
  • Security enhancements
  • UI improvements
  • General bug fixes and stability improvements