An immersive world from SWARMED: Nuts & Bolts

Engineering / Invention / Immersive Technology

Novation Tech LLC

We turn interesting ideas into real things.

Products, prototypes and interactive experiences. Built with software, electronics, mechanical design and a curiosity for what comes next.

01 / Baseball Technology

A new dimension in practice.

Novation works with sister company Zone Performance LLC to demonstrate and provide baseball training technology. The following are Zone Performance LLC products, currently in beta development.

A Zone Performance LLC product

Zone XR

Extended-reality pitch simulation brings pitch movement, strike-zone visualization and training feedback into a player’s real practice space.

A Zone Performance LLC product

Zone IQ

Session summaries and swing-in-context insights designed to help coaches understand training and guide player development.

A Zone Performance LLC product

Fungo

Virtual grounders, liners, pop-ups and decision drills for fielding practice with XR glasses and a controller.

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Fungo: an early outdoor feasibility test. Intended primarily for indoor XR practice.

02 / SWARMED Games

Engineering meets arcade instinct.

SWARMED Games is a Novation Tech LLC venture, exploring immersive worlds and fast, reactive play.

SWARMED: Nuts & Bolts official artwork
Released on Steam

Nuts & Bolts

Rescue passengers, evade hostile robots and survive the chaos on an asteroid. Available in separate VR and non-VR editions.

Developed by Colin Dougherty. Published by Novation Tech LLC.

Prototype

Incursion

A defense battle built around advancing enemy formations, shields and increasingly demanding waves.

Prototype

Pursued

A VR maze-chase project exploring pursuit, power-ups and enemy behaviors inspired by arcade classics.

03 / Novation Projects

Real sports. Spatial experiments.

Four Magic Leap 2 prototypes explore how visual guidance and simulation can become part of the space around a player.

AR prototype / Pool

CueSight

A pool-shot coach that overlays aiming lines, a ghost-ball position and paths to the pocket, including one-rail bank-shot options.

AR prototype / Tennis

Rally

A virtual tennis ball machine with adjustable feeds and a controller racket. Tracks returns across the net and return speed.

AR prototype / Basketball

Swish

A free-throw coaching prototype that overlays a target arc and explores camera-based shot tracking and release feedback.

AR prototype / Bowling

LaneTracer

A bowling tracking prototype designed to display the ball’s path, speed and hook from a bystander’s headset.

04 / About Novation

Built by engineers who enjoy difficult problems.

Our team has designed products for NASA, government and the entertainment industry. Today, Novation brings that experience to product development, immersive systems and experimental technology.

From sports training to interactive worlds, we combine invention with the practical work of making things run.

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