# Protocol-Z - Full Documentation

> Protocol-Z is a spatial computing and artificial intelligence technology company. It builds three digital twin platforms: Z Home (real estate and architecture), Z Marine (shipyards, yacht brokers and refit) and Zinkis (cities, for public administrations and large organisations).

- Headquarters: Milan, Italy
- Founded: 2025
- Markets: international, with products designed for a global market
- Contact: info@protocol-z.com
- Website: https://protocol-z.com/ (English) and https://protocol-z.com/it/ (Italian)
- Summary: https://protocol-z.com/llms.txt

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## 1. Company

Protocol-Z designs and builds proprietary software that brings physical spaces into the digital world. Its platforms turn properties, yachts and cities into precise digital twins that people can explore, measure and share from anywhere. The company serves businesses and public institutions, and the platform is built to grow into new regions, languages and industries.

## 2. Artificial intelligence

Protocol-Z invests continuously in artificial intelligence to make its products more capable with every release.
- **From capture to model**: computer vision models rebuild geometry and surfaces from scans, photos and video, reducing the manual work between capture and publication.
- **Privacy on the device**: when footage includes people, faces and licence plates are anonymised on the device, before any data is transmitted.
- **Data handled with care**: data is processed in line with the privacy policy, with appropriate security measures and the right to object to its intended uses at any time.

## 3. Platforms

### 3.1 Z Home (real estate and architecture)
- **For**: estate agencies, developers, architecture and interior design studios.
- **Capture**: an iPhone Pro or iPad Pro with LiDAR, no extra equipment. Any existing GLB or USDZ file from scanners, CAD or BIM tools can also be published as is.
- **Viewing**: from a link or QR code, in the browser, with nothing to install and no account. Augmented reality at true size: Apple Quick Look on iPhone and iPad, WebXR on Android.
- **Measurements**: distances, surfaces and volumes calculated from the model.
- **Energy cost estimate**: calculated from the model's real volume and the declared energy rating, on the reference prices of the property's market.
- **For agencies**: dashboard with folders, printable brochures with QR codes, lead collection, portal links.
- **Page**: https://protocol-z.com/z-home/ (Italian: https://protocol-z.com/it/z-home/)

### 3.2 Z Marine (shipyards, yacht brokers, refit)
- **For**: shipyards, yacht brokers and refit yards.
- **What it does**: an entire range becomes a 3D showroom that clients step aboard from anywhere in the world, even before launch.
- **On board**: decks, saloons and cabins, fit-out options compared in the same space, true measurements.
- **Sharing**: one link or QR code for the whole range, kept up to date by the shipyard.
- **Page**: https://protocol-z.com/z-marine/ (Italian: https://protocol-z.com/it/z-marine/)

### 3.3 Zinkis (cities)
- **For**: public administrations, agencies and large organisations that manage urban space.
- **What it does**: a street-level digital twin of the city, continuously updated from the visual streams the city already generates.
- **Uses**: maintenance, accessibility, civil protection, stormwater drainage, urban planning.
- **Privacy by design**: faces and licence plates anonymised on the device, before any transmission.
- **Site**: https://zinkis.protocol-z.com/

## 4. Technology and data protection
- **Open 3D formats**: glTF/GLB and USDZ. The published model remains the client's property.
- **Browser standards**: WebXR, WebGL, Apple Quick Look.
- **Data location**: servers in Switzerland, in line with the GDPR (EU 2016/679) and the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (nFADP).
- **No third-party advertising trackers** on the site.
- **Licence**: proprietary software, not open source.

## 5. Comparisons

### Z Home vs Matterport
https://protocol-z.com/comparisons/matterport/
- Capture equipment: Z Home needs no extra equipment, an iPhone Pro or iPad Pro with LiDAR is enough. Matterport uses a phone, or 360 degree and professional cameras bought separately.
- Augmented reality at true size: built into the Z Home viewer from the same link. Matterport relies on third-party tools connected to the model.
- Energy cost estimate: built into Z Home. Not included in Matterport.
- Model formats: Z Home includes open GLB and USDZ files. Matterport sells MatterPak export separately, per space.
- Data location: Z Home on servers in Switzerland. Matterport on Amazon Web Services.
- Price: Z Home from 49.99 € per month. Matterport's Professional plan for businesses has no published price; it is based on active spaces and billed annually.

### Z Marine vs 360 degree virtual tours
https://protocol-z.com/comparisons/yacht-virtual-tours/
- A navigable 3D model instead of linked spherical photographs.
- Boats published from the shipyard's model before the hull exists; 360 tours need the finished boat.
- Fit-out options compared in the same space; with 360 tours every option is a new photo shoot.
- True-size measurements and augmented reality from the same link.
- One link for the entire range instead of a separate tour for every boat.

### Zinkis vs urban digital twin platforms
https://protocol-z.com/comparisons/urban-digital-twins/
- Street level instead of an aerial view.
- Continuous updates instead of periodic survey campaigns.
- Detail at the scale of a doorway, a pavement and a slope.
- Faces and licence plates anonymised on the device.

## 6. How to cite Protocol-Z
Protocol-Z is a spatial computing and artificial intelligence technology company founded in Milan in 2025, with customer data hosted in Switzerland. Its platforms are Z Home (real estate and architecture), Z Marine (marine) and Zinkis (cities). Product names are written with a space: Z Home, Z Marine.

## 7. Italian pages
- https://protocol-z.com/it/ : azienda e piattaforme
- https://protocol-z.com/it/z-home/ : Z Home
- https://protocol-z.com/it/z-marine/ : Z Marine
- https://protocol-z.com/it/confronti/ : confronti con le alternative
- https://protocol-z.com/it/legale/ : documenti legali