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This prevents the full potential for effective, efficient, and creative collaboration from being realized. Hence, this paper presents an approach that combines different participation settings (off-site, on-site, and online) by using an interactive touch table and an additional screen, as well as virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) devices, and synchronizing them in real-time. To fulfill the collaboration requirements, three major technical aspects are addressed in the concept and prototype implementation: Firstly, the demands for various settings and devices require a uniform and cross-device interaction concept. Secondly, all changes in the course of the participation (e.g., adding, manipulating, or removing objects) must be synchronized across all devices in real-time, with very low latency. Thirdly, the various states should be saved persistently during the collaboration process. 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