CrowdOptic, Inc.

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CrowdOptic, Inc.
Private company
Industry Software
Founded 2011
Headquarters San Francisco, USA
Key people
 Jon Fisher, CEO
Products Software, Mobile technology
Website CrowdOptic.com

CrowdOptic is a privately held company founded in 2011 by Jon Fisher, Jeff Broderick, Doug Van Blaricom and Alex Malinovsky.[1][2] Jon Fisher is the CEO of the San Francisco-based company.[3][4] CrowdOptic is best known for their mobile technology that gathers and analyzes data from smartphone cameras, based on where they are pointed, to identify areas of high interest.[5][6] As of March 2016, CrowdOptic remains the only patented solution for wearables like Google Glass and Sony SmartEyeGlass.[7]

History

CrowdOptic was founded in 2011 by Jon Fisher, Jeff Broderick, Doug Van Blaricom and Alex Malinovsky.[1][2] The company analyzes data from mobile devices to identify hot spot activity and connects Google Glass footage to live video feeds.[8][9] The technology was first marketed at professional sporting events and is being developed for public safety workers.[10]

CrowdOptic's investors include John Elway and Ronnie Lott. The company has raised $5 million in funding.[10]

In 2015, the company was named one of the most well-established of the 10 current Glass for Work partners.[11] In July 2015, 9 To 5 Google announced that the CrowdOptic was in acquisition talks with a Fortune 500 firm.[11]

In 2016 CrowdOptic released its first in-house developed hardware product, the CrowdOptic Eye, a device that streams video through the company’s video streaming stack with the push of one button.[12]

Google Glass applications

The company is a founding certified Google Glass partner.[10] CrowdOptic develops algorithms, which let Google Glass live-stream from locations such as hospital operating rooms or sports stadiums.[13][14][15]

Sports

In 2014, CrowdOptic partnered with the Sacramento Kings to develop an alternative view of basketball games using Google Glass.[16][17] The company broadcast Google Glass video footage from the perspective of players and cheerleaders on the Jumbotron and mobile devices.[18] This technology was also implemented during warm-ups by the Stanford basketball team.[8]

The company also partnered with the Indiana Pacers to use the technology.[17] The footage was broadcast from the video feeds of team employees wearing Google Glass.[19] CrowdOptic has agreements with the Philadelphia Eagles, and Sony for SmartEyeGlass to use the technology.[10]

In August 2014, CrowdOptic partnered with NASCAR's International Speedway Corporation to broadcast live racing and behind-the-scenes footage from Google Glass.[20][21]

In 2016, CrowdOptic deployed with the Denver Broncos at the AFC Championship game in Denver, Colorado and at the Super Bowl 50 at Levi's Stadium in the San Francisco Bay Area.[22][23]

Medicine

In June 2014, CrowdOptic announced a partnership with the University of California, San Francisco to stream procedures by UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery faculty.[24] The company announced in July 2014 that ProTransport-1, a California-based medical transport provider, would install Google Glass in its ambulances.[25][26] Google Glass uses CrowdOptic's software to send a live video feed from an ambulance to a destination hospital.

CrowdOptic also partnered with Stanford University Medical School. The software is used to live stream surgeries to doctors and medical students wearing Google Glass. The data from the live stream is owned by Stanford University.[27]

See also

References

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