CrowdOptic
{{Short description|San Francisco-based medical technology company}}
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{{Infobox company
| logo = CrowdOptic Logo.jpeg
| name = CrowdOptic, Inc.
| type = Private company
| foundation = 2011
| location = San Francisco, United States
| num_employees =
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = Jon Fisher{{Cite web|date=2020-08-12|title=Our Health In Mind: CEOs Jon Fisher and Doug Hampers, M.D. Share Game-Changing Vision for Medtech and Training|url=https://ceoworld.biz/2020/08/12/our-health-in-mind-ceos-jon-fisher-and-doug-hampers-m-d-share-game-changing-vision-for-medtech-and-training/|access-date=2020-08-12|website=CEOWORLD magazine|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Spencer|first=Jennifer|date=2020-03-23|title=3 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Maintain Balance|url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/347388|access-date=2020-08-12|website=Entrepreneur|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Rossow|first=Andrew|date=2020-07-29|title=With Physician Deficit Forecast, Medical Field to Turn to National Bioskills Labs, CrowdOptic Partnership|url=https://www.medicaldaily.com/predicted-physician-shortage-2032-medical-industry-about-upgrade-national-455325|access-date=2020-08-12|website=Medical Daily|language=en}}
(CEO)
| industry = Software, Medical technology, Computer hardware
| products = Software, Mobile technology, Medical technology
| homepage = [http://www.crowdoptic.com/ www.crowdoptic.com]
}}
CrowdOptic, Inc. (known as CrowdOptic) is a privately held San Francisco-based medical technology company founded in 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.agencypost.com/tech-profile-crowdoptic/ |title=Tech Profile: CrowdOptic |date=August 16, 2012 |author=Jami Oetting |publisher=The Agency Post |access-date=May 12, 2013}}{{cite web |url=https://venturebeat.com/2010/11/17/crowdoptic-launch/ |title=Looking for perfect event pic? CrowdOptic says: Look no further |date=November 17, 2011 |author=Riley McDermid |publisher=Venture Beat |access-date=June 1, 2013}}{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deborah-stambler/bold-vision-jon-fisher-of_b_3105543.html |title=Bold Vision: Jon Fisher of CrowdOptic |date=April 18, 2013 |author=Deborah Stambler |work=The Huffington Post |access-date=April 20, 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.thestreet.com/story/11889539/1/crowdoptic-and-lbma-announce-research-partnership-to-advance-focus-aware-mobility.html?cm_ven_int=morefrombox |title=CrowdOptic And LBMA Announce Research Partnership To Advance Focus-Aware Mobility |date=April 8, 2013 |publisher=The Street |access-date=May 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107165531/http://www.thestreet.com/story/11889539/1/crowdoptic-and-lbma-announce-research-partnership-to-advance-focus-aware-mobility.html?cm_ven_int=morefrombox |archive-date=January 7, 2014 |url-status=dead }} CrowdOptic, led by CEO Jon Fisher, developed augmented reality technology and triangulation algorithms used in medicine, sports, and government that gathers and analyzes data from smart devices based on where they are pointed to identify areas of interest.{{cite news |url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/04/12/crowdoptic-500k |title=Mobile Social Startup CrowdOptic Raises Another $500K, Plans Consumer Launch |date=April 12, 2012 |work=TechCrunch |access-date=June 1, 2013}}{{cite web |url=https://venturebeat.com/2012/12/08/how-crowdoptics-big-data-technology-reveals-the-worlds-most-popular-photo-objects |title=How Crowdoptic's big data technology reveals the world's most popular photo objects |date=December 8, 2012 |author=Matt Marshall |publisher=Venture Beat |access-date=June 1, 2013}} As of 2016, CrowdOptic remains the only patented solution for wearables like Google Glass and Sony SmartEyeGlass.{{cite web | url = http://9to5google.com/2015/03/24/5-groups-important-things-with-google-glass/ | title = 5 Groups Doing Important Things with Google Glass | date = 24 March 2015 | publisher = 9 to 5 Google | access-date = 25 March 2015}}
History
CrowdOptic was founded in 2011 by Jon Fisher, Jeff Broderick, Doug Van Blaricom, and Alex Malinovsky. The company analyzes data from mobile devices to identify hot spot activity and connects Google Glass footage to live video feeds.{{cite web|url=http://securityledger.com/2013/10/beyond-likes-crowdoptic-uses-google-glass-to-map-your-focus/|title=Beyond 'Likes': CrowdOptic Uses Google Glass To Map Your Focus|date=4 October 2013 |publisher=The Security Ledger|access-date=22 Jan 2014}} The technology is in use by professional sports, medicine, and government including for emergency response, fire and public-safety workers.{{cite web|url= https://www.cnbc.com/2014/07/18/google-glass-partners-google-glass-hops-into-business-with-tech-partners.html | title=Google Glass hops into business with tech partners |author=Jane Wells|work =CNBC|date=2014-07-18|access-date=2014-07-22}}
CrowdOptic's investors include Silicon Valley Bank, John Elway, Eric Yuan, and Ronnie Lott.{{cite web | url = https://www.crowdoptic.com/investors | publisher = CrowdOptic | title = Representative Investors
| access-date = 20 September 2020}} The company has raised $5 million in funding.
In 2015, the company was named one of the most well-established of the 10 Glass for Work partners.{{cite web | url = http://9to5google.com/2015/07/07/google-glass-for-work-partner-crowdoptic-in-acquisition-talks-w-fortune-500-firm/ | title = Google Glass for Work partner CrowdOptic in acquisition talks w/ Fortune 500 firm| date = 7 July 2015|publisher = Google 9 to 5 | access-date = 4 January 2016}} In July 2015, 9to5Google announced that the CrowdOptic was in acquisition talks with a Fortune 500 firm.
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.{{cite web | url = http://9to5google.com/2016/03/14/crowdoptic-eye-hardware-glass-at-work-partners-seemingly-dying/ | title = CrowdOptic launches its own hardware as other Glass at Work partners seemingly dying | date = 14 March 2016 | publisher = Google 9 to 5| access-date = 6 April 2016}}
In October 2016, CrowdOptic launched Field App through the Google Play Store to "triangulate on a point of interest and broadcast its GPS location to a command center with live-video verification."{{cite web | url = http://tech.co/crowdoptic-field-app-catch-bad-guys-2016-10 | title = CrowdOptic Field App Uses Augmented Reality to Catch Bad Guys
| publisher = Tech.Co | access-date = 3 November 2016}} The application uses a cloud-based system, GPS, compass and live video and smart sensor data to coordinate emergency responders, firemen and police.
In August 2017, the Houston Chronicle reported that Hewlett Packard Enterprise and CrowdOptic reached a deal to combine CrowdOptic's augmented reality platform and triangulation algorithms and Hewlett Packard servers in its internet of things lab in Houston, Texas.{{cite news | url = http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/technology/article/Houston-lab-working-to-connect-the-internet-s-11818866.php | title = Houston Lab Working to Connect the Internet's Many Dots | newspaper = Houston Chronicle | access-date = 15 August 2017}}
Applications
The company is a founding certified Google Glass partner with its technology also in use by Sony, Vuzix, and Microsoft.{{cite web | url = http://sandhill.com/article/ever-wonder-what-happened-to-google-glass/ | title = Ever Wonder What Happened to Google GLass? | date = 17 November 2015 | publisher = Sand Hill | access-date = 16 September 2016}} CrowdOptic develops algorithms which let smartphones and wearables live-stream from locations such as hospital operating rooms or sports stadiums.{{cite news | url = https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/01/15/tony-fadell-takes-the-reins-of-google-glass-program/21817911/ | title = Nest founder Tony Fadell to oversee Google Glass 2.0 | newspaper =USA Today | author = della Cava, Marco | date = 21 January 2015 | access-date = 12 February 2015 }}{{cite news | url = http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-google-glass-business-20150115-story.html | title = Google to end explorer program for Glass, realign wearable business | newspaper =Los Angeles Times | author = Panzar, Javier | date = 15 January 2015 | access-date = 12 February 2015 }}{{Cite web | url = http://www.techtimes.com/articles/27087/20150117/google-will-stop-selling-glass-to-consumers-after-january-19-cheaper-better-version-coming.htm | title = Google Will Stop Selling Glass to Consumers After Jan. 19: Cheaper, Better Version Coming | publisher = Tech Times | author = Mamiit, Aaron | date = 17 January 2015 | access-date = 12 February 2015}}
=Sports=
In 2014, CrowdOptic partnered with the Sacramento Kings to develop an alternative view of basketball games using Google Glass.{{cite news|url=http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/01/sacramento-kings-wear-google-glass-onto-the-court/|title=Sacramento Kings wear Google Glass onto the court|newspaper=USA Today|access-date=22 Jan 2014}}{{cite news|title=At Google, Bid to Put Its Glasses to Work|newspaper=The New York Times|author=Claire Cain Miller|date=7 April 2013|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/google-begins-a-push-to-take-glass-to-work.html?_r=0|access-date=12 April 2014}} The company broadcast Google Glass video footage from the perspective of players and cheerleaders on the Jumbotron and mobile devices.{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/sacramento-kings-close-personal-google-glass/story?id=21577663|title=Sacramento Kings Get Up Close and Personal With Google Glass|work=ABC News|access-date=22 Jan 2014}} This technology was also implemented during warm-ups by the Stanford basketball team.{{cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2013/10/27/better-view-than-courtside-stanford-basketball-players-don-google-glass/|title=Better view than courtside: Stanford basketball players don Google Glass|date=27 October 2013 |publisher=Venture Beat|access-date=22 Jan 2014}}
The company also partnered with the Indiana Pacers to use the technology. The footage was broadcast from the video feeds of team employees wearing Google Glass.{{cite web | url=http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/tag/sports-technology/ | title=Google Glass hits the basketball court | publisher=CNN Money | work=Fortune | author=Craig, Elise | date=March 26, 2014 | access-date=March 30, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330172143/http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/tag/sports-technology/ | archive-date=March 30, 2014 | url-status=dead }} CrowdOptic has agreements with the Philadelphia Eagles, and Sony for SmartEyeGlass to use the technology.
In August 2014, CrowdOptic partnered with NASCAR's International Speedway Corporation to broadcast live racing and behind-the-scenes footage from Google Glass.{{cite web | url = http://glassalmanac.com/crowdoptic-partners-international-speedway-corp-bring-glass-powered-footage-nascar-fans/5557/ | title = CrowdOptic Partners with International Speedway Corp. to Bring Glass-powered Footage to NASCAR Fans | author = MacGregor, Blair | work = Glass Almanac | date = 22 August 2014 | access-date = 28 August 2014}}{{cite web|url =http://www.marketwatch.com/story/international-speedway-corporation-selects-crowdoptic-software-to-power-live-google-glass-broadcasting-at-racing-events-2014-08-20 |title=International Speedway Corporation Selects CrowdOptic Software to Power Live Google Glass Broadcasting at Racing Events|publisher=MarketWatch|date=20 August 2014|access-date =9 November 2014}}
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.{{ cite web | url = http://www.wareable.com/sport/super-bowl-2016-50-wearable-tech-in-the-nfl | title = Super Bowl 50: How wearable tech is changing the NFL| date = 6 February 2016|publisher = Wearable | access-date = 6 April 2016}}{{cite news | url = http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_29421205/broncos-use-technology-deepen-fan-support | title = Broncos use technology to deepen fan support | newspaper = Denver Post | access-date = 6 April 2016}}
=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.{{cite web| title=CrowdOptic and UCSF Testing Wearable Technology to Enhance Physician Training and Patient Care| publisher=MarketWatch|url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/crowdoptic-and-ucsf-testing-wearable-technology-to-enhance-physician-training-and-patient-care-2014-06-05| date=2014-06-05}} The company announced in July 2014 that ProTransport-1, a California-based medical transport provider, would install Google Glass in its ambulances.{{cite web |
url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/crowdoptic-signs-software-deal-with-protransport-1-to-install-google-glass-in-ambulances-2014-07-17 |title=CrowdOptic Signs Software Deal With ProTransport-1 to Install Google Glass in Ambulances |publisher=Market Watch |date=17 July 2014
|access-date=4 September 2014}}{{cite web | url = http://glassalmanac.com/crowdoptic-signs-software-deal-protransport-1-install-google-glass-ambulances/5054/ | title = CrowdOptic Signs Software Deal With ProTransport-1 to Install Google Glass in Ambulances | publisher = Glass Almanac | date = 18 July 2014 | access-date = 18 September 2014 | author = Schwartz, Don}} 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.{{cite web |title=Google, CrowdOptic Training Surgeons at Stanford Medical School|publisher=Tele Health News Network|url=http://www.physiciansnewsnetwork.com/telehealth/article_edc7b6c2-22eb-11e4-b746-0017a43b2370.html|date=2014-08-13}} In 2017 the company debuted a live-streaming platform for medical practitioner training at National Bioskills Laboratories in San Francisco.{{cite web | url = https://aithority.com/robots/autonomous-vehicles/drones/crowdoptic-debuts-live-stream-platform-national-bioskills-laboratories-announces-drone-integration-hewlett-packard-enterprise/ | publisher = AIthority | title = CrowdOptic Debuts Live Stream Platform at National Bioskills Laboratories, Announces Drone Integration with Hewlett Packard Enterprise | date = 10 November 2017 | access-date = 24 July 2020}}
=Government=
CrowdOptic's technology has been deployed with NASA to enhance the launch and landing of a lunar lander and provide live streaming for incident response.{{cite web | url = http://sservi.nasa.gov/articles/crowdoptic-enhance-launch-and-tracking-lunar-lander/ | publisher = NASA | title = CrowdOptic Enhances Launch and Tracking of Lunar Lander | access-date = 16 September 2016}}{{cite web | url = http://www.pasadenanow.com/main/pasadena-company-markets-live-streaming-helmet-cam-for-fire-police-first-responders/#.V9xR1fkrLIU | title = Pasadena Company Markets Live Streaming Helmet Cam for Fire, Police and First Responders | publisher = Pasadena Now | access-date = 16 September 2016}} In 2016, the company paired with Solford Industries to market a low-bandwidth live-streaming device integrated with a conventional firefighter helmet in use by fire departments, police and first responders in both the United States and China.{{cite web | url = http://www.businessinsider.com/an-obsession-with-oracle-made-this-founder-rich-and-now-hes-invented-a-way-to-look-through-walls-2016-7 | title = An Obsession with Oracle Made this Founder Rich and Now He's Invented a Way to Look Through Walls| website = Business Insider | access-date = 16 September 2016}}{{ cite web | url = http://www.mobihealthnews.com/content/ucsf-doctors-use-google-glass-cisco-jabber-collaboration | title = UCSF Doctors use Google Glass, Cisco Jabber Collaboration| date = 2 May 2016| publisher = Mobihealth News | access-date = 16 September 2016}} In September 2016 CrowdOptic also deployed augmented reality for United States Special Operations Command for field personnel to report to central command about specific targets including the GPS location and a live stream of the target using CrowdOptic's triangulation algorithms.{{cite web | url = https://www.pddnet.com/news/2016/09/theres-app-mobile-app-connects-specialops-central-command | title = There's an App for That: Mobile App Connects SpecialOps with Central Command | publisher = PDD Net | access-date = 16 September 2016}}
In November 2016, CrowdOptic combined its augmented reality technology and algorithms with Portland-based SicDrone unmanned aerial vehicles and Suspect Technology's facial recognition technologies to enable emergency responders and law enforcement with state-of-the-art surveillance and identification technology.{{cite web | url = https://www.vice.com/en/article/emergency-workers-now-have-access-to-military-grade-drones/ | title = Emergency Workers now have Access to Military Grade Drones| date = 4 November 2016| publisher = Vice Magazine | access-date = 5 November 2016}} Vice Magazine reported that the drones "fly fast, record faces in real time, recognize patterns in traffic and pinpoint people who are in the middle of an emergency."
=Advertising=
CrowdOptic joined with cosmetic company L'Oreal to market its products at the Luminato festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. L'Oreal's virtual art exhibit generated analytics that showed where people were aiming their phones.{{cite magazine | url = http://www.adweek.com/prnewser/the-key-to-successful-event-activations/123941 | title = The Key to Successful Event Activations | magazine = AdWeek | access-date = 25 January 2017}}
See also
References
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Further reading
- [http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000303511 CNBC: "Google glass partner, CrowdOptic, gives sports fans a sideline view"]
- [http://451research.com/report-short?entityId=83432 "Wearable tech startup CrowdOptic ready for takeoff" by Ryan Martin]
External links
- [http://www.crowdoptic.com/ Official Website]
- [http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000303511 CNBC on CrowdOptic's use in professional sports]
- [http://dsmsports.net/2015/03/10/episode-40-jim-kovach-on-how-crowdoptics-tech-is-revolutionizing-sports-broadcasts-business-more/ How CrowdOptic's Tech is Revolutionizing Sports Broadcasts, Business, & More]
Category:Software companies established in 2011
Category:Companies based in San Francisco
Category:Technology companies of the United States
Category:Social information processing
Category:Augmented reality applications
Category:Defunct software companies of the United States