UberSense

2014年10月22日

前波士頓初創公司Ubersense為運動員開發了世界上最受歡迎的視頻分析工具之一(最近被Hudl收購)，現在有了一個Android應用程序，以配合其非常成功的iOS版本。在全球50多個國家，有超過250萬名運動員和教練在使用這款應用，現在有了新的平台功能，該應用可能會進一步擴展(如果你想知道，該公司仍在波士頓招聘支持Android組件的員工)。Ubersense的創始人Krishna Ramchandran在接受BostInno采訪時談到了Android的發布，以及為什麼它會帶來這麼多獨特的挑戰，他的團隊必須克服。Ramchandran說:“所以我們很長一段時間以來一直想開發Android係統，但實現Android的一個重要因素是技術。”他指的是慢動作技術，這使得這款應用在眾多運動項目的分析技術中非常有價值。Ubersense的一個獨特之處在於它在利用慢動作功能時的用戶友好性。Ramchandran指出:“iOS應用真正擅長的是視頻分析和慢動作。“同步視頻，以慢動作回放，讓教練或運動員分析技術，觀察精確的技術。在很長一段時間內，Android平台都不可能實現這樣的功能。”這是一個明顯的漏洞，尤其是對Ubersense來說，他們的應用非常依賴這樣的技術。為了彌補這一點，Ramchandran的團隊開始了一個雄心勃勃的項目:從頭開始創造他們自己的Android技術。 Ramchandran highlighted Saurabh Agrawal, who was crucial in engineering the custom Android video component, and also lead product designed Kevin Chang, who created the app's interface (making it work across a plethora of Android devices). "We finally went almost eight months just grinding away on video on Android, and just understanding all the measurements of what it takes to deliver slow motion video," Ramchandran said. "The team here has been working day and night on it. " The result is now an app that looks as quality on Android as it has on the successful iOS version. And it's right on time. Ubersense has compiled a waiting list of 35,000 customers, all waiting for the day when they would not be held back from using the app simply because they didn't use iPhone. Launching the Android app also comes right as news breaks about the company's new partnership with Topgolf U, a newly-launched program from Topgolf. Ubersense will provide the video component of the instructional golf program, which utilizes PGA-certified coaches around the world. Now equipped with an Android app, Ubersense is that much more capable in their Topgolf partnership. Images via Ubersense