| Website | TourWrist.com |
| Blog | blog.TourWrist.com |
| @TourWrist | |
| Category | Mobile/Wireless |
| Phone | 813.486.4400 |
| CharlesArmstrong@... | |
| Employees | 12 |
| Founded | 1/10 |
| Description | mobile & web-based virtual tour platform |
| TOTAL | $1.25M |
| FUNDING TOTAL | $1.25M |
| Seed, 12/12 Thayer Ventures General Catalyst Partners Jim Hornthal Robert Alter Brad Ross | $1.25M |
First Apple iOS! Now, Google Android!
TourWrist is the leading platform empowering consumers to shoot, discover and share 360-degree panoramic images via smartphones, tablets and computers.
In 2012, TourWrist won:
DEMO Spring 2012 People’s Choice Award Winner of $1 Million IDG Media Prize
$250,000 The General Catalyst Award for Travel Innovation at The PhoCusWright Conference
TourWrist helps consumers make educated, location-oriented decisions, while previewing immersive panoramas of travel destinations, homes, schools, businesses and entertainment properties using award-winning, patent-pendings, proprietary technology.
San Francisco based TourWrist launched in the first quarter of 2011. {Executive Summary - Deck}
Pop Culture Thought Leader Ryan Seacrest publishes his 360 panos to TourWrist. [See example embedded below]
TourWrist - The YouTube of 360-degree Virtual Tours
TourWrist is aggregating one of the world’s largest collection of geo-located 360-degree panoramic images (virtual tours) into a free and open platform.
Today, consumers can access a rapidly growing collection of over 55,000 virtual tours from around the globe – easily searchable by map, menu and keyword. By providing consumers with easy-to-use shoot and share features from their choice of multiple apps, cameras, and stitching programs, TourWrist will continue to be the go to destination for sharing panoramas – just as YouTube is for video.
TourWrist Media Coverage Includes
TourWrist earns revenue via: licensing the TourWrist technology to OEMs, carriers and app integration (as well as custom apps; and its Freemium business model.
Consumers, photographers and businesses are encouraged to post content for free and then upgrade to paid value-added marketing tools beginning in 1Q13.
How TourWrist Acquires Content
TourWrist works with companies large and small, throughout the panoramic ecosystem. TourWrist acquires virtual tour panoramas in four ways:
TourWrist operates the world’s largest panoramic photography forum, Panoguide, with 6,900+ members._
TourWrist Platform: Mobile
The free TourWrist app for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch is on track for 1 million downloads (7/26/12). TourWrist is the #1 virtual tour-viewing app in the Apple iTunes App Store. The TourWrist iOS app also allows users to shoot and upload images directly from within the app. For Android and Windows 7 devices, TourWrist provides an HTML5 mobile-optimized web app, allowing users to search for, view and share any of the TourWrist massive collection of panoramic images.
TourWrist Specialties
“Ryan, Don’t Drop the Ball (Yet!)” Ryan Seacrest Posts His 360 Panos to TourWrist.
Added: 7/15/12TourWrist Virtual Tours: Shoot and Share 360-Degree Panoramas Free
Added: 3/10/12How to Shoot & Share 360-Degree Panos with your iPhone
Added: 3/10/12TourWrist Founder and CEO Charles Armstrong Demo at DEMO Spring 2012 (Won People’s Choice Award with $1 Million IDG Media Prize)
Added: 5/22/12TourWrist Team
Added: 11/21/12
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