The GoPro name still retains significant value. The release of Hero (2018) also put GoPro solidly into the consumer part of the Action Camera market. As a product it was a good short-term move as a low cost way of both introducing a new low end product, bypassing many of the Hero 5 Black software reliability problems and minimizing the needed amount of customer support. This is a camera with the same BOM and a smaller MSPR as the Hero 5 Black. GoPro in March created the Hero (2018) out of the Hero 5 Black with a reduced feature set. The closing of Kolor signals that GoPro is unlikely to invest more in the Fusion 360 technology. The 360-camera market has been exploding with innovative 360 technology that has not been matched with GoPro support for the Fusion 360 camera. The Fusion entered the market with incomplete and delayed software support. Fusion was described in reviews as good 360 imaging and less than favorable reviews software support. When it was introduced into the market almost exactly a year ago. GoPro’s response to Fusion when questioned in the last few months has generally been a weak response, “Fusion is doing fine”įusion was a late entry into the 360-camera market. GoPro was unable to to leverage the significant base of software and experience to fully develop a 360 product. Kolor had developed mature closely related software technology. GoPro owned Kolor when Fusion was developed. The Fusion post processing is just too slow and too complex to get significant market share in the 360 market place. In my opinion Fusion is just too far behind the 360-camera technology to last. The GoPro Fusion may well become the next casualty. GoPro has focused without giving a lot of detail the importance of Hero 7 to this season’s offerings. What does this mean? GoPro is expected to release of the Hero 7 lineup of new cameras around the end of September. ForgeJS an open source project source project sponsored by GoPro will continue to be managed-by-community in open-source format.Fusion-related plugins and VR player available with the Fusion Studio bundle and can be downloaded from GoPro.Kolor products will no longer be maintained or supported.Kolor products, the documentation and the Kolor user support forum will remain accessible in read-only mode for the immediate future. Download of customer-licensed software will be accessible on line.GoPro customer support is listed as providing limited access and download support. Existing Kolor customers will have limited online support to access licenses keys and software activation.As of September 14, 2018, Kolor products will no longer be for sale from.The key points of the notes on the Kolor website are: GoPro stock closed Friday at $6.21 down 0.19 for the day. The Kolor acquisition was part of the software technology that GoPro owned to develop support for Fusion. Kolor website posted a statement on its website that as of SeptemKolor products will no longer be for sale from Kolor. The GoPro ( NASDAQ: GPRO) spiral continues.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |