Founded as Woodman Labs, Inc, the company eventually focused on the connected sports genre, developing its line of action cameras and, later, video editing software. It is based in San Mateo, California.
The company’s milestones:
2002: The company was founded by Nick Woodman.The ‘GoPro’ name came about as Woodman and his surfing friends all aspired to become professional surfers as ‘going pro’ was the ultimate goal and the only way to be filmed on the water at that time.
2004: The company sold its first camera system, which used 35mm film.
2006: Woodman made the jump to digital in 2006 and released the Digital Hero, GoPro’s first all-digital, video-ready product.
2010: The company jumped to 1080p video with 127° wide angle lenses.
2012: GoPro was responsible for 21.5% of digital camcorder shipments nationwide, up from a 6% market share the year before, according to IDC data.
2014: The company was selling the HERO3+ in editions of different colors. It was capable of filming in 16:9 aspect ratio, supporting 4K UHD video and 12 MP still photographs.
2018: GoPro came out with the HERO7 Black. The model featured the new form of video capturing, “TimeWarp”, providing a high speed effect to the videos. HERO7 also came out with capability to stream live across multiple platforms like Facebook and YouTube .
2020: GoPro released the Hero 9 Black, which saw the reinstatement of the user-replaceable lens and a new front-facing screen.
2023: GoPro Recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a ‘Best Companies to Work For’
According to en.wikipedia; zippia.com. Source of photos: internet
