Visioglobe was founded in late 2007 by Philippe Poutignat and Eric Bernard after successfully winning the national competition of French R&D twice and following an incubation path in partnership with the National Institute of Computing and Automatic Control Engineering (INRIA) laboratory.
Visioglobe is a software company whose ambition is to revolutionize 3D visualization in the world's biggest cities using photo-realistic images, 3D data and real-time information. The aim is to provide users with the best navigation experience and interactive 3D environments possible on today's devices.
Visioglobe won the Grand Prize in the 2010 NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge® – APAC as well as the Most Innovative Use of Graphics special recognition award presented by Imagination Technologies, for its application VisioStreet, developed using VisioDevKit. VisioStreet is a navigation software solution for major cities, powered by NAVTEQ® maps and NAVTEQ's Enhanced 3D City Models. Social networking features allow users to find points of interest, friends' photos, events and more in real time.
