Private company
GeoVector
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Virtual reality company
GeoVector Corporation (originally named Criticom Corporation) began conducting research into augmented reality in early 1990s. The company, co-founded by John Ellenby, who also founded laptop pioneer GRiD Systems Corporation, devised a method to use sensors in a device to associate relevant digital information with places on earth. The basic concept around which most of GeoVector's R&D has focused is that knowing the position and orientation of the device allows the application to provide digital information associated with a place in the real world.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersSan Francisco1
- Websitewww.geovector.com
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GeoVector Corporation (originally named Criticom Corporation) began conducting research into augmented reality in early 1990s. The company, co-founded by John Ellenby, who also founded laptop pioneer GRiD Systems Corporation, devised a method to use sensors in a device to associate relevant digital information with places on earth.2
Controversies and legal
Lawsuit against Samsung
On November 10, 2016, GeoVector Corporation filed a lawsuit against Samsung Telecommunications America (STA), claiming that Samsung’s Galaxy smart phones and tablets infringed several of GeoVector’s augmented reality patents. Samsung motioned that the liability on Samsung Telecommunications America should be dismissed as it had successfully merged to Samsung Electronics America (SEA) in January 2015. Samsung claimed that Samsung Telecommunications America could not be held liable, as the entity no longer existed. The judge ruled that Samsung Electronics America, as the surviving entity of the merger, should be liable for any claims against Samsung Telecommunications America.
On February 2, 2017, GeoVector Corporation filed a similar lawsuit against Samsung Electronics America alleging "direct and indirect patent infringement" of its augmented reality patents in Samsung’s Galaxy smart phones and tablets. Samsung motioned to dismiss GeoVector’s claims on the basis that the "statutes of limitations had run on these claims." The United States District Judge declared the matter vacated and Samsung's motion was immediately granted.
From Wikipedia’s article on GeoVector, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
Links
- Websitewww.geovector.com1
- WikipediaGeoVector
- WikidataQ5533929
Sources
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- 1WikidataGeoVector on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaGeoVector on Wikipedia
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