3VR Overview

3VR offers hybrid DVR appliances with built-in facial recognition and video analytics software. The company primarily targets banking, retail and government applications. Founded in 2002, the company has received $50 Million in VC funding, most notably from Kleiner Perkins (one of the world's most well respected VCs) and In-Q-Tel (the VC funded by the CIA and other US intelligent agencies). 3VR's main competitors are Verint and March Networks.

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  • Directory Of 100+ Video Surveillance Facial Recognition Sellers on Nov 09, 2021
    ...Faces Inside Vehicles Idemia - Idemia Presents Facial Recognition Access Reader Identiv - Formerly 3VR Incode Inspirit IoT Intellivision - Nortek Acquires IntelliVision ISS - ISS SecurOS...
  • Verkada False And Manipulative Facial Recognition Strategy on Aug 16, 2021
    ...facial recognition', Verkada's offering is clearly 'traditional facial recognition': 15 years ago, 3VR, a Stanford graduate lead, Silicon Valley startup, just like Verkada, offered 'facial...
  • The Rise of SaaS - Physical Security Fund Raising 2020 on Dec 28, 2020
    ... And, no doubt, a long string of failed entrants (like 3VR, Firetide, and Pivot3, to name a few), back that up. Indeed, there are few VC backed success...
  • Directory Of 150 Video Analytics Suppliers on Dec 17, 2019
    ...Wyze Cam, Yi Home Directory This directory focuses on object or pattern classification products: 3VR, US (Purchased by Identiv) 911 Security, US A2, Turkey A.I. Tech, Italy Accenture,...
  • Acquisitions - Winners and Losers on Dec 10, 2019
    ...'PSIM Platform' Inner Range Amazon Billion+ Dollar Acquisition - Ring ADT / ASG 'Merger' Acquisition 3VR Firesale to Identiv Dahua Acquires Lorex And FLIR SMB Surveillance From FLIR Convergint...
  • 2019 Mid-Year Video Surveillance Guide on Jul 01, 2019
    IPVM's new 400+ page Mid-Year Industry Guide brings all of these issues and events together in...
  • Directory Of 120 Video Management Software (VMS) Suppliers on Aug 30, 2018
    ...Tes i2vsys, I2V VMS, India i3International, SRX Pro, Canada I3P, Router, Brazil Idventiv (i)- 3VR by Idventiv VisionPoint, US 3VR Firesale to Idventiv Incon, Trium i, Korea IndigoVision,...
  • 2018 Mid-Year Surveillance Industry Guide on Jun 28, 2018
    ...Manufacturer Raises $63 Million Avigilon Acquired By Motorola Solutions Dahua Acquires Lorex From FLIR 3VR Firesale to Identiv Why 3VR Failed ADT / ASG 'Merger' Acquisition Hanwha Techwin Spins Out...
  • Why 3VR Failed on Feb 16, 2018
    3VR destroyed transformed ~$65 million in VC funding into a $6.9 million exit. The reason they...
  • 3VR Firesale to Identiv on Feb 07, 2018
    A decade ago, 3VR raised more than $60 million to deliver facial surveillance and video analytics in a '3rd...
  • Alarm Reporting Formats / Contact ID Overview on Jan 12, 2017
    Alarm reporting formats are methods for communicating complicated information quickly, using...
  • 3VR Sales And Marketing Execs Out, Company Shifting on Nov 22, 2016
    Two executives are out at 3VR, both after relatively short tenures at the company. 3VR's CEO says this is part of a shift to...
  • How To Become an 'Expert' In An Hour on Sep 02, 2016
    ... Take Steve Russell, former CEO of (the now failed 3VR), now of Prism; Two companies that have raised tens of millions in VC funding yet struggle to be...
  • Silicon Valley Startup Density Launches People Counting As A Service on Aug 09, 2016
    ... 3VR offers people counting as part of their VMS AgentVi has a people counter option for their...
  • Surveillance Repair Company On Brands and Products That Fail on Jul 06, 2016
    ... 3VR - Difficult To Repair By Design Some manufacturers, like 3VR, have taken steps to make it...
  • 3VR NVR Solution. Thoughts And Opinions Wanted on Nov 27, 2015
    Hey all, I am curious how the smart masses feel about 3VR as a NVR solution in 2015 (whether using the VMS or appliance). What are the strengths you've...
  • Warning: Case Studies Can Get You Sued on Feb 24, 2015
    ... Exhibit A in the suit? 3VR's CEO Letter Congratulating 24 Hour Fitness for Using 3VR. Barnes and Nobles is being sued....
  • 3VR Stays Alive With $8 Million Financing on Jan 23, 2015
    Now 13 years old, 3VR is the last of a generation of the hyped video analytic startups to find an exit. And with a...
  • ASIS 2014 Show Floor Review on Sep 30, 2014
    ...] And a number of well known companies are opting for 10 x 10 booths, like DVTel, Pivot3 and 3VR. For example, here's 3VR: But, 3VR has a booth 900% larger planned for ISC West. The same...
  • Ex Googler Startup, Camio, Targets Surveillance on Dec 04, 2013
    ... Roughly speaking, Camiolog is like 3VR, Briefcam and Siri combined. Camiolog uses thumbnails, generated and sorted based on advanced...
  • 3VR Stays Alive - Small [Debt] Funding Round on Oct 07, 2013
    A few months after significant layoffs, 3VR has raised $3.57 million USD from 14 investors, according to an SEC filing [link no longer...
  • Analytics On Demographics? on Sep 11, 2013
    Anyone has used 3VR's demographics analytics? How effective it is in terms of accuracy? I'd like to understand from...
  • What a Moron Manufacturer on Jul 03, 2013
    ... For instance, in the 3VR layoffs post, Viaas commented: "Third Iris is growing and always seeking talented people,...
  • 3VR Significant Layoffs on Jun 28, 2013
    3VR has laid off 15 employees, five of which are from its sales team, IPVM has learned. This leaves...
  • Stop The Lying and Crazy Claims on Apr 28, 2013
    ...' 3VR's PR Agency Solved the Boston Bombing? The most dominant PR performance, perhaps ever in our...
  • New Products ISC West Spring 2013 on Apr 05, 2013
    ...feature is 'cloud site sharing' though it does not appear to be 'true' / 'full' cloud; post in progress 3VR Offers Software Only - About time Avigilon Releases IR Domes - Same tech as the bullet release...
  • 3VR Demographic Analytics (Gender / Age) on Oct 11, 2012
    What if your recorder could automatically identify people as well as their gender and age? 3VR claims they can do this with their new demographics feature. In this note, we examine how it...
  • Winners and Losers Fall 2012 on Sep 25, 2012
    ...Wireless Finally, we will review the progress (or lack thereof) of the following companies: Axis 3VR Arecont Vision Avigilon Bosch Cisco Genetec March Microsoft Milestone...
  • iDentify Facial Search Tool on Sep 10, 2012
    ... 3VR CrimeDex is a web service that enables sharing and comparing photos and identification of...
  • Mistaking Surveillance Start-up Success on Sep 28, 2011
    ... In this note we explain why companies with a low ratio, such as 3VR, Intransa and Pivot3 are in far worse shape and riskier than companies like Avigilon, Exacq and...
  • Prism Skylabs IP Video Service Examined on Sep 13, 2011
    ...funded by an All Star lineup of investors and lead by former executives of video analytic companies 3VR [link no longer available] and ObjectVideo [link no longer available]. The company is taking a...
  • 3VR's Financial Results and Competitive Positioning Examined on Aug 21, 2011
    3VR is one of the best funded companies in the history of video surveillance. With $50 Million plus...
  • BVI Retail Video Analytics Examined on Aug 15, 2011
    ...are two major offerings for retail video analytics: Embedded analytics: VMS/NVR providers, such as 3VR, i3DVR [link no longer available] and Clickit who embed video functionalities inside their...
  • ObjectVideo's Funding, Future and Challenges Examined on Apr 03, 2011
    ... It dwarfs even 3VR's $17 Million round from December 2010 (though 3VR's round was all equity). One easy but...
  • NLSS Competitive Positioning Examined on Mar 01, 2011
    ...going to contrast it to a number of common alternatives including Milestone Essential, GVI Razberi, 3VR SmartRecorder, Axis AVHS and QNAP/Synology NAS NVRs. This will help show specific strengths and...
  • Investments & Acquisitions Directory 2011 on Dec 26, 2010
    ... The directory includes information on (recent activity indicated in parentheses): 3VR (New Funding) AgentVi Aimetis  Avaak Avigilon BRS Labs Cernium Cieffe Cisco CognoVision...
  • 3VR Raises $17 Million on Dec 20, 2010
    In one of the largest VC investments ever for a video recorder/analytics company, 3VR announced a $17 Million investment (see filed SEC Form D). This follows an August 2009 $12...
  • Replaces On-Site Training with On-line Training on Nov 17, 2010
    ...' 3VR has announced that their new on-line "training is designed to replace the on-site System...
  • Vidient Out of Business - Analytics Market Examined on Nov 04, 2010
    ... This is significantly above average for video analytics companies only topped by investments in 3VR, BRS Labs and Object Video. [See our Video Surveillance investment directory for details.] We...
  • VMS Challenges Examined on Aug 01, 2010
    ...niche offerings do exist for more advanced search (for example, Agent VI Search, Briefcam, VideoIQ, 3VR, Bosch, IBM). The three key issues for these systems are (1) accuracy, (2) integration and (3)...
  • 2010 Spring Surveillance Trends on Apr 01, 2010
    ...Version of Endura and hybrid DVRs Envysion appliances add hybrid support [link no longer available] 3VR introduces compact hybrid DVR HikVision introduces hybrid DVR [link no longer...
  • VideoIQ's Series C Funding Examined on Feb 22, 2010
    ... As a point of comparison, intelligent video provider 3VR cited approximately 600 total customers in February 2009 (product launch in 2004). By contrast,...
  • IMS Top 10 Video Surveillance Predictions Examined on Jan 16, 2010
    ..." Given the shortage of vendors offering forensic analytics (3VR, Agent Vi, Bosch, VideoIQ), we do not see what will drive this trend. 3VR's been pitching this...
  • Is Bundling Video Analytics a Good Strategy? on Jan 11, 2010
    ...that, a number of the most well known analytic companies have evolved into bundled product offerings - 3VR's searchable video recorders, Cernium's managed video offerings and VideoIQ's iCVR [link no...
  • FaceFirst Facial Recognition Solution Overview on Nov 20, 2009
    ... Contrast to 3VR, who offers facial recognition bundled into a mainstream DVR/NVR.
  • NLSS (Next Level Security) Product Examination on Oct 30, 2009
    ... 3VR offers hybrid NVR appliances integrating video management and video analytics. Customers who...
  • Facial Surveillance Deployment Complexity Examined on Oct 11, 2009
    ...  Over the past few months, we have had an ongoing discussion about 3VR's facial recongition performance based on a field test of real-time facial alerts. In this...
  • Can Search Improve Transportation Video Surveillance? on Oct 06, 2009
    In an October 2009 article, 3VR contends that improving the ability to search video would significantly enhance transportation...
  • New Producs Directory ASIS 2009 Finalized on Sep 24, 2009
    ...- overview / our review  VMS / NVR Genetec SecurityCenter - overview / our review  3VR P-Series Appliance - overview / our review  Salient Low Cost Hybird DVR -  our...
  • Video Analytic Search from AgentVi Examined (Vi-Search) on Sep 19, 2009
    ... Search Offerings This joins a small but growing handful of companies offering search, including 3VR who focuses its marketing on 'searchable surveillance' as well as VideoIQ and Bosch who both...
  • 3VR P Series Overviewed on Sep 10, 2009
    3VR has released a new hybrid NVR appliance called the P-Series (view data sheet for technical...
  • Challenges with H.264 Streams at the Core on Aug 26, 2009
    ... 3VR's Director of Engineering notes this problem in a recent analysis of technical aspects of using...
  • Examining Series D Funding on Aug 17, 2009
    3VR has received $12M USD in new funding. This is in addition to previous funding rounds of $5M,...
  • VMS / NVR / DVR 2009 Mid-Year Market Review on Jul 19, 2009
    ... May 8th 3VR in Search of Funding According to VB Research [link no longer available], 3VR is seeking up to...
  • Encrypting People in Video Surveillance Feeds on Jul 07, 2009
    A magazine article this week covered a new feature from 3VR that encrypts people within video surveillance to protect the innocent. While it should be...
  • What Does 3VR Face Recognition Korean Results Mean? on May 06, 2009
    ...facial recognition test for the Korean National Police were reported [link no longer available] widely by 3VR of obtaining: "85-92 percent accuracy in recognizing and matching faces in a few crowded,...
  • ISC West 2009 Announcement Directory on Apr 01, 2009
    ...Version of Endura and hybrid DVRs NICE releases mobile surveillance product [link no longer available] 3VR introduces compact hybrid DVR HikVision introduces hybrid DVR [link no longer...
  • New CEO on Feb 09, 2009
    3VR hired a new CEO who was previously the VP of Enterprise Sales at Apple. Given Apple's phenomenal...
  • Are US IP Video Companies Inferior? on Feb 01, 2009
    ...  3VR aims to be Google for video surveillance.  VideoIQ [link no longer available]is building an...
  • Examining Video Surveillance Storage Clusters on Aug 06, 2008
    ... Some systems like 3VR are now offering RAID standard but it's certainly more of an exception than the norm. All in...
  • The Best Video Surveillance Solutions on Jul 13, 2008
    ... 3VR: 3VR started out being a facial recognition and video management solution for many markets....
  • Exploring IBM Video Analytics (Smart Surveillance System) on Jul 06, 2008
    ...examples) and for vendors who perform it at the server (for instance, i3DVR [link no longer available] and 3VR). Managing and monitoring video analytics from a singular management system provides a number...
  • How to Optimize NVR / DVR Storage on Jun 04, 2008
    Megapixel cameras have brought renewed interest in measures to maximize NVR/DVR storage duration...