Videos display statistics about cycling trips and runs, including the distance covered and how long it took. “It didn’t fully capture the experience we had-the nice views, discovering the terrain, and the fun we had,” van Kruijssen said. “We were cycling in Tenerife and figured it would be amazing if there was an app to capture our cycling holiday in a movie,” said El-Dardiry, now Relive’s technical lead.Īlthough van Kruijssen, Daniels, and El-Dardiry were using Strava to record performance metrics on their rides, the visual aspect of their adventures was missing. The three friends came up with the idea for the Relive app during a bike trip they took in the Canary Islands in 2016. “People love to share with their family and friends,” said Joris van Kruijssen, who cofounded Relive with developers Lex Daniels and Yousef El-Dardiry. Relive, which currently has 1.2 million users around the world, creates the 3D video stories of bike rides and runs using GPS data collected from its users’ activity tracking apps, such as Strava and Garmin Connect, as well as their personal photographs. The animation includes the route the athlete took (traced in yellow on the basemap), metrics such as terrain elevation and the length and average speed of the ride or run, and pop-ups with photographs taken during the activity. Built by Relive, a Netherlands-based startup company, the Relive app lets athletes share their rides and runs via virtual 3D video tours on the Esri World Imagery basemap.Ĭombining performance tracking data with digital maps from Esri, Relive makes short 3D animation videos that exhibit about a minute’s worth of highlights from a runner or cyclist’s trek.

Relive’s quite athletic team includes (from left to right) Ralf Nieuwenhuizen, Yousef El-Dardiry, Joris van Kruijssen, Ronald Steen, and Lex Daniels.Ī new, free app lets cyclists and runners relive their athletic adventures and show their experiences to friends, relatives, or the public.

Relive similar app