<s>
Pristine	B-Application
is	O
a	O
VC	O
funded	O
startup	O
that	O
develops	O
software	O
for	O
hands-free	O
smartglasses	B-General_Concept
and	O
smart	O
mobile	O
devices	O
,	O
enabling	O
video	B-Application
collaboration	I-Application
and	O
remote	O
support	O
in	O
industrial	O
and	O
manufacturing	O
environments	O
,	O
field	B-Application
service	I-Application
management	I-Application
and	O
healthcare	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pristine	B-Application
is	O
based	O
in	O
Austin	O
,	O
Texas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pristine	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
by	O
Kyle	O
Samani	O
and	O
Patrick	O
Kolencherry	O
May	O
2013	O
,	O
shortly	O
after	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Glass	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
months	O
following	O
,	O
Pristine	B-Application
raised	O
over	O
$5	O
million	O
in	O
venture	O
capital	O
investment	O
from	O
S3	O
Ventures	O
,	O
Capital	O
Factory	O
,	O
Healthfundr	O
,	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pristine	B-Application
took	O
second	O
place	O
at	O
HATCH	O
Pitch	O
2013	O
,	O
a	O
start	O
up	O
pitch	O
competition	O
that	O
was	O
held	O
at	O
the	O
George	O
R	O
.	O
Brown	O
Convention	O
Center	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
2013	O
DEMO	O
conference	O
,	O
Pristine	B-Application
CEO	O
Kyle	O
Samani	O
demonstrated	O
on	O
stage	O
how	O
an	O
emergency	O
room	O
surgeon	O
would	O
use	O
Google	B-Application
Glass	I-Application
to	O
request	O
support	O
from	O
another	O
physician	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
University	O
of	O
California	O
,	O
Irvine	O
participated	O
in	O
a	O
smartglasses	B-General_Concept
pilot	O
in	O
October	O
2013	O
,	O
and	O
announced	O
in	O
February	O
the	O
following	O
year	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
roll	O
out	O
the	O
technology	O
to	O
outpatient	O
programs	O
and	O
wound	O
care	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pristine	B-Application
launched	O
the	O
first	O
Google	B-Application
Glass	I-Application
pilot	O
in	O
an	O
emergency	O
room	O
at	O
Rhode	O
Island	O
Hospital	O
in	O
April	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
resulted	O
in	O
a	O
peer-reviewed	O
study	O
published	O
in	O
JAMA	O
Dermatology	O
on	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
smartglasses	B-General_Concept
in	O
a	O
healthcare	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pristine	B-Application
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
ten	O
official	O
partners	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
’s	O
Glass	O
at	O
Work	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
also	O
has	O
formal	O
partnerships	O
with	O
Vuzix	B-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Epson	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pristine	B-Application
develops	O
software	O
for	O
smartglasses	B-General_Concept
to	O
enable	O
hands	O
free	O
video	B-Application
collaboration	I-Application
,	O
and	O
supports	O
mobile-to-mobile	O
capabilities	O
on	O
web	O
browsers	O
,	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Built	O
on	O
WebRTC	B-Protocol
,	O
MongoDB	B-Application
,	O
Redis	B-Operating_System
,	O
AngularJS	B-Application
,	O
the	O
technology	O
supports	O
secure	O
two-way	O
audio	O
and	O
video	O
,	O
messaging	O
,	O
annotations	O
,	O
and	O
high	O
resolution	O
snapshots	O
.	O
</s>
