Draft:(huupe)

• Comment: You clearly work in the marketing department. Draft is stuffed with ridiculous promotional trumpery eg. “has been met with overwhelming success” “company is rapidly growing with a bright future and is committed to providing players with the best possible basketball training experience.” “has been consistently praised for its innovative technology” “quickly gained attention from the basketball community” “a revolutionary smart basketball hoop “ “exceptional sound system (40W speakers) adds an enhanced entertainment experience” Theroadislong (talk) 20:17, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

• Comment: For example "company is rapidly growing with a bright future and is committed to providing players with the best possible basketball training experience" is ridiculous promotional, puffery. Theroadislong (talk) 19:39, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

• Comment: This will need a complete re-write in a neutral tone if it is ever to be accepted, it is entirely promotional marketing at the moment. Theroadislong (talk) 16:56, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

• Comment: Note to reviewer: if this draft is accepted the author would like the parenthesis in the article name removed and Template:Lowercase title added so the article would be named "huupe". Qcne (talk) 16:08, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

• Comment: blatant advertising Theroadislong (talk) 05:20, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

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huupe

Overview

huupe is the world's first smart basketball hoop, with a screen for a backboard where you can track your performance and play against other huupe users right from your home or gym. The huupe has been titled the "world's first smart basketball hoop" by numerous media publications such as Yahoo Sports, Front Office Sports, and many others publications. This company has created products that involve hardware, software, and media streaming. The huupe PRO is the company’s flagship product, which is a regulation-sized basketball hoop with a tempered glass backboard, which protects the screen inside the backboard. It is all fully weatherproof and durable for both indoor and outdoor use. The huupe PRO also contains one camera that tracks shooting accuracy, shot location, and other performance metrics on the court. The built-in television system allows any user to stream live sporting events, television programs, and any games, shows or highlights.

History

The huupe is a smart basketball hoop that has been created by Wisconsin entrepreneurs, Paul Anton and Lyth Saeed. In 2011, Paul Anton left Wisconsin to pursue his undergraduate degree at Boston College. When Anton first arrived on campus in Boston, he would keep in touch with Saeed and his younger brother, Frankie Anton, who were both still back home in Wisconsin, through Snapchat. Anton and Saeed would record and send videos on their cell phones playing HORSE, Free Throw Contests, Three-Point Contests over 1,000 miles away from each other.

In 2016, Paul Anton went to law school in San Francisco and during his 1L summer, created an augmented reality application with some colleagues that allowed users to play basketball against each other in different parts of the world. The application was part of a company called Real Shot, which owns various patents in the augmented reality and sporting field, and also was a part of Deutsche Telekom’s hubraum accelerator. In 2019, Anton asked Saeed to test the Real Shot application. Saeed played the game and suggested the idea of being able to play without the glasses, but through a screen on the basketball hoop itself.  Together, Anton and Saeed began working on a prototype for a smart basketball hoop that would provide feedback and analytics.

Products

The first huupe prototype was unveiled in 2020. The huupe’s ability to track shooting accuracy, shot location, and other key performance metrics showed that huupe can change the way people train, play, and watch basketball. They released the first product to the public on their website in 2022.