In a previous blog, I wrote about the development of the suit. If you haven’t already, read it

. Now, I will write about the other – equally important – half of Valor: its software.

Valor’s software is integral to the motion capture technology: it takes the data collected by the sensors and turns it into easily digestible visualizations and metrics for coaches and athletes to use as a launch pad for improvement. The following is a brief history of its development.

At first, the team worked to integrate the hardware with a mobile application via Bluetooth: the main question was to figure out how to collect the data, visualize it, and transmit it to the cloud. Evan Magnusson, Brave’s CTO and CFO, first developed a Bluetooth class for the mobile app, and then the team built a user interface on top of that. After building multiple versions of the mobile app, the final, most recent version is one that is easy to use, can read all of the data from the sensors, and display the analytics from it.

During the same time period, the team also worked on an additional piece of software: an online dashboard. Originally created for Brave’s physical therapy partners, it was developed as a home-exercise platform which would create workouts and routines. However, it later became a “powerhouse tool:” a site for all the data collected and processed that was back then not needed on the app. Brave’s team, through continuous customer feedback and software iterations, realized that their users preferred the mobile application over the online dashboard and so they concentrated their efforts on perfecting the latter.

“The mobile app is moving to the forefront of the Brave software. It can do almost everything the online dashboard can, but easier since it does not have the limits present on running a web application in a browser without the need to package it as a whole separate desktop application,” said Dhyey Parikh, Brave’s COO, in an interview.

Valor’s software provides many unique features to both coaches and athletes.

“The features that stand out the most are the instant replays and the ability to record any sort of movement,” said Dhyey.

The instant replay feature allows the user to visually see how they move, which is key to understanding, and subsequently improving movement. Users enjoy this feature because it brings their movement to a digital world in which they can analyze and perfect anything they would like. Secondly, the collection of any sort of movement is important because it does not limit users’ improvement. Valor’s software grants people the possibility to explore any and all of their motions.

The software’s efficiency, simple mobile application design, and features make it a tool worth investing in. Being built and perfected since the summer of 2020, it helps users improve performance and reduce injuries without limitations.