Our history
Polaroids to AI
Nearly four decades of building what didn't exist yet, so guests could take the moment home.
Since 1987
Firsts, one after another
From instant cameras on the boardwalk to AI that frames every guest, we've built our own technology at every step.
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1987
It starts with a Polaroid
GTP opens with a Polaroid SE-5 instant camera at photo sets along the East Coast.
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Late 1980s
Photos in seconds
Before digital photography existed, custom hardware and software hand guests a finished photo in seconds. The printer's maker sends engineers from Japan to study it.
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1994
The first ride video
Told it was impossible, GTP builds the world's first ride video system, and sells hundreds of thousands of videos over the next decade.
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2002
Display and print server
GTP's own server for orders, image assembly and output to every kind of printer, still at the heart of every venue.
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2008
High-speed capture and the cloud
Industrial GigE cameras for coasters, and a cloud photo platform that now holds more than 30 million photos and videos.
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2012
SKUpics Studios
A product-photography pipeline built for one client becomes its own company, which is later sold.
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2013
PerfectProduct
Guests personalize branded products with their photo, text and artwork.
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2015
Photos on the phone
gtp.pics and my.gtp.pics put every guest's photos on their phone.
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2016
WebPOS
A browser-based point of sale and live photo displays at the ride exit.
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2018
CamLNX
Roaming photographers tag photos as they shoot, and lost photos drop to zero.
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2023
VersaCap
AI-assisted capture: the camera decides when to shoot and crops a photo for every guest.
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2026
Self-service
A self-service photo kiosk, tied into the counter and the cloud.
By invitation
Try GTP yourself
See capture, kiosks and mobile collection the way your guests will. Try GTP is open to invited partners: contact us, tell us a little bit about your application, and we'll set you up.