MTS San Diego Section: Cheers Oceaneers

This month's happy hour will feature a presentation by Jake Johnson of DeepWater Exploration Inc (DWE). In this presentation, Jake will share how subsea vision has become the essential enabling technology of the modern maritime gold rush. As vessel and platform manufacturers race to deploy autonomous fleets at scale, DWE provides the core vision hardware and tools that make these systems possible across commercial, defense, and scientific missions.

What to expect from the presentation:

• The Vision Gap: An analysis of the industry shift from early 2000s ROV architectures to today’s AI driven, rapid deployment autonomous swarms, and why legacy vision hardware is now a critical bottleneck.

• The Startup Journey: How DWE scaled from apartment based prototyping to supporting more than 600 organizations worldwide.

• The USB Advantage: An overview of DWE optics and vision systems that enable higher camera density, simplified integration, and improved mission endurance.

• Real World Impact: Case studies demonstrating how DWE systems are deployed across commercial operations, maritime defense, and scientific research.

• The Future of Integration: A first look at explore3D Stereo and the DWE SDK, enabling advanced subsea perception and intelligent vision driven autonomy.

This session will be of particular interest to developers, operators, integrators, and decision makers working across autonomous maritime systems, subsea robotics, ocean data, and defense related applications.