Explore Technologies, Inc. was founded in Sunnyvale, California in 1995.
The company was acquired by LeapFrog on July 22, 1998.
[1] The explore team produced $99 and $129 versions of the Odyssey globe released under the LeapFrog label in 1999.
The NearTouch technology was then applied to the LeapPad learning platform also released in 1999.