This cloud-based system is designed to enhance remote management and operation of PTZ cameras, aiming to transform professional camera control.

Key Features of PTZOptics Hive

• Team Collaboration: Enables teams to collaborate in real time and manage productions from various locations.
• Cinematic PTZ Movement & Framing: Simplifies the creation of cinematic camera movements and framing.
• Cloud Control: Allows users to operate PTZ cameras from remote locations with under 100 milliseconds of latency, ensuring real-time control.
• Auto-Tracking: Incorporates sophisticated auto-tracking capabilities for automatically framing subjects smoothly.
• Switching: Facilitates the switching between camera feeds, including both preview and program feeds, and offers dynamic multi-views for customized production setups.
• Streaming: Provides support for streaming to various destinations using RTMP and also outputs real-time NDI feeds.
• Monitoring: Integrates a comprehensive API for monitoring the status of camera equipment and video quality metrics.
• Image Adjustments: Enables synchronization of image settings across multiple cameras to streamline video production.
• Multi-Location Management: Connects various Hive studios within an organization to simplify management across different locations.
• Extensive Compatibility: Supports more than 400 camera models and offers enhanced control options compared to traditional joystick controllers.
• Efficient Integration: Promotes quick setup and immediate connectivity with the Hive platform for linked PTZOptics cameras.
• Advanced Production Tools: Includes capabilities for video switching, recording, RTMP live streaming, low-latency local mode, and NDI video output.

Impact on Various Sectors

The Hive system is tailored to meet the needs of diverse industries such as broadcasting, education, corporate sectors, and event management. Its user-friendly interface and advanced functionalities make it suitable for:

• Broadcasting firms that need centralized camera setups.
• Educational bodies that conduct virtual classes and events.
• Corporations that require control over multiple meeting spaces or boardrooms.
• Event organizers that manage virtual or hybrid events with remote camera requirements.

Availability and Pricing

The Hive waitlist is open for registrations. Pre-orders will start on April 8th, 2024, exclusively through authorized PTZOptics resellers. The system will be showcased at the 2024 NAB Show in Booth SL2099, with the official release scheduled for June 3rd, 2024. Introductory annual subscriptions will be priced at $270 per studio for standard plans.

News source: https://ptzoptics.com/