Altia Systems
Enhancements continue on the PanaCast camera platform. For those not in the know, PanaCast is a USB camera solution that leverages multiple camera elements to provide a single video stream with a 180-degree field of view. According to the company, more than 1,200 companies in 38+ countries use PanaCast solutions every day. At ISE, Altia highlighted demos of the PanaCast 2, the first Panoramic-5K 180 degree intelligent vision platform, and also demonstrated Intelligent Zoom, PanaCast Vivid (HDR), and the PanaCast Whiteboard capability. We also saw a demo of next-generation algorithms for people detection, counting, and tracking. AI here we come!
Ashton Bentley
The Ashton Bentley "meeting room in a kit" story continues to evolve. The company's impressively sized booth included a wide range of complete meeting rooms of different shapes and sizes, using different video codecs.
At the event, Ashton Bentley introduced Meeting Spaces, a third-generation combination of A/V technology and furniture that provides everything needed for meetings, presentations, collaboration, and more. Just add the video codec of your choice, and that's it. To simplify installation, the solution includes two boxes: an under-table box and a "behind the display" dubbed the "A" box.
In its booth, the company also demoed its enhanced display technology, including a new 75" 4K display available with or without touch, as well as its integration with a Cisco Touch 10 panel.
While not a well-known vendor worldwide, codec-agnostic Ashton Bentley has partnered with numerous recognized vendors - some of whom resell Ashton Bentley under their own brand name.
Audinate
These are the guys who brought you Dante, a platform for the transmission of digital audio over standard IP networks. Dante has been licensed by over 400 microphone, speaker, A/V, and networking vendors, and is embedded in more than 1,300 products to date.
Audinate announced the worldwide commercial availability of Dante Domain Manager, network management software for Dante audio networks that enables enhanced security through customizable user roles and permissions; increased scalability by supporting "domains" of products that can span subnets; and improved visibility with real-time alerts, customizable dashboards, and audit logs.
The event also marked the European unveiling of the Dante AVIO line of adapters, pictured to the right. This family of analog-Dante adapters provides a cost-effective way to bring the benefits of audio networking to legacy audio products.
Avocor
For high performance touch-display vendor Avocor, ISE 2018 was all about highlighting recent partnerships. For example, the company's newly inked relationship with Zoom. Other partnerships include Intel (via the Unite program), Huddly, Nureva, Flat Frog, Logitech, and others. Take your favorite touch-ready collaboration software, add an Avocor display, and ideate away.
