Audinate has reached an agreement to acquire Iris Studio Inc, which specialises in AI-powered, cloud-based camera control technology.
Iris’s platform enables users to manage cameras remotely, and includes AI-driven auto tracking, real-time colour correction and cloud recording. It is brand-agnostic and is currently enabled on a wide range of PTZ cameras on the market.
Beyond cameras, the Iris software platform is also applicable to a variety of products, including encoders, decoders, vision mixers and more.
According to Audinate, the acquisition strengthens the company’s video platform capabilities as well as accelerating its “broader vision for interoperable control and management across the AV device ecosystem”.
Iris has partnered with 14 different camera manufacturers, including Lumens, PTZOptics, Marshall, BirdDog, Telycam, AIDA and more.
“The addition of Iris to the Dante ecosystem is a major step forward for the Dante platform,” said Aidan Williams, co-founder and CEO of Audinate. “Combining Iris’s broad applicability and cutting-edge remote production capabilities with powerful cloud-based management software like Dante Director will provide significant value for customers managing the millions of Dante-enabled devices in the field today.”
