SAFR® and Katai, Inc. Usher in Next Generation of Huddle Room Video Conferencing
18 December 2019 - 3:00AM
SAFR from RealNetworks, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNWK), today announced the
deployment of its computer vision technology on the Katai, BlueJay
360° intelligent video system. BlueJay's advanced optics are built
for AI and edge processing. When coupled with SAFR technology, the
system can analyze video to intelligently steer camera focus and
zoom on meeting participants in real-time. Viewers receive a
produced stream that follows participants like a virtual cameraman
with minimal latency and unmatched performance. Katai is currently
testing the BlueJay 360 system for a variety of market applications
including video conferencing, retail, and smart cities.
In the video conferencing segment, BlueJay provides advanced
features for Zoom, Microsoft’s Skype, Blue Jeans, and others. With
the integration of SAFR in the Katai system, developers now have a
platform to build compelling features for video conferencing such
as user tracking, counting, auto-zoom, auto framing, auto
registration, and more.
“SAFR’s world-class AI provides extraordinary performance and
responsiveness. We’re excited to leverage the SAFR SDKs to unlock a
much-improved experience for our customers. This is the ideal
solution to power our intelligent 360-degree video offering,” said
Perry LaForge, Executive Chairman, Katai.
SAFR’s computer vision technology is optimized for embedded
systems and edge computing, achieving an unprecedented blend of
accuracy, speed, and efficient size. Newly available SAFR
SDKs—offering fully operational AI-based face and person detection,
characterization, and recognition for live video streams—enable
near real-time AI-based computer vision on virtually any
camera-equipped device, making this collaboration with Katai
possible. SAFR SDKs can be deployed online with minimal bandwidth
demands or embedded on-device to operate entirely offline with a
computationally compact footprint, minimal memory requirements,
ensuring user data privacy and best-in-class total cost of
ownership.
“SAFR is primarily known as a facial recognition platform, but
we’re offering a broader suite of capabilities in our effort to
bring live video-based intelligence to the edge. This deployment
with Katai uses no personal identifiable information and solely
uses person detection and tracking to create a completely secure,
truly differentiated video-conferencing experience,” said Dan
Grimm, General Manager, SAFR from RealNetworks.
To learn more about SAFR SDKs, and start a trial, please visit
www.SAFR.com/developer.
About SAFR
SAFR (www.safr.com) is the world’s premier facial recognition
and computer vision platform for live video. Leading in real-world
performance and accuracy as tested by NIST, SAFR enables new
applications for security, convenience, and analytics. For
information about our other products, visit
www.realnetworks.com.
About Katai
Headquartered in Boston, Katai is the leader in the highest
resolution, 360° computational cameras. The company is led by a
team of veteran entrepreneurs and technologists and has been
granted seven patents with additional patents pending.
https://www.katai.co/
For more information please contact: Véronique Froment or
Doug
Hansel
veronique@highrezpr.com
doug@highrezpr.com
Tel: +1 603-537-9248
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Veronique Froment
SAFR
603-537-9248
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