COPENHAGEN – 3 February 2009. Lextech Labs, leading mobile application company, and Milestone Systems, developer of open platform IP video management software, announce the integration of the mobile surveillance iPhone application iRa Pro with the Milestone XProtect Enterprise server.
With iRa Pro, users view multiple live video feeds from anywhere on an iPhone or iPod touch simultaneously, and directly control physical camera positioning. For Milestone customers, the integration means availability of a comprehensive mobile surveillance solution and an intuitive interface for remote situational awareness.
The XProtect Enterprise open platform technology exponentially expands the list of iRa Pro’s compatible cameras and appeals to users in markets that are heavily dependent on new and existing camera infrastructures utilizing XProtect Enterprise IP video management.
Something very obvious at the ASIS show this year was that technologies normally targeted at the consumer are making their way into the security space. Improvements in compression and video resolution that consumers demanded are now available for other industries to adopt. IP video, multi-megapixel cameras and H.264 compression were evident everywhere as companies scrambled to keep up with advances and position them for the security market. Each of those technologies really started focused on the consumer and until recently had not been available on a broad scale for security applications.
Speaking as part of a panel on future technology trends for security Fredrik Nilsson from Axis Communications summed it up very simply with “Consumers are driving high tech and we can piggy back on that” — while proudly showing his iPhone.
Of course the next wave of consumer tech that we’re expecting to enter the physical security market in a big way is mobile surveillance and situational awareness, starting with video applications like our iRa iPhone app. We’re looking forward to empowering physical security teams as part of these new solutions.
As part of our integrated demo system with Quickset International at the ASIS show last week, Lextech Labs demonstrated iRa controlling one of their MSS mobile surveillance platforms that included advanced daytime, IR and radar capabilities.
Lisle, IL, August 6th — Lextech Labs’ iRa earned the “Coolest iPhone App” award at iPhoneDevCamp 2 in San Francisco, CA on Sunday. The mobile surveillance application was selected from a pool of more than 40 applications submitted during the two day event.
During the application demo, Lextech engineers displayed multiple live video streams on the iPhone from locations across the United States. They also demonstrated the remote, touch-based pan, tilt, and zoom camera controls to the 300+ developers in attendance.
“There was spontaneous awe in the room when Alex demonstrated iRa, the remote camera control application for iPhone,” said Dominic Sagolla, iPhoneDevCamp Co-Founder. “We thought it would be very hard to judge the ‘Coolest App’ category, but Lextech pretty much nailed that one.”
Three Lextech team members, including CEO Alex Bratton, flew to the San Francisco gathering and three attended the satellite location in Chicago. Lextech also donated technical expertise and equipment to the event by providing a backup live video broadcast.
Andrew Mager of The Web Life writes about iRa in his article “Top 5 apps from iPhone Dev Camp 2″ (video inside)
“iRa – Phone geeks watched in awe as Alex Bratton from Lextech Labs controlled 12 security cameras in Illinois with an iPhone in San Francisco. You can zoom in and zoom out with regular iPhone gestures.” Read the full article here.
“iRa: a high-end surveillance video system, with haptic control of direction and depth of field of the cameras! Absolutely mind-blowing. The demonstration drew ‘ooh!s’ and ‘aaah!s’ from the audience, and a thunder of applause.” Read the full article here.
“iRa: Easily the most impressive demo at iPhoneDevCamp, iRa takes mobile control and viewing of surveillance systems outside of the windowless, multi-monitor command center and puts them in the palm of your hand.” Read the full article here.
“For an entry in the Serious Business category, iRa managed to pack in some serious cool. It’s an interface for viewing live video from remote surveillance cameras, with amazingly responsive video (motion JPEG apparently) over 3G. The best part of the demo was when he…” Read the full article here.
“iRa – Next generation surveillance viewing and control application. Screens real-time video on the iPhone. Really easy to switch between camera.” Read more
July 22 –Founder & CEO of Lextech Labs, Alex Bratton, was a guest on Inside Mac Radio. During the radio segment, Bratton is interviewed by Scott Shephard (Host/Anchor of Inside Mac Radio) about his new iPhone application company and mobile surveillance product, iRa. A podcast of the interview can be downloaded for free on iTunes and at Inside Mac Radio.
