Admittedly, in the beginning, video analytics was a technology that was doomed to fall short of the hype and high expectations surrounding it. Let’s face it; when “CSI” became one of the most popular shows on television, it pretty much became the gold standard for video analytics against which almost all solutions — real or make-believe — were judged. So between TV shows, movies and manufacturers who promised more than their solutions could deliver, analytics didn’t stand a chance.
Say what you will about video analytics (and a lot of people do); the technology has come a long, long way since then. Over the years, the technologies have matured to a point where they’ve become quite reliable and much easier to set up, program and calibrate. Forget about the past, advises Fredrik Nilsson, general manager for Chelmsford, Mass.-based Axis Communications. The future for analytics is now.