Crestron Acquires Smart Camera and Video Technology from 1 Beyond

The integration of intelligent video technology from 1 Beyond strengthens the ecosystem of Crestron in videoconference, AV and control and automation for hybrid workspaces and collaboration.

As noted by the president and CEO of Crestron, Dan Feldstein, "to have productive and effective hybrid meetings, the modern workspace requires technology that provides an equitable experience between participants present in the room and remotely. Smart video should be ubiquitous, extending the benefits of large exclusive spaces to the most common collaboration rooms. By integrating the products of 1 Beyond, our company is in a unique position to make it happen".

As hybrid team collaboration becomes a fundamental element of modern business and higher education environments, customers in those markets want to integrate software and hardware solutions that facilitate meeting experiences that are equally fruitful and functional for remote and room participants.

Through technological innovations, as well as key strategic partnerships, Crestron has sought to provide intelligent video solutions to make these equitable experiences possible..

With the acquisition of the technology of 1 Beyond, Crestron will add a full line of automated camera tracking and intelligent video offerings to cover a wide range of collaboration rooms and deliver a complete experience in these spaces.

Throughout its twenty years of history, the co-founders of 1 Beyond, Terry Cullen, current CEO, and Rony Sebok, CTO, developed an engineering-focused company known for its automated camera tracking solutions that power and enable intelligent video features, including presenter tracking, groups, dual cameras and automatic ePTZ.

The true differential of 1 Beyond is its ability to offer a automatic multi-camera solution, that takes the experience in a collaborative space with individual views of the speakers further, as well as with full views of the room, that appear simultaneously so that remote assistants can see the entire space.

The technology of 1 Beyond can be applied to rooms of all sizes, especially in those that pose particular challenges, as conference spaces, multipurpose and divisible, for higher education settings, corporate and government.

Collaboration spaces are now needed to enable the transmission of a hybrid debate at the push of a button. Video is an important component in driving the full AV experience and this investment builds on Crestron's legacy of equipping customers with the right solutions as their needs evolve..

"The company 1 Beyond has developed an innovation engine that includes uniquely designed smart cameras and automated video systems that will complement and reinforce Crestron's leading hardware and software technologies in AV., control, lighting and CU", sebok said, who will join Crestron as smart video director.

In this line, Cullen adds that "the engineering-driven culture of the 1 Beyond will be perfectly suited to Crestron's engineering-driven one.".

The product line of 1 Beyond has loyal customers, among them many experienced Crestron integrators, with technologies that are scalable and integrate naturally into your current system roadmap for room automation and collaboration solutions.

"With Crestron's additional expertise and extensive resources we see that the technology 1 Beyond will become the foundation of the future smart camera and video solutions that will power the industry.", concludes Feldstein.

Products 1 Beyond will be available through Authorized Crestron Dealers in the second half of 2022.

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