Features and Benefits
Ease of Use
| Instant Global Reach | All system components run on off-the-shelf hardware and require only an Internet connection to communicate with each other. Virtually any wired or wireless Internet connection will work, including commercial cellular, Wi-Fi, satellite and tactical wireless mesh networks. |
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| Ease of Integration | The system is specifically designed to allow for integration with other components, including situation management, video surveillance and artificial intelligence solutions. |
| Broad Mobile OS Support | RealityVision supports Apple®, Android®, Windows Mobile® and Blackberry® mobile operating systems. |
| Intuitive Design | Instinctive design allows management console operators and remote device users to easily find and share critical information.
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Rapid, Rich Information Delivery - Ubiquity of Available Information Sources
| User-Initiated Video Streams | Users can immediately stream video feeds from virtually any camera source, each tailored to an organization’s specific operational requirements. Camera sources can range from microscope cameras, cell phone cameras, webcams, handheld camcorders, and long-range telephoto devices to external cameras such as UAV feeds. Users can stream their location information and initiate a one-button alert for priority attention from the console operator. Users can directly access and view their own archived videos. |
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| User Text Tags | Device users can add a descriptive text comment at the end of an incoming video stream, extending the rich metadata available with each stream. Android®, iPhone® and iPad® users can add comments to a video sessions as a whole, or to any individual frame within a video they are viewing. A console operator can also independently initiate a text comment while viewing any live or archived user stream. |
| Screencast™ | Any console operator, or RealityVision PC user, can select one button to define any region of the screen and stream its contents as a live video source within the RealityVision network. The feeds are simultaneously saved in the RealityVision archive for subsequent retrieval, annotation, analysis and redistribution. A separate Screencast version is available for unmanned PCs or when multiple portions of a PC screen need to be streamed at the same time to different users. Screencasting is an ad hoc integration tool because it provides an easy way to share complex data being rendered on a PC screen—SCADA data, 3D modeling, schematics, diagrams and much more—without the need for any integration with back-end systems. |
| Network Cameras | Select any of your fixed or mobile network cameras to be viewed securely by your remote users. The system supports the use of multiple video formats and camera types and remote pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) controls. Through a heartbeat check, network cameras not currently transmitting video feeds will be detected by RealityVision and shown as unavailable. |
| Video Files | Console operators can import video files—from another RealityVision server or from another source—for immediate distribution to authorized users. For example, in the law enforcement and military context, the file can be a critical segment of surveillance imagery. In the commercial context, it can be footage of a security incident or system breakdown. |
| Video & Data Archive | Archived video is stored on a frame-by-frame basis for retrieval, display, analysis and redistribution. Archived video is presented with all available text comments, location information and other metadata. Authorized users can add to existing comments or create new ones. All text comments are time-stamped with the username for auditing purposes. Video sessions are easily exported and imported to and from the RealityVision system. |
Dynamic Information Distribution
| Video Availability | Using a supported device, any user can independently access any available video source—any user-initiated stream, Screencast, camera feed or video file. Android®, iPhone® and iPad® users of RealityVision have enhanced video search functionality:
The console operator can push any video source directly to users. While viewing a user feed, the operator can pause, rewind it to a frame of interest, and send to remote users from that point. Other critical data can be shared with users as well, including images, files, documents and Web page content. |
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| Information Context | Console operators have multiple annotation and notification options to let users know exactly what they are being presented for viewing. This gives remote users more flexibility to process incoming commands immediately or at any later point through the user’s personal history log. |
| User History | At any time, a user can access a personal history log to independently retrieve any video stream or other data file sent previously to that user by a console operator. A police officer, for example, can instantly retrieve a suspect’s photo, and a commercial employee can instantly retrieve a Screencast of a 3D model sent days or weeks earlier. Each time a user signs on to RealityVision, he or she will be notified of any pending video sources and other data that had been sent by a console operator while the user was signed off. At that point, the user can process the commands immediately or at any later point. |
| Console Messaging | Console operators can embed text messages with issued commands for greater context, such as explaining to recipients why they are being sent a live video feed from another user, and can request a user response. |
| Console Annotations | Operators can also create and annotate images to share with users. Images can be created in multiple ways—such as pausing on a live feed, retrieving an image from the video history, or grabbing an image directly from a PC screen. Recipients can view the image with and without the annotation overlay. |
| Cued Video | Depending on the stream, a live video session can be paused, rewound to a frame of interest, and sent to remote users from that point so they do not miss the relevant portion of the video. Android®, iPhone® and iPad® users can add comments to a video session as a whole or to any individual frame within a video they are viewing. |
| Read Receipt | The console operator can instantly review the status of video sources and other commands sent to users and obtain detailed information about the command and each user’s response. |
Enterprise Architecture & Security
| Network Bandwidth Optimization | Allows users to stream and receive actionable visual information in high bandwidth conditions, low bandwidth conditions or while switching between the two. The transmit protocol for streaming from the device over networks is optimized to adapt instantly to changing network conditions, maintain image quality and prevent partial reconstruction of the images at the viewer. |
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| Distributed Architecture | System components can be installed behind the enterprise firewall on different hardware and in different locations or zones in support of IT best practices. |
| Secure Communications Channels | SSL/TLS support out of the box; FIPS 140-2 compliant VPN options. Please contact Reality Mobile directly if you require Suite B level encryption. |
| Data Traffic Optimization | Power management and heartbeat checks are used to minimize network traffic and preserve battery life – critical for mobile users. |
| Server Scalability | Flexibility to pool, segregate and group users across physical and virtual servers; the import-export feature allows data to be shared across servers while preserving server autonomy. |
| Metadata Indexing | Incoming video streams are indexed against a multitude of metadata elements including user, device, location information and user-generated descriptive text tags, enabling broad searches and accurate identification of videos. |
| Automatic Video Transcoding and Bandwidth Adaptation | Video sources are transcoded as necessary for user viewing. Video frame rates are adjusted for limited and varying network bandwidths. |
| Customizable Transmit Compression, Image Quality and Bandwidth Allocation | Android device users can customize their video streams to adapt instantly to the local network environment. |
| User Authentication | Activate the system’s authentication procedures to verify the identity of each user against Microsoft Active Directory or other accounts. The system also supports the creation of additional authentication modules. |
| Forced Sign Off | Management console operators can remotely sign off a user in the event a device is lost while logged into the network. |
| Enterprise Toolset | Customizable operations settings, audit logs, database management and other administrative tools are available. |
GPS Tracking
| Track Your Personnel | Allows users to stream and receive actionable visual information in high bandwidth conditions, low bandwidth conditions or while switching between the two. The transmit protocol for streaming from the device over networks is optimized to adapt instantly to changing network conditions, maintain image quality and prevent partial reconstruction of the images at the viewer. |
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| Track Your Video Sources | System components can be installed behind the enterprise firewall on different hardware and in different locations or zones in support of IT best practices. |
| Common Operating Picture | SSL/TLS support out of the box; FIPS 140-2 compliant VPN options. Please contact Reality Mobile directly if you require Suite B level encryption. |
At Super Bowl XL, undercover federal agents using everyday mobile devices, powered by RealityVision, monitored the safety of players and fans attending the game.
