Decoding Intelligent Video Analytics (IVA): How Cameras Became Smart

For decades, security cameras played a passive role in our daily lives. They sat quietly in the corners of bank lobbies, traffic intersections, and retail stores, recording hours of inert footage onto magnetic tapes or hard drives. If an incident occurred, security teams spent hours frantically scrubbing through timelines—a tedious, prone-to-error process akin to finding a needle in a haystack.