Zoom bought some professional tools from Liminal, a startup that produced due add-on just for the videoconferencing platform. Let’s find out all the details together.
Zoom e Liminal: i tool professionali
Through an announcement posted on its website, Zoom revealed that it had acquired the transmission tools based on Zoom created by the startup Liminal, along with two of the company’s co-founders. Liminal add-ons, ZoomOSC e ZoomISO, they are built to create professional virtual events.
Most likely Zoom integrerà nativamente these two add-ons into its software as part of the acquisition.
As noted on the official website, ZoomOSC is designed for improve meetings they professional events using the protocol Open Sound Control (OSC). This allows Zoom to integrate with third party software, controller hardware e media server.
Instead ZoomISO allows you to export each participant’s video feed as a separate output for professional production hardware. In addition, five of them can be exported in HD.
By acquiring these resources from Liminal, Zoom says it will help the platform “bridge” the gap between “emerging” and “traditional” forms of event control tools and that it should come in handy for broadcast studios, theaters and other organizations that want to create professional streams.
The platform took a step forward in large-scale virtual events when it first announced its feature Events in May and officially launched it in July. With events, organizers can create event hub, sell tickets e create multiple livestream sessions the same day.
To conclude Candace Dean, the spokesperson for Zoom, told The Verge that Liminal’s existing tools will remain available through the official website. For more information, you can consult the Zoom website.