Beyond the Lens: What Is Intelligent Video Analytics (IVA) and How Is It Changing the World?

For decades, security cameras operated like passive digital storage lockers. They stared blankly at corridors, parking lots, and storefronts, recording endless hours of footage that usually sat untouched unless an incident occurred—at which point humans spent hours scanning grainy timelines to find a single clue.

Today, cameras can think.