Risks and challenges of video analytics.

Video Analytics as a whole is a relatively new technique, therefore the impact it will have in the future is still relatively uncertain.

Let´s look at this as if it were an emerging country: A lot of opportunities to take advantages from but also some risks that should be taken into account.

During these months we tried to explain the main topics related to video analytics all the while being aware that, some applications could carry some precautions.

Nowadays we tend to trust our devices but… would you trust to 100% a car that is being driven by itself? Would you feel safe taking curves on a rainy day?

Not every alarm received from our fall detectors will mean a suicide and not every suspicious behavior that our camera is detecting will be a terrorist trying to place a bomb. Technology works for us, but it is our duty to filter and control this information.

At the same time that technology is evolving, the applications we make of it are increasing too. So it is easy to guess that in 10 years a lot of different branches will have grown from the core idea of Video Analytics.

The main challenge for the future is not to come up with new inventions, if not making them completely reliable.

For example, in terms of security we live in a world where new threats are arising every day: imagine that someone can potentially hack your Google Car and drives it out of your sight.

From SmarterView, we cannot predict the future inventions related to technology, but two things are clear: Video Analytics trends will squeeze them to improve our welfare and, above all, SmarterView will be here to tell you the news.