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html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"Originally posted on 16 September 2024. Scroll down for news of the Kiri Engine 3.13 update.Kiri Innovations has updated Kiri Engine, its 3D scanning app for Android and iOS.The 3.10 update, available for both Android and iOS, raises the maximum resolution of textures generated to 8K, and makes it possible to use longer source videos for AI-based scans.The 3.11 update, available for iOS only, introduces a new Area Mode, which combines Lidar and photogrammetry to generate more accurate scans of environments.The 3.12 and 3.13 updates, available for both Android and iOS, improves the apps 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) toolset, available to users with paid Pro subscriptions.A free AI-enhanced 3D scanning app for Android as well as Apple phonesFirst released in 2022, Kiri Engine is a 3D scanning app for Android and iOS devices.It began as a photogrammetry tool, reconstructing 3D models from source photos of real-world objects, and uses AI techniques for object masking and noise removal.Recent updates have added support for Neural Surface Reconstruction, 3D Gaussian Splatting and Lidar scanning on iOS devices.Kiri Engine 3.10 | Android and iOS | 8K textures and longer source videosFor users with Pro subscriptions, Kiri Engine 3.10 makes it possible to create more detailed scans, increasing the maximum resolution of the textures generated from 4K to 8K.The maximum length of a source video for 3DGS and Neural Surface Reconstruction has also been increased, from two minutes to three minutes.Other new Pro features include texture smoothing, intended to reduce spatial variation in the sharpness of textures; and the option to rebake textures after cropping a scan.All users get the option to switch camera lenses when capturing images for photogrammetry scans, making it easier to capture both the overall form of an object and close-up details.Kiri Engine 3.11 | iOS only | New Area Mode for scanning environmentsKiri Engine 3.11 extends the apps Object Capture feature, which makes it possible to process scans locally using Apples Object Capture API.The update introduces support for Object Captures new Area Mode, for capturing entire sections of an environment, rather than isolated objects.Kiri Engines implementation combines Lidar and photogrammetry, reconstructing environments more accurately than the apps existing Lidar-only Scene Scan feature, at the cost of longer processing times.Kiri Engine 3.12 | Android and iOS | Better-quality meshes from 3DGSKiri Engine 3.12 focuses on the apps 3DGS toolset, improving the quality of meshes generated from raw 3DGS point cloud. You can see comparisons to the previous algorithm here.It is also now possible to mask 3DGS scans: for example, to isolate the object being scanned from the background, in the same way as in the apps photogrammetry toolset.Kiri Engine 3.13 | Android and iOS | Optimized 3DGS scansKiri Engine 3.13 also focuses on 3DGS, improving the resolution and color accuracy of scans, and reducing processing times and 3DGS file sizes by approximately 50%.It is also now possible to use video as well as still photos as inputs for all of the apps scanning methods, with the obvious exception of Lidar.Pricing and system requirementsKiri Engine is available for Android 7.0 and iOS/iPadOS 15.0.The app itself is free to download. Free Basic accounts include photogrammetry, Lidar scanning, and Object Capture, and can export three 3D scans from the cloud per week.Pro accounts cost $17.99/month or $79.99/year, and make it possible to export an unlimited number of scans, and unlock advanced features, including the 3DGS toolset.Download Kiri Engine for Android from Google PlayDownload Kiri Engine for iOS from the iOS App StoreHave your say on this story by following CG Channel on Facebook, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter). As well as being able to comment on stories, followers of our social media accounts can see videos we dont post on the site itself, including making-ofs for the latest VFX movies, animations, games cinematics and motion graphics projects.

Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025Posted by Jim ThackerRE:Vision Effects launches Twixtor Standalonehtml PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"RE:Vision Effects has released a new standalone edition of Twixtor, its video retiming software for motion graphics and VFX.It has the same core features as the existing plugin editions, including the softwares new machine-learning-trained algorithm, but a much lower price tag.A GPU-accelerated retiming tool integrated with key video editing and compositing appsOne of the original video retiming tools, Twixtor slows down, speeds up or changes the frame rate of video, creating slo-mo shots from standard footage by warping and interpolating frames.The software is GPU-accelerated, hardware-agnostic, and integrates with a wide range of video editing, compositing, motion graphics and rotoscoping tools.New lower-cost Standalone editionTo that, the new Standalone edition lets you retime video without needing a host app.Its pitched at a consumer audience, with the official announcement namechecking videos of first steps, cooking demonstrations, real estate, dance shows, weddings [and] sports triumphs.However, despite its lower price tag under half that of a regular license it has no resolution or duration limit, and uses the new machine-learning-trained algorithm introduced in Twixtor 8.Users with existing Twixtor 8 Pro licenses get the Standalone edition for free.Price, system requirements and release dateTwixtor 8 Standalone is available for Windows 10+ and macOS. It has a standard price of $149.95.Regular licenses of Twixtor cost $329.95 and work with 11 host apps. Pro licenses support a full range of hosts, with node-locked licenses costing $595 and floating licenses costing $892.50.Read more about Twixtor Standalone on the product websiteHave your say on this story by following CG Channel on Facebook, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter). As well as being able to comment on stories, followers of our social media accounts can see videos we dont post on the site itself, including making-ofs for the latest VFX movies, animations, games cinematics and motion graphics projects.Latest NewsNew version of iOS and Android scanning app Kiri EngineKiri Engine 3.13 improves the quality of 3D Gaussian Splatting in the app, sharpening scans and reducing 3DGS file sizes 'approximately 50%'.Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025RE:Vision Effects launches Twixtor StandaloneGPU-accelerated, AI-powered video retiming tool can now be used without a host app, for under half the price of a regular plugin license.Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025See the new features due in Unreal Engine 5.6 and beyondCheck out upcoming features in the game engine, from rendering and simulation to Megaworlds biomes, next-gen terrain and Anim Next.Tuesday, January 21st, 2025Left Angle releases Autograph 2025Big update to the compositing and motion design app adds a DaVinci Resolve Live Link, an After Effects converter - and a new free edition.Tuesday, January 21st, 2025Check out this GPU-accelerated Houdini Skin Slide DeformerDNEG TD Mengya Zhang's OpenCL-based tool generates realistic skin sliding without tissue simulation. Free to try on personal projects.Monday, January 20th, 2025Check out this free 2D Rim Light Tool for NukeCompositing Academy's handy add-on creates fake rim lighting on 2D images for title sequences and motion graphics using only an alpha.Monday, January 20th, 2025More NewsCreate motion graphics in Nuke with the new Screen FX pluginMaster Cinematic Sand & Dust Simulations Using HoudiniGet the new free version of ZibraVDB for Unreal EngineChaos releases V-Ray 7 for Cinema 4DThese simple free tools convert Maya shaders to BlenderGet 75+ free modular shop assets for Unreal EngineAdobe releases Substance 3D Designer 14.1Adobe unveils Live Co-Editing in PhotoshopFree tool: Hair Cinematic Tool for Unreal Engine 5Master World Building using Blender and PhotoshopGet 6 free smoke and fire effects sequences from FX BackPackGet modular Maya character rig builder Mansur-Rig for freeOlder Posts

Jan 22, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Enterprise SecurityOracle is urging customers to apply its January 2025 Critical Patch Update (CPU) to address 318 new security vulnerabilities spanning its products and services.The most severe of the flaws is a bug in the Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Framework (CVE-2025-21556, CVSS score: 9.9) that could allow an attacker to seize control of susceptible instances."Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attackers with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Agile PLM Framework," according to a description of the security hole in the NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD).It's worth noting that Oracle warned of active exploitation attempts against another flaw in the same product (CVE-2024-21287, CVSS score: 7.5) in November 2024. Both vulnerabilities affect Oracle Agile PLM Framework version 9.3.6."Customers are strongly advised to apply the January 2025 Critical Patch Update for Oracle Agile PLM Framework as it includes patches for [CVE-2024-21287] as well as additional patches," Eric Maurice, vice president of Security Assurance at Oracle, said.Some of the other critical severity flaws, all rated 9.8 on the CVSS score, addressed by Oracle are as follows -CVE-2025-21524 - A vulnerability in the Monitoring and Diagnostics SEC component of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne ToolsCVE-2023-3961 - A vulnerability in the E1 Dev Platform Tech (Samba) component of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne ToolsCVE-2024-23807 - A vulnerability in the Apache Xerces C++ XML parser component of Oracle Agile Engineering Data ManagementCVE-2023-46604 - A vulnerability in the Apache ActiveMQ component of the Oracle Communications Diameter Signaling Router CVE-2024-45492 - A vulnerability in the XML parser (libexpat) component of Oracle Communications Network Analytics Data Director, Financial Services Behavior Detection Platform, Financial Services Trade-Based Anti Money Laundering Enterprise Edition, and HTTP ServerCVE-2024-56337 - A vulnerability in the Apache Tomcat server component of Oracle Communications Policy ManagementCVE-2025-21535 - A vulnerability in the Core component of Oracle WebLogic ServerCVE-2016-1000027 - A vulnerability in the Spring Framework component of Oracle BI Publisher CVE-2023-29824 - A vulnerability in the Analytics Server (SciPy) component of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise EditionCVE-2025-21535 is also similar to CVE-2020-2883 (CVSS score: 9.8), another critical security vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic Server that could be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker with network access via IIOP or T3.Earlier this month, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added CVE-2020-2883 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active in-the-wild exploitation.Also addressed by Oracle is CVE-2024-37371 (CVSS score: 9.1), a critical Kerberos 5 flaw affecting its Communications Billing and Revenue Management that could permit an attacker to "cause invalid memory reads by sending message tokens with invalid length fields."Users are advised to apply the necessary patches to keep their systems up-to-date and avoid potential security risks.Found this article interesting? Follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn to read more exclusive content we post.SHARE

Jan 22, 2025Ravie LakshmananBotnet / Network SecurityWeb infrastructure and security company Cloudflare on Tuesday said it detected and blocked a 5.6 Terabit per second (Tbps) distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, the largest ever attack to be reported to date.The UDP protocol-based attack took place on October 29, 2024, targeting one of its customers, an unnamed internet service provider (ISP) from Eastern Asia. The activity originated from a Mirai-variant botnet."The attack lasted only 80 seconds and originated from over 13,000 IoT devices," Cloudflare's Omer Yoachimik and Jorge Pacheco said in a report.That said, the average unique source IP address observed per second was 5,500, with the average contribution of each IP address per second around 1 Gbps.The previous record for the largest volumetric DDoS assault was also reported by Cloudflare in October 2024, which peaked at 3.8 Tbps.Cloudflare also revealed it blocked approximately 21.3 million DDoS attacks in 2024, a 53% increase from 2023, and that the amount of attacks exceeding 1 Tbps grew by 1,885% quarter-over-quarter. In the fourth quarter of 2024 alone, as many as 6.9 million DDoS attacks were mitigated.Some of the other notable statistics observed during Q4 2024 are listed below -Known DDoS botnets accounted for 72.6% of all HTTP DDoS attacksThe top three most common Layer 3/Layer 4 (network layer) attack vectors were SYN floods (38%), DNS flood attacks (16%), and UDP floods (14%)Memcached DDoS attacks, BitTorrent DDoS attacks, and ransom DDos attacks witnessed a 314%, 304%, and 78% QoQ increase, respectivelyAbout 72% of HTTP DDoS attacks and 91% of network layer DDoS attacks end in under ten minutesIndonesia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Ukraine, and Argentina were the largest sources of DDoS attacksChina, the Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Germany were the most attacked countriesTelecommunications, internet, marketing, information technology, gambling were the most attacked sectorsThe development comes as cybersecurity companies Qualys and Trend Micro revealed that offshoots of the notorious Mirai botnet malware are targeting Internet of Things (IoT) devices by exploiting known security flaws and weak credentials to use them as conduits for DDoS attacks.Found this article interesting? Follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn to read more exclusive content we post.SHARE

Flanking the northern edge of the Govan district and directly connected to the River Clyde, Water Row was once part of Glasgows renowned shipbuilding industry, which thrived from the 18th century until its decline in the mid-20th century. In its prime, large workforces were attracted to Govan, which resulted in rapid population growth and constructive development through tenement dwellings and industrial infrastructure. Economic hardship and social challenges arose when the shipping industry collapsed and thousands became unemployed, fracturing Govans tight-knit community and leaving the area overlooked and starved of investment for decades.However, in recent years dedicated grassroots efforts are revitalising Govan through local groups and organisations. Glasgow City Council has been supporting its growth in partnership with initiatives such as the Central Govan Action Plan, whose aim is to recharge the town with the vitality and activity it once boasted.It is under this partnership that Collective Architecture was commissioned to develop a mixed-use masterplan at Water Row for Govan Housing Association. The first phase, completed in May 2024, comprises five distinct linear blocks addressing the Clyde waterfront to the north and Govan Cross shopping centre to the south. Each block is a modest four to six storeys high; together they provide 92 apartments and six ground-floor commercial spaces.AdvertisementThe blocks are bound by a proud but permeable precast concrete and brick colonnade, which acts as a structural wayfinder for non-residents by wrapping the north, west and south public perimeter of the site. This effectively separates the blocks into private residential and public realms while managing a high footfall that lands directly in front of the scheme from the Govan-Partick footbridge.The bridge, which opened in September 2024, is a significant move in Glasgow City Councils goal to regenerate Govan and transform the citys waterfront. It reawakens a meaningful historical link between both sides of the river. Collective Architecture was aware of plans for the bridge from the outset and ensured that it became a focal point of the Water Row masterplan. Delays due to the Covid pandemic resulted in a positive opportunity for collaboration between Phase 1 of Water Row and the bridge development, so the projects opened months apart. Chris Burrows, principal officer within the councils planning service, has noted: The integration of new housing at Water Row with the public realm around the Govan-Partick Bridge is testament to the collaborative approach taken by Collective Architecture. Completion of the project is a major milestone in delivering the councils vision to make the River Corridor a vibrant, inclusive and well-connected place.The Scottish Environment Protection Agency had determined a one-in-200-year risk of flooding for the site and to address this the development is pulled back from the riverfront and raised about 1.1m above the pre-existing ground condition. Collective Architecture and landscape architect rankinfraser integrated this level change into the design, maintaining accessible public space and providing gradual slopes for residents into the schemes step-free internal courtyard. Commercial units, aiming to be filled by summer 2025, will anchor and perpetuate activity in the water-facing public space.The massing of the housing blocks is opened up by slate roofs whose pitches alternate in direction. The buildings get lower in height as they approach the River Clyde almost as a gesture of respect. Its clear that the schemes scale has been monitored so as not to compete with the surrounding historical context and instead it works to welcome the public deeper into Govan. AdvertisementProject architect Mairi Laverty says: The roof pitches came from the masterplan stages as an idea of ribbons in linear forms running down to the river. They allow views through, while echoing the strong gables around the wider site.The schemes five blocks frame an internal courtyard. Openings in the perimeter colonnade allow access and strategic views through the development. The courtyard consists of semi-public space, play space, vehicle access and parking spaces for an overall 40 per cent of the units, a reduced parking ratio justified by the strong accessible transport links bus, subway, cycling and pedestrian routes in the local area.The schemes material palette is restrained, comprising brick, concrete and zinc cladding. Two subtly different tones of brick reflect the blonde sandstone of Govan & Linthouse Parish Church (Robert Baldie, 1873) and the red sandstone of the former British Linen Bank (James Salmon Jr, 1897), both in the developments immediate context. These tones are united in the red pigmented zinc that clads recessed pocket balconies and wraps the sharp undulating dormer windows on the south elevation, creating a landmark faade at Govan Cross. A belt of buff red soldier brick runs along the datum height of the colonnade, banding the development together and providing a clean and cost-effective detail for passers-by to experience while visually separating the active ground-floor spaces from residential above.Above ground floor level are varying two-bed, four-person apartment types all designed to the Glasgow Standard. Resident Jade McKenzie welcomed us into her dual-aspect flat, which sits at the south-western edge of Block 1C. We entered a bright, L-shaped corridor before coming into the living/dining/kitchen area, which is lit from large openings in the west and south elevations. The two bedrooms are arranged to the south-east. One bedroom gives onto a large, recessed balcony with extensive views across south-west Govan. Each space offers abundant natural light and freedom of movement, since almost unnoticeable recessed sprinklers allowed for fire-rated doors to be dispensed with.Its clear that Collective Architecture kept the project focused on quality and the residents experience. Laverty recalls: We fought hard not to have any balconies compromised nor value-engineered out.However, the architects collaborated closely with the contractor, CCG, to value-engineer smaller areas that didnt sacrifice the people-centred design quality nor sustainability ethos of the proposal. Stairwells were made more compact and commercial floorplates were reduced to support economic equilibrium. The development is one of the first social housing projects in Glasgow not to use gas boilers. High-retention storage heaters heat each room within the units, which work efficiently in tandem with Collectives fabric-first, robust envelope.As well as aiming for a Passivhaus standard of detailing, the scheme aspires to be socially sustainable. A representative of Govan Housing Association comments that the company managing the maintenance of the scheme will provide apprenticeships and youth training programmes, adding that any money made through the development and its subsequent phases will be reinvested back into the area. Care, collaboration and patience are legible ingredients of Collective Architectures people-centred design at Water Row. As the first phase of their mixed-use masterplan, the housing scheme has set a standard in Glasgow City for high-quality, sustainably integrated architecture produced through tenacity and contextual understanding.Water Row not only sets a robust precedent for quality affordable housing rooted in place, but its considerate site response and integration into an historically significant site is laudable. Echoing the character of its context, collaboration has been part of the project development and elemental to its success, and Glasgow will continue to see the benefits recycled back into the economic and social structure of Govan.Aoife Blthnaid Nolan is an architectural assistant and founder of Glasgow-based ism architecture magazineProject dataStart on sitePhase 1: September 2018Completion30 April 2024Gross internal floor area10,026m2Construction cost24.7 millionConstruction cost per m22,464 (including externals and public realm)ArchitectCollective ArchitectureClientGovan Housing Association/Glasgow City CouncilStructural engineerG3 Consulting EngineersQuantity surveyor Brown + WallaceLandscape architectrankinfraser landscape architectureLighting designFoto-MAProject managerN/APrincipal designerG3 Consulting EngineersCDM co-ordinatorBrown + WallaceApproved building inspector Glasgow City CouncilMain contractorCCG (Scotland)CAD software usedRevitSustainability dataPercentage of floor area with daylight factor >2%Not calculatedPercentage of floor area with daylight factor >5%Not calculatedOn-site energy generation30.1%Heating and hot water load40.59 kWh/m2/yrTotal energy load31.72 kWh/m2/yrCarbon emissions (all)16.46 kgCO2/m2Annual mains water consumptionUnknownAirtightness at 50Pa4.36 m3/hr/m2 (average)Overall thermal bridging heat transfer coefficient (Y-value)0.06 W/m2K (average)Overall area-weighted U-value0.26 W/m2K (average across all elements)Embodied/ whole-life carbon Not calculatedPredicted design life60-80 years

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In BriefPosted:12:00 AM PST January 22, 2025Image Credits:JarIndian fintech Jar turns cash flow positiveIndian fintech Jar has turned cash flow positive, an executive at the Tiger Global-backed startup confirmed on Wednesday, as it gears up to deepen its offerings.The three-year-old startup, which offers its users the ability to start their savings and investment journey, achieved the milestone while still growing by more than 10 times last year, according to an investor note TechCrunch has reviewed.The profitability push comes as many fast-growing Indian startups are improving their financials and paring down expenses to become IPO-ready.Jar has expanded its offerings in the past year and a half, adding lending and online jewelry sales to its business. Its jewelry business, called Nek, is doing an annualized sales of about $13 million annually, according to the investor note.The new offerings come at a time when the Bengaluru-headquartered startup is in talks to raise as much as $50 million in a new round of funding, according to Indian newspaper Economic Times. Jar declined to comment on the fundraising talks.TopicsFintech, India, jar

Vertice has made a name for itself over the years in the crowded world of expenditure management by focusing on applying AI to optimize an area where businesses are sinking hundreds of billions of dollars annually: software and cloud spend. The London-based startups business has grown 13x in the three years since its inception (similar how fast software spend has increased), and it has now raised $50 million in new funding to expand its vision.[Vertice] is designed to standardize companies processes around how they buy anything, not just software and cloud, its CEO and co-founder Roy Tuvey (pictured above, told TechCrunch. A lot of companies today have disparate solutions, different silos that they look at, and procurement teams are generally under a lot of pressure to deliver savings and efficiencies. They dont have amazing technology today. So weve brought it all together in a unified and simplified platform.Lakestar, a new investor in the company, is leading this Series C round. Perpetual Growth and CF Private Equity, as well as previous backers Bessemer Venture Partners and 83North (which co-led Vertices Series B almost exactly a year ago) are also participating.The startup has now raised around $100 million in total, and while its not disclosing valuation, Tuvey confirmed that this Series C was an up-round, valuing the company higher than the several hundred millions it was pegged at 12 months ago. The size of Vertices customers has grown, too: Its clientele now number in the hundreds across Europe, the U.S. and Asia Pacific, including the likes of chip giant ASML, Euronext, Grant Thornton, and banking behemoth Santander.For some more context, Vertices founders have a strong history of entrepreneurship: Roy and his brother Eldar previously founded two security startups, ScanSafe, which they sold to Cisco in 2009 for $200 million; and Wandera, which was acquired by Jamf for $400 million in 2021.Gartner predicts that spending on data centers in 2025 (thanks to cloud and AI), software, related IT and communication services will increase by more than 9% to just under $5 trillion, so it isnt surprising to see Vertice working in a crowded part of the enterprise market.Its competitors include a plethora of platforms that offer varying levels of services like product recommendations, pricing, side-by-side feature comparisons, and more. These include Spendbase, Spendesk, Gartner and G2.Vertices point of differentiation, Tuvey said, is how it integrates with a businesss data to better understand what to suggest. Tapping into the same approaches that a cybersecurity firm might use to better understand activity in a network, Tuvey said Vertice uses AI and other tools to build a picture of what a company does, how much it spends typically, and what it might need or want to buy next.In effect, the startup has built, along the lines of a large language model, a large software procurement model, where the parameters are not facts and insights, but software usage. The company claims it has ingested data on some $3.4 billion worth of SaaS and cloud expenditure, as well as benchmarking data on more than 16,000 software vendors (none of these have any financial relationship with Vertice, Tuvey confirmed). Customers essentially use Vertice to speed up the process of buying and also to save money. The startup says that purchasing cycles can typically be cut in half, yielding savings between 20% and 30%.We ingest all the contract information through AI, Tuvey said, adding that it uses the tech to build co-pilots to help with purchasing, automating work that finance teams might have to do manually before. We surface benchmark pricing insights and analytics that they need at the point of purchase. AI is really interesting when it comes to procurement orchestration, because you can learn where the company has bottlenecks in their processes.That, in turn, helps Vertice understand how the wider business is working, he added.For example, if a company is always spending a long time with certain steps, for example to check pricing but also security compliance, we can see how to run them in parallel and save time, he said. And you can just imagine the more and more apps you have, the AI can learn and make recommendations.Its the Tuveys background, how they are applying it to procurement, and the resulting growth that has had investors knocking on the door, said Georgia Watson, the Lakestar partner leading this round. At the moment, expenditure is top of mind for companies looking to bring down operational costs especially at startups given the constrictions they are facing around funding at the moment.Some of our portfolio companies are using Vertice, Watson said, citing the pressure to bring down software expenditure. Thats been a conversation weve been having and feedback was overwhelmingly positive, she noted, adding that Lakestar had been trying to invest previously, and finally pulled it off this time around.

For dedicated meeting rooms, the Logitech Rally Board 65 can be wall mounted or placed on a cadenza. ... [+] LogitechWith more companies recalling employees to return to the office, the market for video conferencing equipment is hotting up. Logitech is the latest brand to announce a new tool in its range of video conferencing equipment.The new Rally Board 65 is an all-in-one portable video conference solution that combines audio and video in a 65-inch touchscreen display. The Rally Board 65 can be rolled around the office on a cart. Alternatively, the device can be wall-mounted or placed on a cadenza in a meeting room. The Rally Board 65 has a suite of AI-powered features including sensors for registering room occupancy as well as the environmental conditions of a meeting room.Hybrid workers expect all spaces to be video-enabled and adaptable enough to collaborate on a moments notice, whether in an open space, traditional room, collaborative room or learning space, says Prakash Arunkundrum, Chief Operating Officer and GM of Logitech for Business. So, we asked ourselves: how can we create a smart, supremely sophisticated conferencing system, while drastically simplifying the setup? The answer is Rally Board 65, a flexible solution that breaks the pattern of tech complexity that overwhelms companies.The new Logitech Rally Board 65 can be moved around on a cart and even flipped through 180 degrees ... [+] to switch the camera to being above or below the screen.LogitechThis all-in-one video conferencing solution can be operational within minutes using Android, PC or BYOD mode using software like Microsoft Teams, Zoom or Google Meet. The Rally Board 65 can be moved around an office space on a cart and can even flip through 180 degrees so the camera can be positioned above or below the screen.MORE FOR YOUA 4K webcam is built into the Rally Board 65 powered by RightSight 2 and RightSound 2. These two technologies can ensure individual speakers are both seen and heard during meetings. A variable Camera Zone function can define limits to visual framing while a Mic Zone can be set to minimize sound pickup within a designated area.A new Depth Blur technique can obscure surroundings, producing an effect to background blur people. Rally Board 65 uses 3D spatial mapping technology to help it focus on the action in the meeting while eliminating or reducing background distractions.At the rear of the Logitech Rally Board 65 there is a comprehensive cable management system to keep ... [+] everything neat and tidy. The Rally Board 65 also comes with two styluses for drawing on the screen.LogitechSensors built into the Rally Board 65 can detect the presence of people so that IT teams can gauge accurate readings of how and when employees are using video spaces. The sensors can also analyze environmental data like humidity, temperature and CO2 levels to check that a room is in a healthy condition. The system can also assign an energy score to a room along with recommendations for when to increase ventilation, take breaks or reduce the number of seats in a room to improve air quality.Insights from the Rally Board 65 can be fed into Logitechs Sync software, a centralized platform for IT teams that gives an overall view of an organizations meeting room use with a drill down for details on specific room performance. The system can also automatically book and release meeting rooms.The new Logitech Rally Board 65 is a versatile meeting tool that can be used in a range of ... [+] situations using its built in Android 14 OS or by using your own computer.Logitech As a corporation, Logitech is keen on the sustainability and environmental impact of its products. The Rally Board 65 has been designed and engineered to minimize its environmental impact. Up to 41% of the product is made using next-life plastics, low-carbon aluminum and recycled fabrics. The system ships in FSC-certified packaging.Logitech claims the environmental benefits of the Rally Board 65 go beyond physical design. The radar system in Rally Board 65 enables it to automatically switch to a lower power state when no one is in the meeting space, a function that can significantly reduce power consumption across a companys offices.Pricing & Availability: Logitech Rally Board 65 will be available from May 2025 and priced at $6,999 via authorized distributors and resellers and logitech.com.