New Delhi: Zoom has announced to acquire the Zoom-based broadcast tools created by the startup Liminal. Liminal’s add-ons, ZoomOSC and ZoomISO, are built for creating professional virtual events, which Zoom will likely natively integrate into its software as part of the acquisition.
According to Liminal, ZoomOSC is designed to enhance professional meetings and events using the Open Sound Control (OSC) protocol, enabling users to integrate Zoom with third-party software, hardware controllers, and media servers. Whereas, ZoomISO allows users to export each participants’ video feed as a separate output to professional production hardware, five of which users can choose to output in HD.
On this Zoom says it will help the platform “bridge” the gap between “emerging” and “traditional” forms of event control tools, which should come in handy for broadcast studios, theaters, and other organizations that want to create professional streams. The platform took the dive into large-scale virtual events when it first announced its Events feature in May and officially rolled it out in July. With Events, organizers can create event hubs, sell tickets, and create multiple livestream sessions throughout the day.
Zoom spokesperson Candace Dean said that Liminal’s existing tools will remain available through Liminal’s site, however, as Zoom expands on those tools and builds something similar into the platform, there will no longer be a need for them as separate add-ons.
