Iris Named a 2026 Pro AV Best in Market Award Winner

Iris Named a 2026 Pro AV Best in Market Award Winner

AV Technology recognizes Iris, the software-based camera control platform built for teams running live video.

We're proud to share that Iris has been named a winner in the 2026 Pro AV Best in Market Awards from AV Technology. The program, run by Future, spotlights the products shaping where professional AV goes next. Winners are chosen by a panel of experienced industry judges who look for innovation, excellence, and real-world impact.

Here's what the judges had to say about Iris: "This is hands down one of the easiest and most intuitive user experiences for controlling PTZ cameras for live production. The image settings control experience is exponentially more intuitive than the standard web GUI for most PTZ cameras."

"Every day we hear from operators who are tired of juggling a different controller for every camera brand. This award tells us the industry sees the same problem we do," said Noah Johnson, Iris co-founder and VP of Video Applications at Audinate.

What Is Iris?

Iris is a software-based, universal PTZ camera control platform. It gives production teams one pane of glass to control, manage, color-correct, and monitor their cameras, whatever the brand, from anywhere, with anyone on the team.

Iris supports 400+ camera models from AIDA, Bolin, Canon, Lumens, Marshall, Panasonic, PTZOptics, Sony, and more. It runs as a desktop app on macOS and Windows, with local, cloud, or hybrid deployment and sub-300ms control latency. And it's built by Audinate, the team behind Dante, so it's backed by a company pro AV teams already trust to keep their networks running.

Why Video Operators Choose Iris

Live production doesn't forgive fumbling. When the show is running, operators need to reach the right camera, frame the shot, and match the look without thinking about which controller goes with which brand. Iris is built for that moment.

One surface for a mixed fleet. Most rigs grow one camera at a time, and every brand brings its own controller, web UI, or protocol. Iris puts every PTZ on the same screen, so a Sony and a PTZOptics sit side by side and respond the same way. Operators learn one workflow instead of five.

Control from anywhere. Because Iris is software, the control room can be wherever the operator is: front of house, a booth down the hall, or home. Camera crews and production companies can stop flying operators to every venue, and a small team can cover more rooms and more shows.

Shading and color in the same place as framing. Iris brings color correction and monitoring into the same interface as pan, tilt, and zoom. Matching cameras for a clean multi-camera look no longer means jumping between tools mid-show.

Built for teams, including volunteers. Role-based access (Owner, Admin, Producer, Viewer) lets a technical director set up the studio once and hand operators exactly the controls they need. That matters for worship teams and event crews where the person on cameras changes week to week.

Smarter automation, with a human in the loop. Iris Auto-Tracking, now in public beta, adds AI-powered subject tracking that works across supported cameras, including models that never shipped with tracking. When a shot gets tricky, the operator can take over instantly with the virtual joystick.

A fraction of the hardware. Traditional camera control means dedicated panels and desks for every position. With Iris, a laptop or a Mac Mini and your existing cameras can do the job. Plans start free, with paid plans from $25 per camera per month.

See the Award-Winning Platform for Yourself

Want to see what makes Iris stand out? Start free at tryiris.ai and connect the cameras you already own, or watch the demo to see a full multi-camera workflow in action.