Computer vision for venues, conferences, and live events.
The queue at the bar is six deep. The exit doors are blocked by a sound desk. The hall is approved for 800 and you've sold 850 because the till lost count. I build vision systems that watch your venue or event in real time, alerting on what matters, logging what you'll need afterward. Built for permanent venues and roadshow events. Built on cameras you already own or temporary ones rigged for the day.
Or copy: [email protected]
What's actually happening at your venue right now.
You're guessing. You think the bar queue at 9pm is fine because nobody's complained. You think the capacity in the side room is under limit because the ticket count says so, but you can't see how many people moved over from the main hall. You think the fire exit is clear because it was clear at the door check, but someone leaned a flight case against it ten minutes later.
The cameras can answer all of this in real time. The big stadium and arena operators already do it. The kit and the software cost has dropped to the point where a regional venue, a conference centre, or a touring event can run the same setup for a fraction of what it used to cost.
What I build for venues and events.
Crowd density and capacity
Real-time count of people in each space against approved capacity. Alerts when a room approaches its limit. Live dashboard for the duty manager. Audit log for the licensing officer.
Quoted on scope.
Fixed price in writing before any work starts. Hardware, on-site installation, and any opted-in subscriptions quoted separately at cost.
Queue and bar flow
Watches queues at bars, cloakrooms, entry points, food stalls. Tells the duty manager when staffing needs to move. Daily report after the event with peak times and average wait.
Quoted on scope.
Fixed price in writing before any work starts. Hardware, on-site installation, and any opted-in subscriptions quoted separately at cost.
Fire exit and route monitoring
Persistent check that fire exits and escape routes are clear. Alerts when something is blocking them. Logged for compliance.
Quoted on scope.
Fixed price in writing before any work starts. Hardware, on-site installation, and any opted-in subscriptions quoted separately at cost.
Incident detection
Flags falls, fights, medical incidents, or unauthorised stage access in real time. Alert to the duty manager or security lead with a clip attached.
Quoted on scope.
Fixed price in writing before any work starts. Hardware, on-site installation, and any opted-in subscriptions quoted separately at cost.
Roadshow and pop-up version
Same offerings, packaged for events without permanent infrastructure. Wireless cameras, battery-backed compute, set up in the morning, packed down at night.
Quoted on scope.
Fixed price in writing before any work starts. Hardware, on-site installation, and any opted-in subscriptions quoted separately at cost.
A few of the situations this system handles.
A conference centre running a multi-day event with thousands of attendees across multiple rooms. The system watches each space for capacity against approved limits and alerts the duty manager before a room hits the limit. Stewarding gets directed where it's actually needed.
A festival or roadshow event with temporary cameras rigged for the day. The system covers entry queues, bar flows, and fire exits, with real-time alerts to the operations lead. Setup happens in the morning, teardown that night.
A venue with persistent bar-queue complaints from previous events. The system tracks queue length and average wait across the evening, surfacing the bottleneck the duty manager couldn't see from one position. Staffing redistributes in real time.
A regular venue hosting different event types month to month. The same system runs every event, building a pattern of what each event type looks like, so future events benefit from knowing where bottlenecks are likely to form.
Why this, why me.
Works with existing CCTV and with temporary rigs.
Permanent venues use what's installed. Roadshow events get a portable kit set up on the morning.
Real-time, not post-event.
Most "event analytics" products give you a report a week later. This is a live dashboard during the event, with alerts for the things that need action now.
The code is yours.
Especially valuable for venue operators running multiple events a year. Pay once, run it on every event without per-event licensing.
GDPR-aware.
Faces blurred by default. Counts and behaviour, not identity. Specific use cases that require identification (VIP recognition, banned-person watch) are a separate deliberate build with appropriate controls.
Fixed price, in writing.
A call, then a build.
We talk
Twenty minutes. You tell me about the venue or the event, the cameras you have or the spaces we'd need to cover, and what you'd most like to know in real time.
I build
Two to four weeks for a permanent venue setup. Roadshow setups scoped per event with a setup-and-runtime budget agreed in advance.
Every quote breaks out the build fee, hardware, install labour, and any subscriptions in writing before you commit. One total, every line visible.
The things people ask before we start.
Will this work for one-off events?
Yes. The roadshow version is built for this. Pay per event, or get a sliding rate if you run regular events through the year. Setup happens the morning of the event, teardown that evening.
Will this work for a permanent venue?
Yes, and the maths is better for permanent venues because the build cost is paid once and amortises across every event you host. After the first event, each subsequent event runs at zero additional system cost.
What about outdoor events and festivals?
Possible, with the right setup. Outdoor sites need weatherproofed cameras, power, and connectivity. We discuss what's realistic for your specific site at scoping. Some festival sites work brilliantly; some are genuinely hard. I'll tell you which yours is.
Can it tell me where the bottleneck will be before it happens?
With enough event data, yes. The first event establishes a baseline. Later events benefit from the pattern recognition. The system works best for venues running similar events repeatedly, where the same room or stall hosts comparable activity event after event.
Can it integrate with our existing event management software?
Most event platforms accept a data feed or have an API. Whether the integration is worth the cost depends on the event scale. For smaller events, plain email reports are usually enough. For larger venues running ten-plus events a year, integration pays back quickly.
What about ticketing and admission scanning?
Out of scope for this system. Dedicated ticketing products do scanning well. This system tells you what happens with the people already inside, after the door.
How quickly can it be running at my venue?
Two to four weeks for a single permanent venue. Roadshow events are scoped per event with a setup and runtime budget agreed in advance, typically two weeks of preparation before the event itself. Multi-venue groups run faster per site after the first because the configuration and operational playbook are reused.
Tell me about your venue.
Email me a sentence about the venue or the event and what you'd most like the cameras to tell you in real time. I reply the same day with a rough scope and a fixed price in writing within a few days of a call.
Or copy: [email protected]