BZBGEAR, Sacramento (USA)#
- Industry
- Professional AV & broadcast, Sacramento (USA)
- Project type
- Desktop/control software, several products
- Year
- ongoing across several years
- Duration
- long-term further development
BZBGEAR has consented to being named (2026-11-01). Product names and positioning follow the company's public presentation on bzbgear.com.
The starting point#
The client builds hardware and software for professional video production — switcher desks, camera control and accessories for studios and production companies. The control software is the product that makes the hardware usable: whoever buys a switcher desk buys the software with it.
The problem#
Control software for live production has a property you don't meet in office software: it runs in front of an audience. A bug is not a ticket but an interrupted take. At the same time, the products grow with every hardware generation — the software has to keep serving old devices and integrate new ones cleanly.
Scope: Switch Control#
Switch Control is the control software for the client's switcher desks. My contribution over the years:
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Developing the interface and flows further — including arranging sources on switcher pages via drag-and-drop.
Layout and configuration options that let production setups be reused.
Scope: PTZ Camera Control#
PTZ Camera Control steers pan-tilt-zoom cameras: positions, speeds, automatic tracking.
Assigning and positioning cameras via drag-and-drop.
Automatic tracking with presenter following.
A third product (BG-Nutrix) will be mentioned once image material for it has been prepared — the legacy assets live outside this workspace.
Result#
The products are on the market and have been developed further over years with new features and hardware generations. What that means for the client, I cannot and will not claim in numbers — what is provable: the collaboration continues, and the software has carried several hardware generations.
What it is not: a project I "delivered" at some point. It is long-term work on products that are in use.
Screenshots#
Naming#
BZBGEAR consented to being named; the page names the company and its products. The basis is the public information on bzbgear.com (Switch Control, PTZ Camera Control, BG-Nutrix) plus the company's approval of 2026-11-01.
Also of interest#
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