Witness 2 is here

We are proud to introduce Witness 2, a major upgrade to our home alarm system for Mac and iOS. Based on feedback we received from our users, version 2 has the following new features:

• Sneak Peek: watch live images from any active Mac in your alarm system.
• Auto-activation: Witness uses the location of your iOS device to automatically arm the alarm when leaving your house, and disarm it upon your return. It's magic!
• Face detection: you can now setup Witness to only detect motion if it detects a human face. This may come in handy when you have pets running around the house.
• Motion detection sensitivity: optimize camera settings for a specific environment.
• Multiple cameras: connect and use up to 3 cameras per Mac, making it easier to cover larger areas.
• Applescript support: it's now possible to have AppleScripts executed when arming and disarming the alarm, or when motion is detected.

Grab your update now from the revamped Witness website.

New Year's resolutions

From the Orbicule headquarters, we wish you a very happy, healthy and safe New Year!

We have some awesome stuff in store for you in 2012. First and foremost, we will unveil Undercover 5. This is not just an upgrade: it's a complete rewrite of our critically acclaimed theft-recovery software. We have taken everything we have learned from 6 years of theft-recovery experience and started from scratch with a brand new system. No single line of code from version 4 remains untouched - literally! Undercover 5 will set a new bar for theft-recovery software. In addition, it will add exciting new features, and it will be even easier to set up. We are well on track to release Undercover 5 in the first half of this year.

Undercover 5 is not the only project we are working on, however. Since the launch of Witness in March 2011, thousands of Mac user have chosen to protect their homes, businesses or dorm rooms with a Witness alarm system. Not without success: Witness already assisted in catching a hospital thief in Virginia, US: http://www.orbicule.com/witness/success

As I'm writing this, we are putting the finishing touches on Witness 2, a major upgrade to our Mac-based home alarm system. Based on the feedback you have sent us, we have added the following features to Witness 2:

• Sneak Peek: watch live images from any active Mac in your alarm system.
• Auto-activation: Witness uses the location of your iOS device to automatically arm the alarm when leaving your house, and disarm it upon your return. It's magic!
• Face detection: you can now setup Witness to only detect motion if it detects a human face. This may come in handy when you have pets running around the house.
• Motion detection sensitivity: optimize camera settings for a specific environment.
• Multiple cameras: connect and use up to 3 cameras per Mac, making it easier to cover larger areas.
• Applescript support: it's now possible to have AppleScripts executed when arming and disarming the alarm, or when motion is detected.

As you can see, Witness 2 is a landmark upgrade. It will be released later this month and best of all it will be free for all registered Witness users. It's our way to say thank you to our early adopters.