The Lab
A real usability lab: built for your building, or your trunk.
Ovo doesn't just ship software. We design, build, and install the physical lab around it, from a permanent, professionally wired research suite to a road-ready kit that fits in a case. Both run Ovo Logger. Both keep every recording on hardware you own.
01 / Two ways to run a lab
Same software. Two very different rooms.
The difference isn't a spec sheet. It's where the lab lives and how it's built. Pick the one that matches how your team tests.
Built into your building.
A dedicated space wired for research - participant room, observation room, and a rack of professional A/V gear installed and calibrated once, used for years.
- Professional A/V infrastructure: matrix switchers, PIP inserters, PTZ cameras, audio processors
- Professional multi-channel capture on a dedicated workstation
- Up to 4 synchronized sources
- All hardware driven from inside Ovo Logger - route, pan/tilt, save presets
- Best for dedicated research facilities that test continuously
Goes on the road.
A road-ready kit built around a laptop and compact capture devices. Unpack it at a client site, a field location, or a spare conference room and be recording in minutes.
- Architected around a laptop + compact plug-in capture devices
- 1–2 sources - screen plus a webcam or a portable capture feed
- Packs into a case; sets up anywhere in minutes
- Runs Ovo Logger (or its locked-down Capture edition)
- Best for teams who test where their users are
| Capability | Fixed lab | Portable lab |
|---|---|---|
| Where it lives | Built into your building - a permanent suite | In a case, on the road |
| Built around | Dedicated workstation + multi-channel capture | Laptop + compact capture devices |
| Sources | Up to 4, synchronized | 1–2 |
| A/V infrastructure | Switchers · PIP · PTZ · audio, app-controlled | Direct-attached devices |
| Set-up | Installed & calibrated by Ovo, once | Self-deployed in minutes, anywhere |
| Best for | Dedicated research facilities | Field & travelling research |
02 / A/V control
Drive the whole rack from the app.
In a fixed lab, the professional A/V gear isn't a separate control panel to learn. Ovo Logger drives it directly over serial. Route any input to any output, pan-tilt-zoom the cameras, insert picture-in-picture, and set audio levels, then save it all as a reusable template.
Matrix switchers
Professional video routers - route any input to recorder, observers, PIP, and monitors.
PTZ cameras
Pan / tilt / zoom with live preset save-and-recall from the console.
PIP & audio
Hardware picture-in-picture inserters and audio processors - levels and layouts as templates.
03 / Field & mobile
Research doesn't always happen at a desk.
A portable rig goes wherever the study does - a store aisle, a hospital ward, a customer's kitchen. And when the "device under test" is a vehicle, Ovo Logger has recorded four synchronized sources from inside a moving car: driver, road, dashboard, and screen, all on one clock.
04 / Setup & services
We spec it, build it, and install it.
A lab is hardware, wiring, and calibration as much as software. Ovo does the whole thing, so your researchers walk in and start testing.
Designed to your space
We scope the room, sources, and A/V infrastructure to how your team actually runs studies - fixed suite or travel kit.
Supplied & installed
Capture hardware, switchers, cameras, and audio - sourced, wired, and calibrated by Ovo, then verified end to end.
Trained & backed
Your team is trained on the rig and the software, with ongoing support and a licensing model that stays entirely offline.
The Lab
Let's design your lab.
Tell us where you test and how - a permanent suite, a travel kit, or something in between, and we'll scope the rig, the hardware, and the licensing to fit.