Dahua Technology has unveiled WizColor 2.0, an upgraded AIoT surveillance platform built around a new imaging engine designed to deliver full-color recognition in near-darkness.
At the core of WizColor 2.0 is the WizColor X engine, which pairs a redesigned sensor with a new lens assembly to push light sensitivity beyond the previous generation. The UltraSight Lens features an F0.8 aperture, enabling 1.6 times more light intake compared to the F1.0 aperture standard on the previous platform. The accompanying sensor uses a 4-micrometer pixel size, giving each pixel a photosensitive area 1.9 times larger than the prior WizColor generation. Dahua says the combined effect is improved color fidelity, texture detail, and subject recognition in environments that would render conventional cameras monochrome or effectively blind.
The system is optimized for moving subjects in low light, reducing motion blur in scenarios where subjects are traversing monitored areas at night or in poor weather. Dahua lists target environments as factories, farms, parking lots, aquaculture facilities, and residential properties.
WizColor 2.0 extends Dahua’s position in the full-color night surveillance segment, where the company has competed with its own earlier WizColor line as well as comparable low-light products from Hikvision and other manufacturers. Color information matters for AI-based recognition tasks: it improves the accuracy of license plate reading, clothing description matching, and behavioral classification at night, compared with conventional infrared night vision, which renders scenes in monochrome.
The new platform ships with support for Dahua’s AI analytics stack, including vehicle and pedestrian detection, intrusion analytics, and perimeter protection. The cameras are rated for outdoor deployment and include Dahua’s standard weatherproofing and power-over-Ethernet support, allowing them to slot into existing surveillance infrastructure without additional cabling changes.
Dahua has been on the U.S. Entity List since 2019, restricting its ability to supply technology to U.S. government customers. That restriction has not slowed the company’s commercial trajectory outside the United States. Dahua continues to supply surveillance infrastructure across Southeast Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and parts of Latin America, where its AIoT product line competes on price and feature parity with Western vendors.
The WizColor 2.0 announcement follows a series of sensor and lens upgrades the company has rolled out across its professional surveillance line over the past year, as AI-driven analytics increasingly depend on color imaging for reliable results in 24-hour deployments.
Sources: Manila Times / PR Newswire, Dahua Technology
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By the ID Tech Editorial Team
