Systems and techniques are provided for a camera server for heterogeneous cameras. Image data may be received from a first camera and second image data from a second camera of a heterogenous system that may be a trapped ion quantum computer. The first camera may observe trapped ions. The second camera may observe optical systems and laser beams. The second image data may have a different format than the first image data. The image data and the second image data may be converted into a format for a common data structure for image data. The image data may be sent in the format for the common data structure for image data to client computing devices. The second image data may be sent in the format for the common data structure for image data to additional client computing devices.