In a previous post and video from our CEO, Arin Sime, he made a useful analysis about the different approaches that exist for building WebRTC applications: relying directly on the base APIs, leveraging a media server, or using a CPaaS. Today, it’s time to give the latter of these alternatives its own spin-off post and take a deeper look at what a CPaaS is and whether it is a good option for your WebRTC application. CPaaS:

As 2022 wraps up and we look back on another year in WebRTC development, it is amazing to see what has changed. One of the biggest things our team at WebRTC.ventures has seen in the marketplace this year is a maturing of what people are looking for in a WebRTC application. The pandemic certainly accelerated this growth and will leave this industry forever changed. However, my goal for 2023 is to never mention the pandemic

WebRTC is an open framework for the web that enables Real-Time Communications (RTC) capabilities in apps and in the browser. In 2021, WebRTC was finally officially standardized. WebRTC is everywhere these days, and certainly proved itself incredibly useful during the pandemic. But still, it’s not easy to build with WebRTC. Let’s look at why.  Two APIs to rule them all WebRTC is based on just two main APIs: the MediaStream API and the RTCPeerConnection API.

On December 14, 2022, Arin welcomed WebRTC.ventures CTO Alberto Gonzalez for our last episode of the year, "Architecting Low Latency WebRTC Applications." In theory, to make a WebRTC connection we simply need to capture/handle and send/receive media. In reality, WebRTC implementations aren’t that simple, especially for use cases like live broadcasting, professional events, telepresence, gaming, auctions, and IoT endpoints that require sub-second latency for thousands of users. Alberto discussed the challenges inherent in architecting low latency

Hamza Nasir is a WebRTC Developer on the WebRTC.ventures team currently working with Vonage on their Video API platform. In collaboration with Vonage team member, Talha Ahsan, Hamza has written an Attention Detection web application tutorial showing how to integrate the Vonage Video API with TensorFlow's MediaPipe face detection model. Using attention detection technology can have a big impact on video conferencing in the education field, online meetings, and many more use cases. It allows presenters

In the previous posts in this series, I explained the basic networking concepts used in WebRTC. I introduced you to protocols and ports, the different types of networks, and the ways data can be transported. I also provided a high-level overview on signaling and ICE candidates exchange and also media transmission. If you haven’t read these, it’s recommended that you do so as in this post we will use the concepts explained there. While we

Earlier this month, our Panama Operations Manager Rafael Amberths met with the administration of the Technological University of Panama (UTP). This meeting was the initial "formal" step in establishing an official partnership between our live video application development agency and the second largest university in Panama. The joint partnership goals include, but are not limited to: Encouraging and promoting the growth of professional knowledge in emerging technologies Creating competitive employment opportunities, through job openings, conducted as a result of

On November 16, 2022, Arin welcomed Dan Jenkins to WebRTC Live to talk about the increasing role of WebRTC in broadcasting. Dan is the founder of Broadcaster.vc, a “broadcast from anywhere” service which helps companies to bring in video streams via WebRTC connections and inject them into traditional broadcasting tools and workflows via NDI streams. He is also the founder of communications app consultancy Nimble Ape, director of CommCon, and a well-known leader in the

In previous posts, we showed you how to build a two-party video chat and how to build a multi-party video conference, both using the Amazon Chime SDK. Capitalizing on the considerable flexibility that the Amazon Chime SDK offers for customizing the UI, we’re going to take yet another step in our application and add a new feature: active speaker detection to create a pinned video feed. This ability to implement any sort of visual design

Hosting hybrid events is the norm now. Even as many of us return to business conference travel, many others are choosing to stay home and participate remotely. Conference organizers know this, and since the costs of streaming to YouTube or other platforms are relatively low, hybrid events have become the norm. This applies to larger conferences as well as smaller events. Hybrid events present many technical and logistical challenges. One of those is how to

The 9th edition of TADHack Global was conducted on October 15-16, 2022. Over 450 hackers from around the world participated, creating a total of 52 hacks for submission.  My name is Fahad Mahmood and I am new to the WebRTC development team at WebRTC.ventures. Along with two of my friends, I participated in this year’s hackathon. Our project received the “Best Disruptive Digital Engagement Hack” prize! Track Selection We already had an idea in advance

The Illinois Institute of Technology (my alma mater!) hosted its annual Real Time Communications Conference and Expo last month with an array of incredible presentations by talented speakers. I was lucky enough to be a presenter in the WebRTC and Real Time Applications track which was chaired by none other than our WebRTC.ventures CTO, Alberto Gonzalez. You can watch all the WebRTC track talks here. In this post, I’ll go over some of the points

Software architecture is rapidly changing. What's new in 2022? Our CTO, Alberto Gonzalez, will be one of 25 speakers at the Worldwide Software Architecture Summit '22 addressing this question. He is among a select group of leading experts from all over the world chosen to share the challenges architect experts face in their work. The summit will run online for two days: November 15-16, 2022. The event is designed to provide the IT community a

Software architecture is rapidly changing. What's new in 2022? Our CTO, Alberto Gonzalez, will be one of 25 speakers at the Worldwide Software Architecture Summit '22 addressing this question. He is among a select group of leading experts from all over the world chosen to share the challenges architect experts face in their work. The summit will run online for two days: November 15-16, 2022. The event is designed to provide the IT community a

In How to Create Web-based Multiplayer Games with WebRTC, we described the process of creating a multiplayer video game using WebRTC. Today we are going to put such a process into practice to create our very own Tic-Tac-Toe game powered by WebRTC. To keep things simple, we will focus on showing how to use WebRTC for building your game, including things such as the configuration of the game server and managing connections from the client.

Building software applications is a complex process, and this is even more true for applications with real-time requirements. A key element to overcome this complexity and guarantee the success of a software product is to implement a thorough testing process – one that not only makes sure that things works as is, but that it continues working when used at scale. This is applicable for all kinds of live video and chat apps like video

In a previous post, we showed you how to build a simple two party video chat using the Amazon Chime SDK. Refer to that post for more on why we highly recommended the Amazon Chime SDK for anyone looking for a scalable and flexible live video solution built on top of a globally distributed backend. Today, we will move forward on that code to support as many people/devices as you want. Remember, the full code

As chair once again of the WebRTC & Real-Time Applications track for the annual Real Time Communications Conference at Illinois Tech, our CTO Alberto Gonzalez curated an impressive lineup of WebRTC thought leaders. In this post, we’re including video from each of the 2022 WebRTC track talks. View all the recordings from the conference on the Illinois Tech playlist here. The embedded videos below are in the order they were presented at the conference. WebRTC

In the part one in this series, I explored the state of Conversational AI and Voice by attending the Voice22 summit in Arlington, Virginia. In this follow up post, I’ll build on that by exploring how Voice and Video can work together in this multi-modal future. I’ll use some terms again in this post and briefly define them below. I do recommend reading the previous post for a more complete understanding. Agent – A live

On October 19, 2022, Arin welcomed David Zhao, CTO and Co-Founder of LiveKit. David and Arin discussed the open source landscape, where LiveKit fits within it, and how LiveKit achieves end-to-end efficiency.   David Zhao is an entrepreneur and builder heavily invested in open source software. Before LiveKit, he founded two technology startups (ZumoDrive and Evie Labs) and led engineering teams at Medium, Motorola, and Amazon. Why do you need an end-to-end approach to WebRTC? Isn't