Reimagining Your Business Processes
The US is now three months into the pandemic shutdown, and many of us have fully adjusted to remote work. In fact, several companies have announced plans to continue working from home through 2020 or even indefinitely. This represents a major shift in the way that employers have viewed the option to work from home. Today's technology is what allows many of us to continue our normal business operations from the comfort and safety of
Introducing Our New WebRTC Live Page!
WebRTC.ventures is proud to produce WebRTC Live, a live webinar series about the latest use cases and technical updates to the popular coding standard for live video. A relaunch of WebRTC Standards, WebRTC Live episodes are 15-30 minutes long and include interviews with guests in the WebRTC space, making them easily digestible nuggets of WebRTC wisdom. Now access all of our episodes on our new WebRTC Live page! Host Arin Sime and guest Dan Jenkins
Featured Client Success: Wellbeing Consult
Have you checked out our new WebRTC Development and Telehealth Solutions Client Successes pages? They highlight some of the custom development work we've done for our clients. Every few weeks, we'll highlight one of our client successes right here on our blog! Telemental health for accessible mental healthcare Wellbeing Consult saw a need to leverage technology for greater mental health care access in Australia. They turned to our team for help with designing and building
Call for Speakers for the 2020 IIT Real Time Communications Conference
2020 has certainly been a terrible year in every regard, but it has created a lot of interest in WebRTC and all sorts of online and real-time video applications. What have you learned from this global pandemic and its effect on real-time communications technologies? We have a great opportunity for you to share your knowledge with the community. The Illinois Institute of Technology’s annual Real Time Communications conference is going virtual in 2020, and we have
WebRTC Security Overview in 2020
Over the last few months, many live video applications, products, and platforms have experienced huge growth in usage. Because of the coronavirus outbreak, niche applications quickly became mainstream. While these applications are keeping us connected and helping us work from home, this transition has also exposed some major weaknesses. We know that security and privacy are important topics for companies. Users and businesses care about these topics and ask questions about them. Is my WebRTC
WebRTC Video & Audio Broadcasting – Part 2: Getting Ready for Production
Last time, we learned the basics of WebRTC broadcasting and explored a simple peer-to-peer example. We also discovered that this approach adds a heavy load on the presenter side. Because of this, we concluded that peer-to-peer isn't an option for a production-like application. In this post, we'll show you how to eliminate this problem with a media server. Media servers take part of that load and allow users, including the presenter, to maintain a single
WebRTC Live #43 – “Niche Applications of WebRTC,” Tim Panton, |pipe|
On May 6th, WebRTC.ventures produced Episode #43 of WebRTC Live! Formerly known as WebRTC Standards, WebRTC Live is a webinar series about the latest use cases and technical updates to the popular coding standard for live video. For this episode, we were joined by guest Tim Panton, co-founder and CTO of |pipe|. Tim discusses the magical things that WebRTC can do when you apply it to niche problems. Check out Episode #43! WebRTC Live #43
Featured Client Success: Train-With
We recently announced the launch of our WebRTC Development and Telehealth Solutions Client Successes pages. These pages showcase some of our work with our clients. Every few weeks, we'll highlight one of our client successes right here on our blog! Live fitness services from anywhere Train-With's Founder, Rachel Aram, envisioned a platform where users can meet with fitness trainers and take group fitness classes regardless of time or location. Rachel turned to us for professional
WebRTC Live #42 – “Asterisk, WebRTC, and DialogFlow,” Dan Jenkins, Nimble Ape
On April 22nd, WebRTC.ventures produced Episode #42 of WebRTC Live! Formerly known as WebRTC Standards, WebRTC Live is a webinar series about the latest use cases and technical updates to the popular coding standard for live video. For this episode, we were joined by guest Dan Jenkins, founder of Nimble Ape. Dan discusses WebRTC and Asterisk, as well as how to use Asterisk as a connector into speech-to-text services and DialogFlow. Check out Episode #42!
Live Capturing Your Desktop Screen with a Chrome Extension
Chrome extensions have been around since the beginning of Google Chrome. Although we usually recommend implementing your application functionality without extensions, there are some cases where they come in handy to customize the browsing experience, like for spelling and grammar correction, note-taking, and screen recording. In the past, we used Chrome extensions for WebRTC screen sharing frequently because it was the only way to complete this function, but today, as of Chrome 72, screen sharing
Impacted by COVID-19? We Can Help!
The global coronavirus outbreak has completely changed the way that businesses operate. Many have switched to remote work, and some are grappling with loss of revenue. In these unprecedented times, live video and audio technology is essential. Our team is here to build your live video application A team using a video conferencing tool If your business has been impacted by COVID-19, we can help! WebRTC.ventures designs and develops custom web and mobile applications for
WebRTC Live #41 – “AV1 and End-to-End Media Encryption,” Dr. Alex Gouaillard, CoSMo Software
On April 8th, WebRTC.ventures produced Episode #41 of WebRTC Live! Formerly known as WebRTC Standards, WebRTC Live is a webinar series about the latest use cases and technical updates to the popular coding standard for live video. For this episode, we were joined by guest Dr. Alex Gouaillard, founder of CoSMo Software. Dr. Alex provides an update on AV1 in Chrome and discusses end-to-end media encryption in the browser and what that means for video
WebRTC Video and Audio Broadcasting – Part 1: The Basics
The recent COVID-19 outbreak has changed the way we consume services. Many fields, such as education, healthcare, and consulting, have had to search for alternative ways to keep business running despite the circumstances. Because of this, WebRTC has become a popular solution because of its ability to eliminate physical boundaries. Today, we’ll take a look at one feature that allows us to reach more audiences than a typical one-to-one or multiparty call: video and audio
WebRTC Live #40 – “WebRTC CodeLab Course,” Tsahi Levent-Levi, BlogGeek.me
On April 1st, WebRTC.ventures produced Episode #40 of WebRTC Live! Formerly known as WebRTC Standards, WebRTC Live is a webinar series about the latest use cases and technical updates to the popular coding standard for live video. For this episode, we were joined by guest Tsahi Levent-Levi, WebRTC consultant, thought leader, founder of BlogGeek.me, and co-founder of the KrankyGeek WebRTC event series. Tsahi discusses a WebRTC CodeLab course he's launching. Check out Episode #40! WebRTC
Featured Client Success: TheirStory
We recently announced the launch of our WebRTC Development and Telehealth Solutions Client Successes pages. These pages showcase some of our work with our clients. Every few weeks, we'll highlight one of our client successes right here on our blog! Recording conversations and memories using video and audio TheirStory's founder, Zack Ellis, knows that everyone has a story to share. While visiting the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, Zack watched a video of Anne Frank's
Online Education and WebRTC
A student using her laptop to watch her professor's lecture in real-time Over the past few weeks, we've seen several colleges and public school systems close to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Many have announced a switch to online learning until this passes. Thankfully, today's technology allows teachers and professors to hold class and office hours online using live video. In a pandemic, students can learn from home without the risk of spreading or catching
Introducing Our Client Successes!
WebRTC.ventures builds beautiful custom applications with live video and audio for a variety of industries and use cases. Our innovative solutions connect people with the world around them, no matter where they live. From telehealth and video conferencing to broadcasting and more, we have a track record of bringing our clients' visions to life. We've created two pages to showcase our work: Our WebRTC Development Client Successes page and our Telehealth Solutions Client Successes page.
WebRTC APIs in Depth: getUserMedia
WebRTC consists of multiple APIs that perform different functions to establish a media session. We’re reviewing WebRTC APIs in this blog series, and we're starting with getUserMedia, which allows a browser to interact with the media devices (microphone and camera). When getUserMedia is called, it prompts the user permissions to access media devices. This prompt is only available under secure contexts. Examples of secure contexts are localhost and sites served under HTTPS. Calling the getUserMedia
WebRTC Live #39 – “Challenges Building WebRTC Applications,” Alberto Gonzalez, WebRTC.ventures
On March 4th, WebRTC.ventures produced Episode #39 of WebRTC Live! Formerly known as WebRTC Standards, WebRTC Live is a webinar series about the latest use cases and technical updates to the popular coding standard for live video. For this episode, we were joined by guest Alberto Gonzalez, Senior Engineer at WebRTC.ventures, discussing the complexities of building WebRTC applications. What makes building a live video application more complicated than a regular web app? Alberto explained the
PRESS RELEASE: SimplyDoc Launches Care-Driven Telehealth Solution Enhancing Patient Care
Monday, March 9, 2020 | Charlottesville, Virginia | Press release originally published on prweb.com. WebRTC.ventures is the parent company of SimplyDoc, a telehealth solution for medical and mental health practices. SimplyDoc today announced the launch of a care-driven telehealth solution for any size practice. Customizable to any medical practice, mental health clinic, hospital system, or healthcare scenario, SimplyDoc is designed to be easy to use so that care providers can “simply be the doc” and
