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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

Like all employers, our team at WebRTC.ventures is monitoring the COVID-19 situation closely. Fortunately, our team already works remotely in most cases, and we work remotely with most of our clients. But through our work in telehealth, we are also very attuned to the benefits of providing remote medical care whenever possible. We've recently launched our SaaS telehealth platform SimplyDoc as an extension of our work in telehealth, and the coronavirus is only making that work more

Remote work is having a moment, but unfortunately it's not for good reasons. Concerns about the COVID-19 coronavirus are dominating the news right now and making a global impact. That impact has spread well beyond China and the stock market. Employers, school systems, and local governments are all preparing for likely outbreaks in their communities. Working from home A laptop displaying a video conferencing tool, where the user is one of nine tuning in to hold a

We talked last week about how broadcasting applications can benefit businesses in various industries. Now let's discuss some use cases for Interactive Broadcast Solution, WebRTC.ventures' customizable broadcasting tool. What is Interactive Broadcast Solution? Interactive Broadcast Solution is WebRTC.ventures' broadcasting and live streaming application. It allows you to create events and broadcast them live to a large audience. If you're holding an event remotely or would like to share with others who can't attend in person,