[The Evolution of Communications] From Drums & Horns to WebRTC on Mobile Devices!
Let’s face it, today, it is impossible to walk down the street, stand in a line or ride a bus without having mobile device in-hand, head down and eyes focused on the screen. As a society, we are lost if we are not in constant communication with those around us. Texts, emails, and phone calls are great, but we have moved onto face-to-face, real-time video communication. This article will examine the evolution of webRTC on
Learn How to Build a Chat-Based Application with WebRTC & Websockets – Part I
With a "learn how" post like this one, as a reader you don't want a long intro. You just want to get to the point. So simply put, this post will explain how WebRTC and WebSockets can work together to build a chat-based application. How Can Your Application Achieve Real Time Communication between Browsers? WebRTC gives the web browser the capability to connect users to share video, audio and data content directly, this is known as
Before You Use the Janus SIP Gateway Plugin to Build a WebRTC to SIP, READ THIS!
In this post we are going to use the Janus SIP gateway plugin to build a WebRTC to SIP / SIP to WebRTC communication and monitor it with Homer. If you need media server capabilities don’t build things from scratch. You can use one of the most popular Open Source media server such as Jitsi, Kurento or Janus WebRTC gateways. All of them have been tested and are used in, at least, dozens of production
WebRTC.ventures Winning Telecom App: QrCall Privacy Aware Contact Card
As mentioned in a past post, 0ur WebRTC.ventures team of developers have participated in a number of TADHack events and even won coveted prizes and Awards for our innovative telecom app prototypes...and we have done it again with our TADHack, privacy aware contact card- QrCall! Fellow webRTC.ventures developer, Pedro Altuve and I worked on our telecom application and presented it at TADHack Global (scroll below to learn more and watch demo). A few days later
Quick Guide: Best Free Video Conferencing Tools Besides Zoom
So you need to quickly create a video conference room to talk with your clients or partners? First one that maybe comes to mind is zoom video conferencing. We all have used Zoom and we love it, but sometimes we can’t install the software and our partners may have issues installing it so we need a quick and ready to go option directly on the browser. And then comes the hard question.. “so which free online
WebRTCventures open sources callstats.io/Tokbox integration
Update: Callstats.io was acquired in 2020 by 8x8. Our team at WebRTC.ventures often performs assessments and code reviews of Tokbox and other WebRTC based applications, and callstats.io is a great tool to support those efforts. callstats.io is a great way to track any errors and performance statistics that your video app is having, and to diagnose those WebRTC related errors. callstats.io provides many great integrations to WebRTC frameworks, and now we've partnered with them to
[TADHack Argentina] They Attended, They Competed…but Who Won??
WebRTC.ventures hosted TADHack Global 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina this past weekend. Not only was this an honor, but we had a blast doing so. During this event, developers, businesses, even non-coders – basically anyone interested in learning more on how innovative telecom apps, services and solutions can grow their businesses and beat out their competition came together. As with any TADHack event, there was the option to compete and win prizes! Teams were challenged to
WebRTC.ventures Partners with TestRTC in a Kurento Server Analysis
Here at webRTC.ventures, we like the quote “In the social age, knowledge is only powerful by sharing what you know” by Charlie-Helen Robinson. So when Tsahi Levent-Levi of TestRTC asked us to work with him on testing how many sessions a Kurento server can hold, we were not only honored, but excited to help out. In his blog post, Tsahi answers a common question "How Many Sessions Can a Kurento Server Hold"?. He goes on to state "You decided
WebRTC Ventures Announces Email Course – HIPAA WebRTC Video in Telehealth
Webrtc.ventures offers free email course on the future of video in healthcare and telehealth, examining the inherent security advantages of a telehealth application based on webrtc video technology. Telehealth is gaining much attention lately due to its many benefits to both providers and patients like: reduced healthcare costs, higher quality patient care, easier follow-up appointments which lead to reduced hospital readmission rates, improved quality of life for patients and access to quality providers for remote
Trending Now: There is a New Guy in Town, Microsoft Edge with WebRTC, So Move Over IE!
Today, I think we can all agree that communication is very interactive. We are not only becoming more visual, but want things FAST, in real-time. Internet Explorer is losing popularity and Microsoft Edge Windows 10 with WebRTC features is gaining much attention. Here’s why! In the past, we were reliant solely on vocal and video communications. Several projects and software products were released to provide us the real-time communication with main components being chat, voice,
Which CPaaS Provider Alternative is the Best Choice for Your Application? Tokbox, Vidyo, Temasys, Twilio & More
Many companies are now looking into adding cloud-based, CPaaS (Communication Platform As a Service) features to their websites — these real-time communications capabilities include live video, voice and messaging. Not only are companies looking to keep up with...and even beat out their competition by being innovative, but businesses realize that incorporating CPaaS into their website is a great way to set instant meetings and participate in contextual communications with your customers, partners or potential clients….
Tic-Toc Tic-Toc…The Time of WebRTC Mobile Support Has Come!
Some of you may remember our article from two years ago: “The Worst Part of Building WebRTC Apps”. One thing mentioned in the article (other than testing being painful!!) was that WebRTC mobile support is limited — that was true and what's also true is that the WebRTC team has done a big effort of enabling Real Time Communication in most of the browsers, even on mobile web browsers. In just a couple of years
Want to Win a TADHack Challenge? Top Tips from 3 Time Winning Team
TADHack – or Telecom Application Development Hackathon Challenges are taking place in over 30 cities gloabally. You are going and have entered one of the sponsored challenges. You have a prototype idea and WANT TO WIN....but how? Our talented team at webRTC.ventures has won challenge awards the past three years for our TADHacks and have a few tips which may help. Top 6 Expert Tips to Winning a TADHack Challenge: 1) Get on a team. If you
WebRTC.ventures Winning Telecom Application TADHacks – From an Apple Watch App to a Virtual Triage…
A few weeks ago, we announced that WebRTC.ventures will host TADHack Global 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As mentioned in that blog post, this is our first time hosting an event, but 0ur WebRTC.ventures team of developers have previously participated in a number of TADHack events and even won coveted prizes and Awards in 2015, 2016 and 2017 for our innovative telecom app prototypes. Teams are challenged to create a hack or prototype using sponsor telecom
Kurento Recording Solutions Made Simple
Most WebRTC implementations require some kind of recording these days, but they are often cumbersome and implementing them is complex. Some even involve docker containers with X-servers running inside capturing a chrome window. Given their implementation complexity, it’s even harder to debug them, so is there an alternative to this tedious process? Enter Kurento Media Server. Kurento is an open-source media server, it has video transcoding and recording capabilities built-in it has been in development
Quick Guide for STUN/TURN and WebRTC.
Why STUN/TURN? In order to do WebRTC across different networks, we need to bypass firewalls and we also have all kinds of restrictions set by ISPs, in order to bypass this restrictions and punch a hole in the receptors firewalls to get media through we need to rely on a STUN/TURN server, to either find the right route if possible (STUN), or act as a relay server for the media passing through (TURN), in this
WebRTC.ventures Hosts TADHack Global 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina
We are proud to announce that WebRTC.ventures will host TADHack Global 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In addition to Buenos Aires, this year’s 2017 event will take place in over 30 other cities across the globe from September 22-24 and September 29-October 1. Our WebRTC.ventures team of developers have previously participated in a number of TADHack events and even won coveted prizes and Awards in 2015, 2016 and 2017 for our innovative telecom app prototypes, but
WebRTC Telehealth – A Solution to High Hospital Readmission Rates
According to a recent article published by Kaiser Health News, Medicare is penalizing over 2500 hospitals due to the overly high readmission rates. Starting in October of this year, the federal government will cut those hospitals’ payments by as much as 3 percent for a year. Fortunately, there is a solution available to hospitals and health care systems — WebRTC Telehealth. The American Hospital Association (AHA) 2016 report, stated that growing evidence indicates that telehealth lowers
Goodbye Flash, Hello WebRTC: A New Solution for Video Chat
Over the last few days, Adobe has finally announced the day in which they’ll drop support for flash as a whole, at the end of 2020, this truly marks the end of an era for the internet. What does this mean for the internet? This means that sites that are still using Flash as a media solution will have to migrate to new technologies to provide their media and they will have to do it
5 simple steps to add video chat to your WordPress site.
To demonstrate the flexibility of WebRTC based applications, we have developed a video chat plugin for the popular wordpress platform that allows to make a call or initiate screen sharing between two users on the blog. You can make a call and other user will receive this call, you can also choose between sharing your screen or just sharing a webcam stream. This was done using one of many WebRTC based CPaaS (Communication Platforms as
