Does WebRTC need a change in governance?
Is it time to change the governance of WebRTC in order to keep it growing and flourishing?
Read MoreWhen you're casting or mirroring a webpage using the extension, the Chromecast loads your current webpage using an HTML5 standard called WebRTC. If you've heard of WebRTC before, you normally would associate it with video chatting. That's still what's going on here, basically. Your computer essentially video chats or streams a video of the current tab in Chrome over to the Chromecast. The video is constantly encoding and transmitting.WebRTC here is used for a rather simple task – grab a screen, encode it and then stream it in a single direction (not a video chat) to another device (the Chromecast in this case, which then decodes it and displays it via HDMI). I am not sure it is an M2M use case exactly, but it is the closest thing to date that I've found, and it is cool. It shows how versatile WebRTC can be and how it can be utilizes in new gadgets. If you have seen other interesting use cases or devices – do share. I am on the lookout for such stories.
Is it time to change the governance of WebRTC in order to keep it growing and flourishing?
Read MoreRTC@Scale is Facebook’s virtual WebRTC event, covering current and future topics. Here’s the summary for RTC@Scale 2024 so you can pick and choose the relevant ones for you.
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