WebRTC use cases? An endless list of opportunities.
Here are a few, off the top of my head, of use case I’ve came across in the past year or so, where WebRTC was used or seriously planned to be used.
- Simple video chat
- Web conferencing
- International voice calling
- Receiving a call in the browser
- Hospital clowns
- Performing digital art on stage
- Visiting a museum at night
- Praying
- Porn
- Adult gaming
- Gaming
- Doctor visitation
- Group therapy
- Jail visits
- Banking
- Retail
- Drug prescription
- Document signing
- Live broadcasting
- Radio stations
- Music jams
- Karaoke
- Gym classes
- Dance classes
- Teaching and learning online
- Expert consulting
- Contact centers
- CRM integration
- Job interviews
- Virtual classes
- One on one tutoring
- Web meetings
- Webinars
- Dating
- Video streaming
- P2P CDN
- Private messaging
- File sharing and sending
- Assisting hard of hearing people
- Assisting the blind
- Assisting people who need live translation
- Language learning from a tutor
- Practicing language with native speakers
- Security cameras
- Collecting sensor data
Did I miss any WebRTC use cases? Definitely.
What will you do with WebRTC today?
I would like to add SmartTV services (e.g. video chat, video messages, video greetings, group calling, screen sharing) as a use case. Tellybean has been working on WebRTC based video calls for Android/Android TV devices (SmartTVs and set-top boxes) for the past few years. We start with simple video chat, but plan to expand the service with premium features in the near future.
I would add only
– Assisting people while making an online purchase
– Targeting of chosen visitors on the web and connection via web
I believe that many more use cases we can’t even think about now, will occur.
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