Best WebRTC Innovation? The Wallpaper

Serenity. That's what WebRTC services provide today.

It has been boring these past 2 decades. If you ever entered a conference room with multiple participants, running on an industrial, enterprise looking video conference bridge (=MCU), then you know the dreary feeling. You are confronted with Hollywood Squares. The worst thing? It never looks as good as advertised, as there always seem to be one or two missing participants to just fill that 9-squares layout (or 4, or 6, or 16) exactly right. And then these missing squares? Black holes.

In recent months, I have been switching most of my video chats with companies to WebRTC calls – deciding to use what I preach, and the results left me missing none of the "good old days". What I did notice though, is that the web, and WebRTC, have brought one true innovation into the game – something that most enterprise systems have missed – a wallpaper.

Here are some examples for your enjoyment.

LiveNinja

Ondello

Priologic's Tawk.com

TokBox's Oscar

* while I am showing here marketing screenshots, I assure you that I actually used these services and they are… wallpapered.

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Have a great weekend!