Jerry Chabolla (Xirsys) and Lisa Larson-Kelley (LearnFromLisa.com) interviewed at Fluent 2014
summary
WebRTC is a peer-to-peer browser API that gives native access to webcam, microphone and arbitrary data channels without plugins, using JavaScript and existing web stacks; implementations combine client-side JS, signaling servers (often Node), optional third‑party services, and open‑source media engines that can be embedded in devices. Use cases range from in‑browser video chat to adding live audio/video to multiplayer games and a surprising distributed hosting model that shares assets among site visitors to cut server bandwidth. Frameworks and hosted services handle the tricky under‑the‑hood bits.
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