I don't think we need to hope that someday they adopt WebRTC - Google is explicitly sponsoring WebRTC development (I think it was their idea), and would like very much to make Hangouts a plugin-less experience. I'm not saying All Hail Google, but they are deliberately aligning their interests with the Web's, in this specific instance.
I know someone who's setting up a sweet little installation between a couple storefronts in DC, that will broadcast real-time video streams (with audio turned off) from place to place, to create a "neighborhood portal". He's going to be using WebRTC to make it work, on his own terms. If WebRTC didn't exist, he'd surely be using Skype or G+ to get it done. -- Eric On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 10:32 AM, abram stern (aphid) <[email protected]>wrote: > Relevant: > https://hacks.mozilla.org/2013/05/embedding-webrtc-video-chat-right-into-your-website/ > > This is incredibly lightweight for servers (it's peer to peer, no central > server taking all the video and sending packets to everyone). Also > encrypted. If I wasn't so jaded, I'd express hope that Google is moving > hangouts in this direction but that the spec/implementation isn't there yet > (IETF is still finalizing MTI codecs* and datachannel stuff). Regardless, > it's much lower hanging fruit than reverse engineering skype or hangouts, > no? > > -a > > *nokia is patent trolling vp8 > > On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 8:47 AM, Patrick Anderson <[email protected]>wrote: > >> > You can't even enter (a video session) google hangout without installing >> > proprietary software on your own computer. >> >> Would the problem be solved if we reversed the protocol and wrote a Free >> Software client? >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > > -- twitter.com/konklone | sunlightfoundation.com | awesomefoundation.org
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