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OPLIN 4cast #477: Real-time communication in the browser
February 17th, 2016

[image: browser communications] About three weeks ago, the World Wide Web
Consortium (W3C) released the latest Working Draft
<https://www.w3.org/TR/webrtc/> of a specification for WebRTC, and
announced that they intend to publish a W3C Candidate Recommendation for
WebRTC soon. This is a significant step in a process that started five
years ago, with the end goal being the establishment of standards for
real-time communication (RTC) between web browsers. Actually, it's not the
browsers that communicate, it's the people using the browsers. WebRTC makes
it possible to move voice, text, and video communication into a website,
replacing phones, instant messaging, and video conferencing. A business (or
library) using WebRTC can engage customers faster and easier if the only
technology needed is a web browser.

   - Making the case for WebRTC
   <http://www.networkcomputing.com/unified-communications/making-case-webrtc/914120784>
   (Network Computing | Kevin Riley)  "Consider someone shopping for a home
   online. Typically, a customer will identify several properties of interest
   online, take some notes and contact an agent to schedule a live
   conversation. Now imagine being able to go directly from browsing
   properties online to initiating a live video call with an agent from the
   webpage and reviewing the properties online together. Customers could ask
   live questions, agents could navigate the webpage to point out features and
   even show related properties online during the session."
   - Lost opportunities: Real time communications in the 2016 primaries
   <http://www.realtimecommunicationsworld.com/topics/realtimecommunicationsworld/articles/417428-lost-opportunities-real-time-communications-the-2016-primaries.htm>
   (Real Time Communications | Doug Mohney)  "When it comes to presidential
   politics, people want to feel like they've made a connection with the
   candidate. Not everyone can come to a live rally, but anyone can attend an
   electronic town hall. Imagine if one or more of the presidential candidates
   held a series of 'Fireside chats' using WebRTC, answering questions in real
   time or near real-time via Twitter, Facebook, email, and/or video."
   - WebRTC is finding a home in North America, especially on mobile devices
   <http://www.fierceenterprisecommunications.com/story/webrtc-finding-home-north-america-especially-mobile-devices/2016-01-20>
   (FierceEnterpriseCommunications | Chris Talbot)  "The technology has been
   slow to catch on, but unless something better arrives to take its place, it
   seems likely the growth would continue after 2020. For networking
   administration and engineering teams, this likewise means an increase in
   the amount of time spent managing WebRTC-enabled applications and the
   infrastructure needed to support them. Many vendors are aiming to make it
   easier to add WebRTC features to existing and future Web applications,
   creating additional communications paths into individual enterprises."
   - WebRTC demand isn't exponentially growing
   <https://bloggeek.me/webrtc-demand-isnt-exponentially-growing/>
   (BlogGeek.me | Tsahi Levent-Levi)  "This situation isn't really bad. 2015
   has been a great year for WebRTC. We've seen public announcements coming
   from larger vendors (call it adoption) as well as the addition of Microsoft
   into this game. Will 2016 be any different? Will it be the breakout year?
   The year of WebRTC? I doubt it. And not because WebRTC won't happen. It
   already is. We just don't talk that much about it."

*Articles from Ohio Web Library <http://ohioweblibrary.org>:*

   - The world of WebRTC.
   <http://search.ebscohost.com.proxy.oplin.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=buh&AN=100821505&site=ehost-live>
   (*Multichannel News*, 1/26/2015, p.26 | Leslie Ellis)
   - Real-time video communication on a browser without plugins.
   <http://search.ebscohost.com.proxy.oplin.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=buh&AN=92039858&site=ehost-live>
   (*Computer Weekly*, 11/19/2013, p.21-23 | Simon Bisson)
   - Contact centers could benefit from WebRTC.
   <http://search.ebscohost.com.proxy.oplin.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=buh&AN=86434556&site=ehost-live>
   (*Network World*, 3/25/2013, p.14| Tim Greene)

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