Web Real-Time Communications (WebRTC) has been rapidly growing for the past 3 years gaining adoption from many corporations and industries around the world. Surpassing the one billion mark for compatible devices, WebRTC has sparked some heated debate around whether or not it’s a truly disruptive technology. In this presentation we will discuss the possibilities and the current applications built and running full WebRTC services, despite the lack of support in Internet Explorer and Safari and the codecs wars.

1. WebRTC: The Big Debate
I Say Shut and Build Something!

2. Who am I?

3. Lantre Barr, Founder & CEO
oNot your typical techie given that I started in the world of
architecture and construction.
oTransitioned in to tech in 2008 during the Lehman
Brother days.
oSelf taught developer and entrepreneur.

4. Blacc Spot Media, Inc.
oFounded in April 2011 with the objective to create cool
and innovative solutions for enterprises and startups.
oLooked for a niche service and we found WebRTC.
o90% of all our clients want some sort of WebRTC
integration into their platforms or services.

5. What is WebRTC?

6. History of WebRTC
oGoogle acquired On2 and GIPS for $200M in 2010.
oMay 2011 Google releases WebRTC source code for the
time under a permissive BSD license.
oInteroperability between Chrome and Firefox Feb 2013.
oWebRTC for Android August 2013.

7. WebRTC Key Features
WebRTC offers real time communication natively from a
web browser. It is a media engine with JavaScript APIs.
oMediaStreams – access to the user’s camera and mic
oPeerConnection – handles audio/video calls
oDataChannels – p2p application data transfer

8. WebRTC Interesting Uses
WebRTC is more than just another video conference
solution for the telepresence industry.
oPhone to Browser over PSTN and SIP
oDesktop to Mobile
oMachine to Machine

9. WebRTC Stats

10. 1.2 Billion
Enabled Devices as of May 2014

11. 4.2 Billion
Enabled Devices by end-2016

12. Apple & Microsoft
When are they going to join the party?

13. I Say Shut Up & Build
Something!

14. In Market

15. Industries: Customer Service
Over 65% of online
shoppers have engaged in
live chat.

16. Amazon Mayday Button

17. Amazon Mayday Button
oConnect to a tech advisor for guided assistance.
oAverage of 9 seconds response time.
oAmazon reps can’t see the Kindle users but can
highlight portions of the screen and communicate via
voice chat.

18. Esurance
oSchedule a live video appraisal from your Esurance app.
oAppraiser will activate your camera and show you how
and where to video the damage of your car.

19. ADT Chaperone
oSubscription based feature within Canopy app.
oProvides live monitoring-based protection while you’re
on the go.

20. Which codec to use?
VP8, VP9, H.264, H.265, OPUS, iSAC, iLBC

21. I Say Shut Up & Build
Something!

22. In Development

23. Industries: Branding & Advertising
97% of millenials say online
experience influences their
perception of a brand.

24. Salesforce 1 Service SOS

25. Salesforce 1 Service SOS
oSimilar to Amazon Mayday Button
oFocusing on native iOS and Android
oCars.com, American Express, Philips and Stanley Black
& Decker already in Private Beta

26. Comcast
oInstant On Demand giving the ability to watch certain
programs immediately after the live broadcast begins.
oStream live video to your set top box to a family
member’s set top box.

27. Cosign by Bitcore
oWeb application that is run locally.
oMoving to multi-signature transactions.
oUsing WebRTC used to establish peer-to-peer
connection between cosigners.

28. Is WebRTC disruptive?
WebRTC is a technology not a solution.

29. I Say Shut Up & Build
Something!

30. Acquisitions

31. Industries: Media & Entertainment
Video has a 400% higher
engagement rate than static
content.

32. AddLive & Snapchat

33. AddLive & SnapChat
o Why would SnapChat buy AddLive?
oPowerful platform with a great and experienced team.
oCross device interoperability with legacy device support.
oOne of the best API providers in the market.

34. TokBox & Telefonica
o Why would Telefonica buy TokBox?
oTelefonica extend services through its BlueVia platform.
oTokBox gained greater financial backing to extend and
improve their service.

35. PeerCDN & Yahoo!
o Why would Yahoo! Purchase PeerCDN?
oYahoo aims to offer rich media content via an innovative
video platform.
oDecrease Yahoo bandwidth costs associated to audio and
video content.

36. Industries: Telepresence
380 Million people will use
live video calling regularly
by 2015.

37. Wello & Weight Watchers
o Why would Weight Watchers purchase Wello?
oImportant strategy to compete in an increasingly digital
weight loss marketplace.
oHelp customers manage their weight more effectively.

38. WebRTC SDP
Its not the end of the world, it’s just the start.

39. I Say Shut Up & Build
Something!

40. Possible Solutions

41. Netflix vs. Comcast

42. Netflix vs. Comcast
oNetflix and Comcast fighting over peering agreements.
oNetflix pays Comcast for peering its traffic.
oNetflix streams over the internet and it has not broadcast
service sending 1MB of data per second.

43. Netflix vs. Comcast
oNetflix uses HTML5 for its video player.
oWebRTC can help decrease Netflix costs and worries
with Comcast’s peering agreement.
oNetflix is actively looking for Senior Software Engineers
who specializes in peer-to-peer networks.

44. BuildAR
o First AR Content Management System.
o WebRTC opened up the door to bring Augmented Reality to
the web.
o Contributing to defining the extension to the getUserMedia
API so WebRTC can support depth based cameras.

45. Blacc Spot Media

46. Industries: Healthcare
72% of internet users
searched for health
information online within the
past year.

47. Regroup Therapy

48. Regroup Therapy
o A platform that provides a simple and secure way for
therapists and clients to connect online.
o Clients able to receive individual and group support.
o Everything from scheduling, payments and sessions all on
one platform.

49. Vidtok

50. Vidtok
o Application that will allow anyone to add WebRTC video chat
to their own website.
o Minimal Viable Product deployed to over 1,800+ websites.
o Launching new version in July.

51. The Future

52. ORTC
o What is Object Real-Time Communications (ORTC)?
oAn open source project that enables mobile endpoints to talk to
servers and web browsers with rtc.
o What makes it important?
o Google – WebRTC 2.0
o Microsoft – Welcome to the game no one cares about CU-
RTC-Web.

53. Temasys
oDeveloped free plugin that supports WebRTC on
Internet Explorer and Apple Safari.
oSo is it really WebRTC with a plugin?
oIt’s a start to help bring WebRTC to the attention of
more companies.

54. Questions & Answers

55. Resources
o WebRTC – webrtc.org
o ORTC – ortrc.org
o WebRTC Blogs
o bloggeek.me
o webrtchacks.com
o chriskranky.com
o Presentation - bit.ly/1p0sYLp

56. Lantre Barr – lbarr@blaccspot.com – @blaccspotmedia