Interesting for me – it might have been called convergence in the past – is that we really need to be able to do video (or in general sensor) streaming from one device to the next in the area of robotics. And preferably not only streaming, but also processing.

A lot of image processing is very tough for a robot to do on-board, while streaming the images is not such a big deal. It would be very helpful if people would think of real-time image/sensor processing in the cloud. Not so much the non real-time solutions, such as http://www.blitline.com/ but really the low-latency characteristics that SIP/Jabber/WebRTC people care about!

Maybe (real-time) games using accelerometer/gyroscope/compass data on smartphones will be a game changer.

Thanks for your excellent posts, and I hope you will find time some day to post about these matters!

Interesting for me – it might have been called convergence in the past – is that we really need to be able to do video (or in general sensor) streaming from one device to the next in the area of robotics. And preferably not only streaming, but also processing.

A lot of image processing is very tough for a robot to do on-board, while streaming the images is not such a big deal. It would be very helpful if people would think of real-time image/sensor processing in the cloud. Not so much the non real-time solutions, such as http://www.blitline.com/ but really the low-latency characteristics that SIP/Jabber/WebRTC people care about!

Maybe (real-time) games using accelerometer/gyroscope/compass data on smartphones will be a game changer.

Thanks for your excellent posts, and I hope you will find time some day to post about these matters!

I think that the impact on Polycom will be large, but then, there are those that believe Polycom is in a bad position today already.

WebRTC has a long way to go until it reaches the enterprise: there’s stabilization, capturing B2C markets, target consumer markets and only then the enterprise.
Polycom and other video conferencing vendors will start seeing WebRTC targeting their home market of internal enterprise communications in 3-4 years. But before that happens, they will have to deal with B2C players that will want to eat their lunch.

What impact do you think WebRTC will have on Polycom?

What impact do you think WebRTC will have on Polycom?