ConnectNow: the night video ran over WebSockets
How ConnectNow's video calls, relayed frame by frame through a WebSocket server, fell apart before an investor demo, and how a hybrid design fixed it: WebSockets for signalling and chat, WebRTC for media, STUN and TURN for NAT, and SFUs once calls grow.
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CASE-002 · The Great Video Call Revolution: When WebSockets Met WebRTC and Changed Everything
Chat works. Video doesn't. The demo is tomorrow.
Video, screens, docs: one app
Meet Emma Rodriguez, CTO of ConnectNow, a startup building collaboration tools: video calls, screen sharing and live documents, all in one web app.
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