Chrome and Firefox have jointly announced that their WebRTC RTCPeerConnection implementations are now interoperable, implying that it is possible to create direct peer-to-peer video calls.
WebRTC stands for Web Real Time Communications, and is an open project supported by Google, Mozilla and Opera to enable web browsers with Real-Time Communications capabilities via Javascript APIs, without the use of plugins.
Firefox-Chrome call demonstration between Mozilla’s Chief Innovation Officer, Todd Simpson, and Google’s Director of Product Management, Hugh Finnan:
Even though the implementations are interoperable, there still exists differences in their Javascript API, implying that you may need to deploy different sets of codes for each browser.
Example difference:
Credits: http://www.webrtc.org/interop
Further info could be found on WebRTC.org website
- Lem
