Google Chrome, come the video - Google has in mind for Chrome plans that go far beyond those of a traditional Web browsing software for it was long understood. The project, which started less than three years ago with the intention to implement a browser capable of challenging competition from Internet Explorer and Firefox, then evolved in different directions, showing any of his potential with the release of Chrome OS , real operating system which makes the cloud on its strength. But there's more, because there are other interesting new arrival, such as video calls .
Everything comes from ' acquisition of Global IP Solutions , dated May 2010, the company that in the past has contributed to the development of the technology used in VoIP communications. Among the companies that have also benefited from Skype , which up to version 4.x client based on their global IP solutions, then moving to a proprietary system in recent releases.
And it is precisely when the company incorporated by Microsoft that addresses the new challenge Bigg, in an attempt to anticipate the introduction of video calling on Chrome 's moves, which Redmond will soon arrive in Internet Explorer.
The goal is to offer users and developers with VoIP integrated directly into the browser, through the development of a technology Real-Time Communications (RTC), made possible thanks to the synergy between HTML5 and Javascript, to be exploited through simple APIs. The nature of open-source project has already found the support of organizations such as Mozilla and Opera, Google ready to support the creation of a system from the premises seems to have all it takes to steal audience share (and market) Empire Skype.
From the technical point of view, as explained in detail on pages Webnews , there are two codecs used by Google for the transmission of audio signal: ISAC in the case of broadband connections and iLBC for those rather less efficient. Regarding the video stream, however, will rely on technology VP8, carried out directly in the laboratories of Mountain View.
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