Vidyo is partnering Google in an effort to tackling the quality of video within WebRTC-compatible web browsers.
Per the agreement, Vidyo will create a Scalable Video Coding (SVC) extension for Google’s open-source VP9 codec, which will be used in the larger WebRTC project.
“We will now combine the power of WebRTC with the benefits of Vidyo’s technology to deliver the best possible experience for our users,” Chee Chew, vice president of engineering at Google, said in a statement. “Vidyo has been a great partner, working with Google to provide a high quality video solution for Hangouts.”
Google uses Vidyo’s technology for Google Hangouts on Google+.
Google (with its Chrome browser), Mozilla (Firefox) and Opera are supporters of the WebRTC project, though Microsoft with Internet Explorer and Apple with Safari are going in another direction with H.264 and H.265.
Google and Vidyo will leverage Vidyo’s video conferencing technology in its VidyoWorks platform, which uses SVC-based compression technology to dynamically optimise video for the endpoint being used. A person using a smartphone will have different video needs than one using a desktop PC.
According to Vidyo officials, Google’s Chrome is expected to be the first browser to use a scalable version of WebRTC, which the two companies will promote with various standards bodies.
“This is great news for the WebRTC community and takes our relationship with Google to the next level,” Vidyo co-founder and CEO Ofer Shapiro said in a statement. “Google is known for its ability to embrace and promote technological innovations. WebRTC provides a vision of new communications possibilities for video-enabled Web applications and by leveraging Vidyo’s expertise in SVC, we will jointly create a path to accessible quality video.”
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Originally published on eWeek.
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