Applying WebRTC for team communication

Today, teams form in all kinds of contexts and for all kinds of reasons. Some are commercial teams working inside startups or fully formed companies, or corporations. Some are collaborators within non-profit or social enterprises. And some are contributors to open source projects. Or, they could just be friends or family staying in touch or planning a group event.

The constant now is that all of the team members are very likely to be connected through the web, and many of them are comfortable with popular chat and micro blogging tools, such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus. Team members are now expected to be able to contact each other anywhere, anytime. Participating in one or more distributed teams is now a very normal daily experience.

However, the most common video and audio conferencing options available to managers and team participants are proprietary systems, such as Skype, WebEx, and GoToMeeting. Each of these solutions requires additional...