New Unity Plugin In Wowza To Enhance Game Streaming
Posted By : Oodles Technologies | 06-Mar-2017
Wowza Media Systems has recently announced the addition of some new developer tools at the 2017 Game Developers Conference. The major highlight being inclusion of the Unity Plugin which will help in developing connections with Wowza GoCoder. This new Unity plugin will allow developers and gamers to make use of Unity’s in-game first-person-view camera in order to stream live game videos from a Made with Unity app which may include AR and VR or panoramic 360° experiences. Further, the said plugin has been submitted as an open source software framework on GitHub to allow developers to implement it in an easy manner.
According to the VP of Product(Wowza media systems) - “For gaming and mobile communities, the biggest streaming challenge for years has been the dependence on extra softwares and encoders.” He further added by saying that the 3rd-party apps always reduces computing resources and makes a big impact on the gaming experience in context of mobile gamers. From now onwards, with the help of Unity plugin, app developers will be able to integrate GoCoder live streaming feature easily into the workflows. This will further promote streaming of live audio video content through Unity software-based games across mobile devices, PCs and digital consoles.
Introduction of Unity in Wowza to Hugely Empower Developers
If seen from a Developer’s viewpoint, Wowza products provides many advantages which includes a great flexibility, enterprise-grade scalability and flawless multi-screen delivery, stated Sergey Marchuk(CTO-Oxagile). He further said - “Wowza GoCoder SDK majorly facilitates the implementation of android and ios streaming apps which is a standout feature of GoCoder.” Besides, with Unity plugin’s presence in Wowza, the Wowza GoCoder will be able to deliver optimum value to Unity developers and the ever expanding number of gamers from all around the world.
Wowza SDK and API Enhancements
Wowza, in order to promote its developer’s community has announced a few new updates in order to provide extended monitoring capabilities to its GoCoder SDK, Wowza Streaming Cloud APIs and Wowza Streaming Engine software.
These latest Wowza Updates are mentioned below :
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Reliably stream via GoCoder SDK 1.5.
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A better adaptive bitrate encoding in order to help users broadcast under any network condition.
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To facilitate live-chat applications, there is an inclusion of bidirectional metadata and event frameworks.
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To improve the stability and speed of content delivery, a new playback software has been built on Wowza WOWZ to promote low latency while streaming.
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Such a move has incredible potential for VR and AR. With the growth of Twitch, YouTube Gaming, and other social streaming platforms, gamers are looking for the most efficient ways to set up their streams and this could be an impactful development. Further, VR could benefit greatly from easier streaming solutions as well. Though it’s difficult to just explain with words what makes the platform so exciting, seeing players in action using VR headsets could inspire more people to give it a shot.
The said move is going to hugely promote AR and VR technologies which are already developing at a very rapid pace in 2017. Further, this might prove to be the most impactful development in context of gamers who are continuously seeking for the most effective ways to manage their video streams.
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