by Oddvar Lovaas | Oct 19, 2015 | Events, General |
This weekend, I went to the first Redecentralize Conference. I thought it was a good mix of traditional tech talks and sessions where we discussed how to make people aware of why the net needs to be decentralised. There were a lot of interesting people and we had some really thought-provoking discussions. Sessions in the main room were filmed and can be found here.
I did a talk on Matrix in one of the tutorial rooms, and it was great to see people with lots of questions and comments in the session. If you missed the talk – or have further questions: the FAQ might have the answer, or maybe the Spec itself – and there’s always #matrix:matrix.org where you can find me and the whole matrix team.
At the end of day-panel on the first day, the question “are there any projects that are ready for mass adoption” was posed, and Ira picked Matrix as her answer, which was great to hear. We have come a long way in the last year, and I think Matrix now has “enough” features to be a realistic option for your IM/VoIP and group chat needs.
I really enjoyed redecentralize and hope it will be repeated! Thanks to the redecentralize.org gang for arranging it!
by Oddvar Lovaas | Oct 7, 2015 | Tech |
Following from the addition of voice and video calling in the previous release, we have added some new features and fixed more bugs – and released v0.5.1 of the Android version of the Matrix Console app.
Please note that installing this update will log you out of the app and require you to sign in again!
This release includes:
- Support for self-signed certificates
- Support for recording and sending video messages
- We have improved the performance when you resume the app
- We fixed a bug where a picture/video would disappear after rotation
- Fixed several reported issues/crashes – for the full list look at the CHANGES files in the console and SDK projects
Get it now from the Google play store!
Enjoy! And please do let us know your feedback in #matrix:matrix.org!
by Oddvar Lovaas | Oct 6, 2015 | Events, Tech |
A weekend of intense prototyping and hacking at TADHack-mini Chicago is over, and we were very happy to again see some really interesting projects using Matrix!
Team ‘Vivo’ – Nestor Bermudez and Arin Sime – used Matrix, Tropo, and Telestax to create an Apple Watch app that notifies your loved ones when you are having a heart attack. Find more information here – and a recording of their presentation here. This project won the Telestax prize.
Charles Solar and Jiang Shuyang used Matrix and Flowroute resources for a platform independent app called ‘Samaritan’ which allows users to post help requests like “I got a flat tire!” or “My computer crashed!”. Others can then call / text / video chat with them to solve their problem. A video of their presentation can be seen here. This hack won the Flowroute prize.
Vladimir Beloborodov demoed his award-winning Matrix-hack from WebRTC Paris: using Matrix just to set up a WebRTC connection between his iPad and robot, thus proving that you can have a robot with telepresence functions without having to depend on a remote server – see his demo here.
Adnan Baleh, Caterina Lazaro, Javier Garcia, Ernesto G. Grabwosky, Sergio Gil and Marion Le Callonnec – Team ‘ProbatioNerds’ – created a mobile Matrix app to control the provided Trossen Robotics HR-OS1 Humanoid Endoskeleton robot over the Internet – even making it dance the Macarena! Presentation video can be seen here. We awarded team ‘ProbatioNerds’ the TADHack Matrix prize – an HR-OS1 – and we hope the team and the robot will keep learning new tricks and moves!
Daniel presenting the HR-OS1 to team ‘ProbatioNerds’ (Photo courtesy of Alan Quayle)
We keep being impressed by the quality of projects developed at TADHacks – remember, in practice you only have around 12 hours to work on your hack. Congrats to all who participated – and thanks to Alan for arranging it!
by Oddvar Lovaas | Sep 18, 2015 | Events |
The Matrix bandwagon goes on, and we have several conferences and events lined up in the next few weeks.
First up is TADHack mini in Chicago, October 3-4, where Matrix is sponsoring and handing out prizes to the best two hacks using Matrix in some way or another. The previous TADHack mini and the Global TADHack were both excellent events where we saw some really cool hacks – we are looking forward to see what people will put together this time!
Also in Chicago, a couple of days later, is the IIT Real-Time Communications Conference & Expo – October 6-8 – where we will be exhibiting and speaking about the problem of fragmented communication.
At the same time, we will also be represented at Elastix World, in Bogotá, Columbia, October 7-8, where Matthew is one of the keynote speakers! Matrix is also sponsoring this event.
Finally, we will be in Orlando, Florida for AstriCon, October 13-15. Matrix is sponsoring this conference as well, and we also have a speaking slot.
If you are going to any of these events, please do say hi – we are looking forward to talking to both old and new acquaintances! See you there!
by Oddvar Lovaas | Sep 10, 2015 | General, Tech |
The Android Matrix Console app has been updated to v0.4.4, and now supports voice and video calling! Get it now from the Google play store!
In addition to the new voice and video support, and all the related call management, this release includes:
- One-tap “autocomplete”: clicking on a displayname inserts that into the message box
- Click on any (textual) event to copy its content
- The app can now be installed either in device memory or on the SD card
- Notifications can be enabled per room
- Fix for an edge-case where messages could be duplicated
- Fixed several reported issues/crashes – for the full list look at the CHANGES files in the console and SDK projects
Enjoy! And please do let us know your feedback in #matrix:matrix.org!
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