Intro, Info & Help
Hi! I'm Craig. Welcome to my Connexense project.
 
While big-tech gives us free comms channels so they can earn from our private and personal data, I don't want my video conference/calls being surveilled.
 
I've built Connexense for people who feel the same way. Providing one-to-one video calls, large group conferences, live one-to-many broadcasts, webinar events and a video-chat plugin for websites, Connexense discards any meta data generated by these activities.
 
By rejecting data-collection and ensuring that no IP addresses or user information escapes to any 3rd-party, Connexense maximizes its own security and everyone's privacy
Starting a call
 
At the base URL - https://connexense.com - you start your webcam and hit Connect.
 
This gets your media-stream with webcam and microphone tracks and connects it to a compartmented Connexense server with a unique id which you message to others so they can connect with you in a video call.
 
Connexense provides easy ways to send out the server's URL [connexense.com/?id=uniqueId] by email, SMS or push notification and it also copies the URL to your system clipboard so you can easily paste and send it by any other messaging app.
Joining a call
 
By email, notification or messaging app, you'll receive an invitation containing the server's URL - https://connexense.com/?id=uniqueId.
 
Point your browser there, start your webcam and mike, give yourself a screen-name and hit Connect.
Camera Setup
 
When your webcam starts, you'll see a drop-down list for selecting available cameras and the option to turn camera video off.
 
Choose 2k (720p) for calls and webinars, optionally choose 4k (1080p) for broadcasting live.
 
Select "Virtual Background" to replace the background of your video with an image from our collection, or upload your own if you are logged in.
 
When you're ready, hit Connect.
Server Admin
 
When you start a server you become its administrator and have a few extra controls available in the side menu.
 
Screen-share
Replace your video stream by selecting an application window or browser tab to share instead.
 
Screen-share is now available to everyone, not only Admin.
 
Presentation view
Presentation view gathers everyone in one room, where only the presenter's video is visible. When the presentation ends, everyone returns to the rooms they were in.
 
People and Rooms
Rooms are created in the People menu. Select the number of rooms you want and hit Confirm. Everyone is presented with a choice of rooms to join for interaction in smaller groups.
 
To end the multiple-rooms session, select 1 room to gather everyone together again.
Texting
 
The chat-icon in the side menu presents a simple texting app, available to everyone, where text messages can be sent to all.
Connexense Account
 
A Connexense account is not required to start a server or join a call, but registered users can do much more:
  • Use a contacts list to assist calling out by email/ SMS / notification.
     
  • Send / receive push notifications to call contacts or receive calls.
     
  • Schedule Webinar Events - reserve and self-distribute a server ID which you will use to broadcast a webinar event at a specified date and time.
     
  • Live Webcam Gallery - stream your webcam live to an online audience.
     
  • Upload an image to use as your unique virtual background.
     
  • Use the Video Chat Plugin on your website.
Tech
 
For techies: Connexense is a WebRTC Selective Forwarding Unit (SFU) running Node.js on Ubuntu, using node-wrtc to stream media and data between server and client, facilitating compartmented chat servers with up to 32 participants in each.
Beta 1.5.
 
This Connexense release introduces
  • Our in-house STUN and TURN server which optimizes the security and privacy of IP addresses
     
  • Live-broadcast webcam streaming capability and the Live Webcam Gallery.
Enjoy!