Matrix Live S07E14 — Element Call, Voice Rooms and the Metaverse

This week Gaelle (Product Designer) and Robert (VoIP engineer) tell us everything we need to know about Element Call and how Element will benefit from it. Le menu du jour is in la description ⏬ 00:00 Bonjour Gaelle00:28 Who are you and what does a Product Designer do at Element?01:05 What is Element Call?01:29 Where can I try it?01:49 Can I download it on my phone?02:16 Can everyone try it?02:48 How was Element Call designed? Did you come up with a mockup that teams had to implement and that's it?05:32 Were there technical limitations getting in the way of design?06:42 Element Call is released in beta as a standalone product, and is not integrated in regular Element. Why?09:05 Is it limited to 8 people on purpose?09:53 What's left to do to get out of beta?11:00 Is Element is going to get Discord-style audio rooms?12:45 Any cool thing Element Call does that you'd want to advertise?14:40 Hello Robert15:02 Tell us more about that limit of 8 people. Is it because the backend cannot handle more?16:02 What are SFUs and MCUs, and what do they have to do with Element Call?17:23 Are calls end to end encrypted?19:02 Is Element Call open source?19:22 Can I self-host it? Are there instructions to install it on my own server?20:25 MSC3401 is still a WIP: what's left to do?21:16 Are there other projects that could benefit from it?22:24 Final Thoughts? Element Call🌐 https://call.element.io✍️ https://element.io/blog/introducing-native-matrix-voip-with-element-call/ ThirdRoom🎬️ FOSDEM talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLQauo7IMnM🗺️ Roadmap https://github.com/matrix-org/thirdroom/discussions/20[m] https://matrix.to/#/#thirdroom-dev:matrix.org (This Week in) Matrix🐦️ https://twitter.com/matrixdotorg🐘 https://mastodon.matrix.org/@matrix[m] https://matrix.to/#/#thisweekinmatrix:matrix.org