Nowadays "share location" is one of the basic features in mobile chat applications.

When share location is triggered, the device collects its geolocation information and after adjusting and confirming the location is sent and becomes visible as a map for other chat users.

This is extremely useful, especially in situations where you need quick help and can't describe the location in words.

We've added some new functions dedicated to share and display location information in Eyeson meetings.

Define your overlay and background layer with dynamic content and let the library create the image for you on-the-fly.

https://github.com/eyeson-team/eyeson-node-layer

Using the new IFrame API is the easiest way to embed Eyeson video conferencing into your site or app using a few lines of HTML and Javascript.

1. Integrate the Eyeson IFrame API script
   <script src="https://app.eyeson.team/iframe-api.js"></script>
2. Provide an HTML element as meeting container
   <div id="meeting"></div>
3. Call the EyesonIframe function and let the magic happen
   new EyesonIframe('#meeting', { accessKey: '...' });

IFrame API creates an iframe HTML element with all correct settings and loads Eyeson's default UI.

In advanced mode, methods to interact with Eyeson UI inside the iframe are available, like present, chat, snapshot, and also meeting events for the user like join and leave can be observed.

We're adding a new way for developers to receive information about a meeting in real-time!

Introducing the "Meeting Observer", a one-way WebSocket connection that allows to boost your application's meeting controls.

It is easier to use than the existing WebHooks and even more powerful, since a lot more information can be observed.

We've made changes to the playbacks API that you need to be aware of!

Call Control allows you to control the meeting directly from your USB or Bluetooth devices.

It is an addition to your existing meeting app as it synchronizes the call and mute states between meeting and paired devices. It's available in eyeson-js 1.8.9.

Thanks to the implementation of Custom layout map API in Eyeson, you can now change the layout without having the need for pre-defined layouts provided by us. This has some major upsides regarding the control over the stream content.

In this tutorial we want to use the adaptive layout to arrange users around an image for a seamless presentation.

Example web app​

You can instantly update the stream content during a live session using some HTML and Javascript.

This example includes

• a local image uploading script which draws it on a canvas
• layout calculation depending on the image size
• sending canvas and calculated layout to show in Eyeson via AJAX requests