computer science

Livestorm

Livestorm is a computer science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Livestorm rather than just read about it. In short: Livestorm is a software company that provides a browser based online web conferencing software for webinars and virtual meetings. History Livestorm was founded in Paris, France in 2016 by Gilles Bertaux, Robin Lambert, Tom Forlini and Vincent Garreau.

Key takeaways

Livestorm belongs to computer science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Livestorm to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Livestorm from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Livestorm is a software company that provides a browser based online web conferencing software for webinars and virtual meetings.

History Livestorm was founded in Paris, France in 2016 by Gilles Bertaux, Robin Lambert, Tom Forlini and Vincent Garreau. The company originated as a HETIC school's final-year project. Then called Rumble, the project was later renamed as Livestorm. In 2019, Livestorm raised a 4.6 million euros series A from public investment bank BPI France, Aglaé Ventures and Raise Ventures. In February 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in more companies working remotely, which positively impacted Livestorm's growth. The product usage grew by 30 and its revenue was multiplied by 7. In November 2020, Livestorm raised a $30 million series B. In 2021, Livestorm was named among the fastest growing European companies by the Financial Times.

Technology Livestorm's core is focused on leveraging WebRTC and WebSocket for real time, low-latency interactions. The video stream quality and format automatically adapts to each viewers' web browser. The stream serves a WebRTC stream for compatible browsers including Google Chrome, Firefox and Opera, with a fall back on HLS on Internet Explorer and Safari. The frontend runs on the Vue.js framework.

Products Livestorm provides a video conferencing software for webinars and virtual meetings, with tools for registration pages, email cadences and analytics. A public API service was launched in 2021.

See also Comparison of web conferencing software Web conferencing Collaborative software

References

External links Livestorm website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Livestorm

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Livestorm claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In computer science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Livestorm before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Livestorm ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Livestorm

In research: Livestorm appears in computer science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Livestorm in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Livestorm is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Communication software, Web conferencing, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Livestorm outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Livestorm in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Livestorm means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Livestorm out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Livestorm in simple terms?

Livestorm is a software company that provides a browser based online web conferencing software for webinars and virtual meetings. History Livestorm was founded in Paris, France in 2016 by Gilles Bertaux, Robin Lambert, Tom Forlini and Vincent Garreau.

Why does Livestorm matter?

Because it connects several computer science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Livestorm?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Livestorm.