April 2023 Summaries

Video KYC (Know Your Customer) is a paperless live video verification process that has been implemented in several countries, including India, Estonia, and Germany. The essence of video KYC involves a user connecting with a KYC agent in a live video call, during which the agent verifies the user's identity through a live photograph and clear images of their officially valid documents. AI-driven Face-Match/Face Liveness checks are performed to further authenticate the user's identity and prevent potential fraud or identity theft. The 100ms SDK offers several use-case-specific features that can facilitate a quick user journey for building vKYC into an app, such as capturing high-resolution photos, camera controls like tap-to-focus, zoom, and flash, and ensuring compliance and security.

100ms offers interactive live streaming with features like chat and emoji reactions, allowing for near-real-time interactions between streamers and viewers in large rooms (up to ~10k participants). Timed Metadata is a key feature that enables attaching metadata to specific timestamps in the HLS live stream. This allows information to be perfectly synchronized with audio and video frames, ensuring all viewers receive the metadata at the same moment relative to the stream. Supported devices include desktop and mobile browsers (both Android and iOS), as well as native Android and iOS applications. The Timed Metadata feature can be used for various use cases such as enhancing live shopping experiences, displaying names and profiles of speakers in panel discussions, advertising and promotional materials during events, and conducting timed polls and quizzes to increase viewer engagement.