Kaleidoscope: A Cloud-Based Platform for Real-Time Video-Based Interaction

Mobile video streaming becomes increasingly useful in a variety of contexts (social interaction, education, and entertainment) and increasingly feasible with the rapid advancement of wireless networks and mobile technologies. In this paper, we present, Kaleidoscope, a cloud platform for multimedia streaming on mobile devices, enhanced with textual and touch-display interactions for a rich user experience. We evaluate the Kaleidoscope system on two different clouds at different locations, testing the streaming quality, and CPU and memory usage, using different numbers of clients.