One-page engineering reference: the five-stage conversational loop (ASR->LLM->TTS->avatar synth->WebRTC); the ~200 ms turn-taking target and the ~900 ms time-to-first-frame budget; the join-the-room architecture (send audio only, avatar publishes video, RPC for interruptions); the 2026 buy-vs-build map (Tavus, HeyGen, Simli, bitHuman vs MuseTalk + LivePortrait + NVIDIA ACE); the EU AI Act Article 50 disclosure deadline (2 August 2026); and a 7-item pre-launch checklist.
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The book · Volume 3 of 7
Video Streaming: A Complete Guide to Video Delivery: From ABR and CDNs to Players, WebRTC, DRM, and the Economics of Streaming
This real-time avatar launch checklist covers the five-stage conversational loop, the turn-taking and first-frame latency budgets, the join-the-room architecture and the buy-versus-build map. Volume 3 covers the delivery side in depth: WebRTC and real-time media, SFU topologies, players, QoE monitoring and the economics of streaming. Written by Nikolay Sapunov, CEO at Fora Soft.
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