Abstract: A system architecture that synthesizes agent environments and virtualization environments to provide for a highly scalable, peer-to-peer real-time agent architecture. The agent environment enables agents participating in a shared experience to be peers of one another. Agents can choose which agents they want to peer by meeting in the agent environment and using published information determine which other agents they want to peer with to communicate stream source data therebetween. Virtualization environments are a mechanism for executing applications (“stream sources”). Any one or more of available virtualization environments (e.g., cloud infrastructure) may be selected in accordance with predetermined criteria to execute stream sources. In addition, non-virtualized environments (e.g., physical devices) may be utilized to run the stream sources in accordance with deployment criteria.

Abstract: Real time communication services are used to establish peer-to-peer connection (P2P) between computing devices to selectively share content, such as applications, data, and media. In accordance with the present disclosure, a “Source” and a “Target” are connected in a P2P session or a proxied connection, with each of the Source and Target having a browser that is aware of the other. The Source has a browser extension that allows access to local content, such as, applications, audio and video that are on the Source computing device. To share content, the Source may select a Share button to present a list of local content to share. The Source then makes a selection of the content, which in turn, makes the content available at a browser executing on a computing device(s) of other collaborators in a collaboration session.