> Give the standard 2014, 2015 and let's see where we are.
People said exactly the same thing about Miracast in 2013 and 2012. We still aren't anywhere with it. It is more broken than it is working, it is a giant mess.
> The Chromecast comparison is really a bad one - yes you can tabcast
You can fullscreen cast.
> but really it is designed around a "send this URL to play" experience which is much much easier to accomplish than real-time streaming.
Except for the tab casting and full screen casting..?
> For the real-time streaming, you only have a single sink device to worry about and it only works on desktops (for now).
You're strangely contradicting yourself. First you acknowledge that tab casting is a thing,then you pretend that tab casting isn't something it does and use that as justification for Miracast's superiority? Very confusing.
Also "only have a single sink device" is total gibberish. Even assuming the word "sync" it is still nonsense, both Miracast and Chromecast only support a single device on either end (sender and receiver).
PS - Chromecast works with other devices. It isn't just desktops. People already made apps that could send a full Android "desktop" to the Chromecast back in the early days before Google killed it with an update. I'm sure it will return with the release of this SDK.
> Your surface area is much smaller, so of course interop is going to be better.
It is an identical surface area between the two.