tell me the differences between remoteParticiapant and localparticipant other than the obvious?

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Let’s take a closer look at the differences between LocalParticipant and RemoteParticipant in LiveKit: • Role in the Room: ◦ LocalParticipant: This is you—the current user in the room—who can share audio, video, or screen shares. ◦ RemoteParticipant: These are the other folks in the room, and you can interact with the tracks they’ve shared. • Track Management: ◦ LocalParticipant: You have control here! You can add or remove your own tracks and tweak settings like turning your mic or camera on and off. ◦ RemoteParticipant: While they can’t publish tracks themselves, you get read-only access to whatever they’ve shared, so you can subscribe to their streams. • Track Publications: ◦ LocalParticipant: You create and manage

LocalTrackPublication

objects for your shared tracks. ◦ RemoteParticipant: They offer

RemoteTrackPublication

objects that others use to subscribe to their tracks. • Event Handling: ◦ LocalParticipant: You can handle events like muting/unmuting tracks, updating metadata, and even set up RPC (Remote Procedure Call) handlers to communicate. ◦ RemoteParticipant: You’ll get notifications about their track changes and subscription status, but they don’t support publishing tracks or RPC handlers. If you want me to explain anything further or have more questions, just let me know—I’m here to help! Sources: livekit/src/room/participant/local_participant.rs | livekit-rtc/livekit/rtc/participant.py | src/index.ts