Using The ESP8266 As A Web-enabled Sensor. 34 Comments . by: Brian Benchoff. November 23, 2014. ... but already they have a great example of the ESP8266 in use. Posted in Wireless Hacks Tagged ...

[Acrobotic] has an interesting video about using WebSockets to allow a browser to talk to an ESP8266 web server in real time. You can see his simple demo in the video below.