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Re: Show HN: ZoomerBackgrounds – community-sourced virtual video backgrounds

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Post by c9fc42ad » Fri, Apr 17, 2020, 4:03 PM UTC

exhilaration wrote: post #8

aripickar wrote: post #5

This has been my background for as many calls as I can do without it being unprofessional. https://v.redd.it/84tmrvcuqbs41/DASH_480?source=fallback

Could you please give us a link to the original video? This looks so familiar but I can't place it.

https://youtu.be/rvrZJ5C_Nwg?t=144

Re: Show HN: ZoomerBackgrounds – community-sourced virtual video backgrounds

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Post by SummerlyMars » Fri, Apr 17, 2020, 4:08 PM UTC

exhilaration wrote: post #8

aripickar wrote: post #5

This has been my background for as many calls as I can do without it being unprofessional. https://v.redd.it/84tmrvcuqbs41/DASH_480?source=fallback

Could you please give us a link to the original video? This looks so familiar but I can't place it.

Here you go, it's pretty wild: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvrZJ5C_Nwg

Re: Show HN: ZoomerBackgrounds – community-sourced virtual video backgrounds

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Post by nrmitchi » Fri, Apr 17, 2020, 4:09 PM UTC

logane wrote: post #2

Hi HN, author here! As students facing online instruction, we built ZoomerBackgrounds to solve firsthand the everyday problems of having subpar backgrounds and spoke with several friends working in industry about their background needs. The result is a product we really think you're really going to love. We had a lot of fun making this over the weekend and hope you all enjoy :) For the tech stack we used react on the…

I see that you have an option to not include a watermark on downloaded images, but having watermarks turned on by default (especially since these look like user uploaded images which I'm assuming you don't actually own) is quite off-putting.

Re: Show HN: ZoomerBackgrounds – community-sourced virtual video backgrounds

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Post by jamespullar » Fri, Apr 17, 2020, 4:13 PM UTC

logane wrote: post #2

Hi HN, author here! As students facing online instruction, we built ZoomerBackgrounds to solve firsthand the everyday problems of having subpar backgrounds and spoke with several friends working in industry about their background needs. The result is a product we really think you're really going to love. We had a lot of fun making this over the weekend and hope you all enjoy :) For the tech stack we used react on the…

Is there a way to report or flag images if any inappropriate ones are uploaded?

Re: Show HN: ZoomerBackgrounds – community-sourced virtual video backgrounds

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Post by canadianwriter » Fri, Apr 17, 2020, 4:15 PM UTC

SummerlyMars wrote: post #12

exhilaration wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Could you please give us a link to the original video? This looks so familiar but I can't place it.

Here you go, it's pretty wild: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvrZJ5C_Nwg

Is this guy serious? Listening to the lyrics has hardcore African Child vibes.... or is this just parody? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-YCZr0epts&t=84s

Re: Show HN: ZoomerBackgrounds – community-sourced virtual video backgrounds

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Post by duxup » Fri, Apr 17, 2020, 4:16 PM UTC

I wonder what percentage of folks use video.

Where I work almost nobody turns on their camera ;)

Re: Show HN: ZoomerBackgrounds – community-sourced virtual video backgrounds

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Post by qppo » Fri, Apr 17, 2020, 4:17 PM UTC

I'm looking for a subtle way to give my coworkers a chuckle without being too distracting, I think it'd be funny to take a picture of my current background and then change it every day but I can't think of a decent way to do it without looking like a nut job.