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Re: Show HN: Browse HN Together in Three.js

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Post by philipscott »

peteforde wrote: post #45
philipscott wrote: post #2

Hi HN! Happy to answer any questions you have about the demo and the tech.

1. This is genuinely impressive. It's a solid example of the reason I visit HN. Kudos to your team. 2. I'm genuinely curious how you anticipate folks using this. The watch-party use case is interesting but it's a crowded space and people are not likely lining up to pay. It seems like hilarious overkill for content embedding. I'm wondering what the killer app is? In the most optimistic way possible. It's almost like i…

Thanks! > I'm wondering what the killer app is? In the most optimistic way possible We're in the process of figuring it out, but we believe the interactive aspect is super powerful.

Our landing page (https://hyperbeam.com) showcases some of our happy customers.

Re: Show HN: Browse HN Together in Three.js

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Post by philipscott »

Moosdijk wrote: post #105
crazygringo wrote: post #72

Maybe I'm missing something but I don't understand the multiplayer aspect -- I'm in the interactive Chrome browser I can play with, but there's nobody else here. I'm not browsing together with anybody. If it matters, the HN link redirects for me to: https://threejs-example.hyperbeam.com/672b6071 and the ID at the end stays the same even in incognito. Since this is on the front page and I've been waiting around for 5…

The first thing another user did was go to 4chan. I think the concept is really cool but maybe it needs a little more thought.

Yeah we didn't anticipate somebody sharing their room in the comments — we're trying our best to moderate that room.

Fingers crossed the board they went on was the papercraft & origami board.

Re: Show HN: Browse HN Together in Three.js

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Post by batch12 »

crazygringo wrote: post #72

Maybe I'm missing something but I don't understand the multiplayer aspect -- I'm in the interactive Chrome browser I can play with, but there's nobody else here. I'm not browsing together with anybody. If it matters, the HN link redirects for me to: https://threejs-example.hyperbeam.com/672b6071 and the ID at the end stays the same even in incognito. Since this is on the front page and I've been waiting around for 5…

People seem to be trying really hard to get porn in the browser. There's a battle going on...

Re: Show HN: Browse HN Together in Three.js

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Post by declan_g »

batch12 wrote: post #113
crazygringo wrote: post #72

Maybe I'm missing something but I don't understand the multiplayer aspect -- I'm in the interactive Chrome browser I can play with, but there's nobody else here. I'm not browsing together with anybody. If it matters, the HN link redirects for me to: https://threejs-example.hyperbeam.com/672b6071 and the ID at the end stays the same even in incognito. Since this is on the front page and I've been waiting around for 5…

People seem to be trying really hard to get porn in the browser. There's a battle going on...

Gahh thanks for the heads up

Re: Show HN: Browse HN Together in Three.js

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Post by graderjs »

There's source code on GitHub for a simple version of this tech (without multiplayer or smooth and fast streaming): https://GitHub.com/crisdosyago/BrowserBox

And a closed source version that has multiplayer, audio and much faster streaming (than the GitHub version) that uses webrtc.

I also have a few projects to bring even higher quality streaming, including an xvfb headful version using an extension to enable getDisplayMedia APIs to share the screen.

It's a different approach to Hyperbeam. I love that there are more and more new and young products in this space!

Re: Show HN: Browse HN Together in Three.js

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Post by philipscott »

graderjs wrote: post #115

There's source code on GitHub for a simple version of this tech (without multiplayer or smooth and fast streaming): https://GitHub.com/crisdosyago/BrowserBox And a closed source version that has multiplayer, audio and much faster streaming (than the GitHub version) that uses webrtc. I also have a few projects to bring even higher quality streaming, including an xvfb headful version using an extension to enable getDis…

Thanks for sharing, are you viewfinderjs from this thread? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30433104#30436865

Super curious how you got that many stars on your repository, that's impressive!

Re: Show HN: Browse HN Together in Three.js

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Post by JoeOfTexas »

crazygringo wrote: post #72

Maybe I'm missing something but I don't understand the multiplayer aspect -- I'm in the interactive Chrome browser I can play with, but there's nobody else here. I'm not browsing together with anybody. If it matters, the HN link redirects for me to: https://threejs-example.hyperbeam.com/672b6071 and the ID at the end stays the same even in incognito. Since this is on the front page and I've been waiting around for 5…

And its down haha

Re: Show HN: Browse HN Together in Three.js

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Post by Kiro »

SeanAnderson wrote: post #68
philipscott wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep. We're running Chromium in the cloud and streaming it back as a video. When you visit https://threejs-example.hyperbeam.com , it will create a "room" and append the room ID to the URL (e.g. https://threejs-example.hyperbeam.com/abc ). All viewers in the same room see and hear the same video stream, and can control the same browser instance.

Hey. I'm not the person you're responding to, but your response sparked my interest given the context. It sounds like you're saying, "Yes. Our technology enables someone to listen to YouTube without forcing them to continually view the video." If so, I would like to caution you to tread lightly in this area. I'd built a 300K MAU YouTube-streaming Chrome extension which was ultimately terminated due to advertisers com…

How would they block this exactly?

Re: Show HN: Browse HN Together in Three.js

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Post by SeanAnderson »

Kiro wrote: post #118
SeanAnderson wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hey. I'm not the person you're responding to, but your response sparked my interest given the context. It sounds like you're saying, "Yes. Our technology enables someone to listen to YouTube without forcing them to continually view the video." If so, I would like to caution you to tread lightly in this area. I'd built a 300K MAU YouTube-streaming Chrome extension which was ultimately terminated due to advertisers com…

How would they block this exactly?

Technically? YouTube users are free to describe a deny list of domains. If the referer request header mentions the domain then content does not play.

If you employ technical mitigations, such as issuing requests from a server and misleading with the referer, YouTube will reach out with a C&D. If you don't honor it, then prepare to defend your usage in court similar to ytdl. They will make the case that 1984 Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc. doesn't apply to here as there's clear commercial intent supporting the desire to re-stream media content

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