That is so cool. For the first few minutes everyone ran away from me :( But then I was welcomed into a convo.
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#42PlayStation Home RIP wasnt video calls but avatars in a virtual space. Something you have to have for folks not willing or able to do video so the same thing in essence.
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#43Made it to hacker news!! Congrats all!!
I wonder if you would consider open sourcing the map creation component? I’d love to contribute
I tried this for a passover and unfortunately the servers were really laggy at that time so we stuck with zoom/Jitsi and gave up the fadeout
For primoserver, it’s similar but definitely needs a larger map, appeared to have lag issues on calls.
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#44This is definitely interesting. It reminds me of the bulletin boards slash chat rooms built by the fictional company Mutiny in the series Halt and Catch Fire.
A suggestion, I can basically create multiple 'people' by opening the app in multiple tabs, though it does seem to know me because the nickname seems to remain the same, maybe you should look at a way of allowing a single persona at a given time, if that is possible?
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#45Hi HN! One of the creators here. It's a cross between Zoom x Pokemon. You only get audio and video from people you're standing next to, and as you walk away from them, the video fades away and the audio drops off. With current video chat apps, you lose many of the dynamics of real life meetups. In particular, you lose the ability to have multiple people in the same shared space having multiple conversations. In real…
Hi. I think this is a great idea - particularly as I'm unable to visit my girlfriend and 4 stepkids in the lockdown (I don't live with them), and I've been having meals with them (Saturday breakfast is a 'thing') via standard video call. Just tried online town (I'm on Firefox 75 on Windows) with my girlfriend (she was on her ipad), and I could see my video in a box, and she could see her video in a box, but we couldn…
>and 4 stepkids
What are you doing, mate?
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#46Hi HN! One of the creators here. It's a cross between Zoom x Pokemon. You only get audio and video from people you're standing next to, and as you walk away from them, the video fades away and the audio drops off. With current video chat apps, you lose many of the dynamics of real life meetups. In particular, you lose the ability to have multiple people in the same shared space having multiple conversations. In real…
This is a great idea, and the others projects you're working on are very interesting too!
One thing I wanted right away was to enlarge the video feed of one person so I could better see him, attend a presentation, etc.
The other "need" is that I wanted to interact more with the environment and play with others, even if I have no specific idea.
Anyways this was very fun and I'll try in my company next week, many thanks again!
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#47really cool, met two very nice Canadians there. I hope this catches on. People will have a blast using it.
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#48Hi HN! One of the creators here. It's a cross between Zoom x Pokemon. You only get audio and video from people you're standing next to, and as you walk away from them, the video fades away and the audio drops off. With current video chat apps, you lose many of the dynamics of real life meetups. In particular, you lose the ability to have multiple people in the same shared space having multiple conversations. In real…
Hi Liamuk! You won't believe this but I was working on this exact idea all of yesterday and shipped a basic version with proximal audio and a 2D canvas to display players. It's not ready for HN traffic yet, but I joined Online Town and ran into Cyrus. We had a great ~10 minute video chat in the middle of the street about the possibilities of virtual realms. I've just popped him an email and sent some techno recommend…
I am working on the exact same thing since a week now. =D
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#49Hi HN! One of the creators here. It's a cross between Zoom x Pokemon. You only get audio and video from people you're standing next to, and as you walk away from them, the video fades away and the audio drops off. With current video chat apps, you lose many of the dynamics of real life meetups. In particular, you lose the ability to have multiple people in the same shared space having multiple conversations. In real…
great idea. Been on a few times trying to get your attention.C Can we chat about this further - jiwanix@gmail.com
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#50Used this for the past hour hanging out with friends remotely - super fun!