How on earth did you get the domain?
Show HN: Pop.com – Video Calls, in 3D
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#12Cool! I think this kind of avatar embodiment is the future. I'm working on one that doesn't use the camera, but audio lip syncing to provide a good experience. https://jel.app
Also if you want an OSS alternative to any of these commercial tools, check out https://hubs.mozilla.com
Re: Show HN: Pop.com – Video Calls, in 3D
#13Ok I got to know: how much did you spend to get pop.com?
Yes, I’m also wildly jealous of that domain name...
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#14Your homepage doesn't explain anything about what I should do when I land on it. What's a space? What's going to happen if I create or join one? Why would I want to do this? Or is this intentional and you're soft-launching or just doing some testing? edit: I clicked create a space and you immediately ask for access to my camera.. but there's no explanation of why you're asking for it, or what I'm getting out of it. I…
That's a fair point, here's a little more information: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/pop-9
As alway text and an intro video will help people understand how your product is different from Zoom etc.
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#15Have you done any measurements of capture-to-display latency? I've been interested in why Discord feels more natural than Zoom and so far I think it comes down to latency. As far as I know Zoom targets 150 ms, but audio-only platforms can get closer to 25-50, which can make the difference between what feels like using walkie talkies versus a real face-to-face conversation. Any plans on how you will monetize this if i…
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#16Does that mean that screen.so is dead?
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#17The purchase price for that three letter domain must have cost you something serious. Pop.com was that old DotCom project from Dreamworks and Ron Howard that went belly up.
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#18https://www.getmibo.com does something very similar.
This is one of the coolest things I've seen for video chats / social hangouts online. It's like VR Chat but so much more accessible.
Love it
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#19Mozilla Hubs is awesome for this too, you can set up the room with objects like presentations, or just various tables and it also lets you have a little window for your webcam too. The audio is also spatially aware so you can have little groups of conversation too.
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#20Ok I got to know: how much did you spend to get pop.com?
Yeah, I'm pretty curious because it must've cost in $10k-100k range right? Isn't this the type of vanity purchase that usually happens after you validate your idea with 10,000 customers and you got a round of investment to go big? I would expect a newly launched startup to use getpopapp.info, or used a made-up company name with an acquirable domain.