Hey everyone - our team is also working on an interactive, browser-based virtual platform for people to connect. Like Zoom, but for 3D.
Wanted to get some input on what some must have features would be?
Show HN: Pop.com – Video Calls, in 3D
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#22Did this used to be an ad/tracking domain? It was listed in one of the adblock lists I use
If anyone has an issue visiting the site double check your adblock.
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#23Ok I got to know: how much did you spend to get pop.com?
Yeah, I'm incredibly curious as well! I think it's a very cool project, but ball-parking development costs, my guess is the domain probably cost more than the product itself, assuming they didn't go down NIH-type rabbit holes.
Edit: And to be clear, I'm not even necessarily knocking that decision. Maybe an expensive TLD could make life easier for a project like this, since it could promote trust / buy-in, increasing usage at an early stage. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Re: Show HN: Pop.com – Video Calls, in 3D
#24Did this used to be an ad/tracking domain? It was listed in one of the adblock lists I use If anyone has an issue visiting the site double check your adblock.
We bought this domain a few months ago, and you're probably right, since Gmail seems to mark our outgoing emails as spam. I'm not very well-versed in how to undo the reputation the previous owners seem to have created for the domain, so if you have any recommendations, please let me know!
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#25Does that mean that screen.so is dead?
Not at all! We'd originally bought pop.com to be the new home for screen.so, but once we made this new product, we wanted to launch it asap.
Our plan is to merge the two in the near future, and work on the intersection between 2D and 3D calls.
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#26NextDNS "Threat Intelligence Feeds" blocks this domain. It's also on a bunch of domain blocking lists (don't have a complete list). I've submitted pop.com as a false-positive on OISD.
Thank you! I really appreciate it.
I wrote this elsewhere:
We bought this domain a few months ago, and you're probably right, since Gmail seems to mark our outgoing emails as spam. I'm not very well-versed in how to undo the reputation the previous owners seem to have created for the domain, so if you have any recommendations, please let me know!
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#27CONGRATS and KUDOS for domain
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#28Ok I got to know: how much did you spend to get pop.com?
also very curious! that domain has to be worth a lot, 3 characters, two letters, easy to remember...
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#29Here's a screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/VVt0zCU.jpg In short, you move around in the virtual space and your avatar's head is your webcam feed. There is also positional audio, so your position changes who you hear. User can also apparently spawn screen share windows in the sky. Give it a try, it works and feel better than it looks. It is very similar to what you'd find in a VR chat application but it works surprising…
Love that these types of apps are getting more popular. https://rambly.app (which is similar, but 2D) completely saved https://js.la .
Re: Show HN: Pop.com – Video Calls, in 3D
#30Ok 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.
My experience is from 5+ years ago (when google counted keywords in domains), but a 3 letter domain would go for at least 6 figures, possibly up into 7.