Show HN: Pop.com – Video Calls, in 3D • Hacker News Board

andy_ppp wrote: post #68

andybak wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As long as it's a micro video (a few seconds with no audio or introduction) I won't watch a longer video just to understand what random product does.

I think you mean, as long as it explains why, what and how in the shortest possible number of words it’s a good video. Spending time trying to be funny or not actually explaining would be bad, if it takes a while to explain more thought and structure may be needed.

No. I mean exactly what I said.

Audio is unnecessary and means I have to stop everything else I'm doing. And so does anyone else in the same room unless I can find headphones.

And 3 or 4 seconds is ample time to demonstrate that specific aspect that is hard to demonstrate with the written word.

Re: Show HN: Pop.com – Video Calls, in 3D

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Post by edumucelli » Mon, Dec 21, 2020, 11:18 PM UTC

I'd add a video demo in the front page. Without a demo or something in the front page is hard to figure out what it does. Maybe you guys (the team) know it well and the assumptions around it because you are working on it everyday but most people here have no idea.

Re: Show HN: Pop.com – Video Calls, in 3D

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Post by lotaezenwa » Mon, Dec 21, 2020, 11:25 PM UTC

myoffe wrote: post #53

sbarre wrote: post #3

Your 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…

Your criticism is fair, except the camera access. It's a video chat tool, of course it's going to ask you to use your camera. What do you expect?

There is nothing to expect because the landing page has no useful information, as the parent comment stated.

Re: Show HN: Pop.com – Video Calls, in 3D

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Post by dandigangi » Mon, Dec 21, 2020, 11:28 PM UTC

I'm afraid to ask how much money you burned on a premium domain like that...

Re: Show HN: Pop.com – Video Calls, in 3D

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Post by SergeAx » Mon, Dec 21, 2020, 11:29 PM UTC

I cant help wondering how many great product features could be implemented with the budget spent for domain name.

Re: Show HN: Pop.com – Video Calls, in 3D

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Post by jamespitts » Mon, Dec 21, 2020, 11:30 PM UTC

Congrats1 This was always a dream of mine to get to this with raptfm.

Definitely consider creating a preset which positions the users around an object or in relation to each other when they first arrive, e.g. "conference meeting table" or "trailhead".

Another one is carefully composing the physical constraints within a space, especially when others are present. In virtual, social boundaries no longer hamper us from flying around or other behavior which can alter how a shared space feels for everyone. It may be necessary to impose rules of movement to preserve the main premise of communication.