Show HN: Pop.com – Video Calls, in 3D

Post by jsherwani » Tue, Dec 22, 2020, 2:52 AM UTC

hundchenkatze wrote: post #39

I can't get it working. I've tried in vanilla (no content/script blocking) Firefox and Chrome. I've accepted the microphone permission, but it seems there's a hard requirement on having a camera attached? I'm getting: "DOMException: The object can not be found here." - FF and "DOMException: Requested device not found" - Chrome Since you state you can turn both the camera and microphone off, I think it'd be much bette…

Post by swyx » Tue, Dec 22, 2020, 3:10 AM UTC

tyingq wrote: post #31

uses wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I believe you're off by at least one digit in your range.

Post by random5634 » Tue, Dec 22, 2020, 3:39 AM UTC

uses wrote: post #20

chickenpotpie wrote: post #9

Ok 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.

Post by Merman_Mike » Tue, Dec 22, 2020, 3:43 AM UTC

jsherwani wrote: post #100

Merman_Mike wrote: post #93

Hi jsherwani - your site is being blocked by this (very popular) DNS blocklist that I use in my Pi-Hole: https://oisd.nl/ I'm guessing the domain might have previously been used for spam or something before you bought it. It looks like you can start the removal process here: https://oisd.nl/?p=fp

Hmmm I got this response when I submitted the form: pop.com is not blocked by this blocklist Probable causes: - An other blocklist blocking it? - Regex? - An older version of this list contained it? > Make sure you are using the latest version. Not sure what happened!

Post by gfodor » Tue, Dec 22, 2020, 4:01 AM UTC

m4lvin wrote: post #69

gfodor wrote: post #12

Cool! 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

+1 for hubs, I only found it recently and was positively surprised when trying it out the first time. It is missing the webcam-video-on-avatar function though, or it is well hidden?!