Reminded me of https://www.around.co/ , but they’ve clearly grown beyond the simple “fun video calls” value prop since I last saw them and raised venture.
Fun idea!
Show HN: I built a fun video meeting app with 2D physics and proximity chat
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#12Reminded me of https://www.around.co/ , but they’ve clearly grown beyond the simple “fun video calls” value prop since I last saw them and raised venture. Fun idea!
I was going to write the same. Around.co seems to have been able to monetize well and secure funding.
Well done OP, I wish you lots of success. I know from experience that as a solo dev this flat.social is an amazing outcome.
Re: Show HN: I built a fun video meeting app with 2D physics and proximity chat
#13Wow, looks great.
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#14This seems to be a take on Gather.town with more realistic graphics. My team has been using Gather for almost a year now, so I'll give it a shot.
How does your team use it and how would you rate it?
My CEO wanted to introduce Gather with the idea that everyone would be in it working all day. He wanted to be able to "stroll by" whenever to see what people are up to. The team unanimous voted against this so we didn't get it.
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#15Ah, Memories of hours using the Palace Chat come up again.
Hours of editing Avatars and hanging out with old friends.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Palace_(computer_program)
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#16Very creative. Is this HRTF-like spatial audio or are you just modulating volume based on proximity/walls?
Hey, thank you! It's the latter - the audio is based on the distance and walls.
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#17Reminded me of https://www.around.co/ , but they’ve clearly grown beyond the simple “fun video calls” value prop since I last saw them and raised venture. Fun idea!
I was going to write the same. Around.co seems to have been able to monetize well and secure funding. Well done OP, I wish you lots of success. I know from experience that as a solo dev this flat.social is an amazing outcome.
Thank you fredguth!
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#18Strange. I wanted to show app formerly called Caala to which I contributed but it disappeared from github. I wonder if this is because it became this.
Also - which JS library do you use to voice chat and video calls? I wanted to implement voice chat myself.
EDIT: it was just archived - https://github.com/capnmidnight/Calla
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#19Wow, very interesting. What tech stack did you use to build this. Also the video chat components, is that an open source plugin that was customized for your app or was that also coded from scratch.
I am just surprised that a solo developer or a small team can build something so interesting and fun. I would'nt even know where to start.
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#20One thing these types of tools also need to consider is online safety. I've seen others implement things like personal boundaries, hiding from others, and avoiding being boxed in by others. Just to name a few.
I couldn't see anythig on your website that addresses any of these sorts of concerns?