Looks very similar to Sococo, no?
Not trying to discourage you, but if they are indeed similar, I don't think Sococo has been much successful and they seem to have been trying this for more than 10-12 years if not more.
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#42Got "Unauthorized" message when trying to sign up, switch to Chrome (was using Firefox) then said my email was in use. Tried to reset but nothing happens (console errors showing 401 errors).
Just me or did Hackernews hug the site to death?
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#44One of authors here. As a kid, some of my most meaningful relationships and experiences were forged through online gaming (UO anyone?). A big part of this wasn’t necessarily the game itself, but was instead the sense of place and community afforded through the shared environment. As an adult, many of my most meaningful relationships have come from my work environment. When working remotely or in a distributed setting…
I'd like to try this, but the "Try Now for Free!" button wants me to create an account - I don't want to create an account just to have a quick look. I'd much rather have a quick look, then maybe create an account later if I wanted to try it more meaningfully. If you're an HN regular, I guess you were expecting a comment like this - is there an open URL we can use just to get a feel for it?
Seconded, I would like to have a look but I won't give out my email without researching who you are more thoroughly. And I can't "Try Now..." if I have to go spend time researching before I try it.
And I don't think using a fake or alternative email is an option.
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#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
Congrats on the launch. I have to ask though... how do you plan to differentiate? As I'm sure you are aware, there has been at least 25 (likely more) of these exact same web-based, 3D spaces platforms for remote work as an interactive alternative to Zoom. All launched since COVID, all offering pretty similar value propositions. Why should anyone use this over a competitor?
I've tried a bunch of solutions like this and think the answer is that Spot.xyz is the richest (but still simple) experience. Here's my summary: * The world is easy to move around in and manipulate, which is rare for a 3d space (as opposed to Mozilla Hubs for example) * Video chat showing up on peoples heads is much nicer than in a separate section like Gather.town * Hear people per-room, rather than just volume atte…
Would love your thoughts on my attempt at this space, jel.app, if you have time!
It’s 3D but is designed to run well on low end laptops. It incorporates UX patterns from Slack and Notion and has full world building (voxels) and friendly avatars with lip syncing based on voice. No webcam used, on purpose. It does presume some basic gaming literacy.
(I started the Hubs team at Mozilla and Jel is a derivative work from Hubs)
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#46One of authors here. As a kid, some of my most meaningful relationships and experiences were forged through online gaming (UO anyone?). A big part of this wasn’t necessarily the game itself, but was instead the sense of place and community afforded through the shared environment. As an adult, many of my most meaningful relationships have come from my work environment. When working remotely or in a distributed setting…
I spent my adolescence on Ultima Online and don’t regret a single day. I now recognize it was a problem.
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#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thanks for the feedback. Any other details you feel ok sharing about how you signed up? Was this using oauth?
Hi, not who you asked but I didn't want to sign up. I'm replying because a video overview would go a long way to explaining/demonstrating your idea. Not everyone wants the ordeal of signup to see what it's gonna look like. Hope this helps.
There is a video on how spot looks like available on this page https://www.spot.xyz/blog/introducing-spot/
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#48Got "Unauthorized" message when trying to sign up, switch to Chrome (was using Firefox) then said my email was in use. Tried to reset but nothing happens (console errors showing 401 errors). Just me or did Hackernews hug the site to death?
Same, reloaded the page after the error and got in.
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#49This is super nice. I've been looking for something like this. When working remote I feel like we sometimes miss out on visual cues which help us figure out what we should expect in terms of a response time if we have a question for someone
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#50I tried to sign up using my real name, real work email, and a strong password suggested by Edge, and I got red error text simply saying "Unauthorized". What does this mean?