Insanely uncomfortable for me lol I dig it.
A game about staring into the eyes of a stranger
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#52Would've loved to have tried it, but sadly am stuck at "connecting to stranger". I guess the problem could be that I'm in Europe, so if all 3-9 strangers (that's the range of people staring during my waiting period) are in USA the ping is high so the system won't connect us. Sounds interesting!
Now got 4x in a row: stranger lost video.
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#53I stuck with it for 75 people. Zero [presenting as] women.
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#54Ha, I went to submit a 'Show HN' about this and someone had beat me to posting it :) I've been hacking on stranger.video for the last couple of weeks. One big design goal was to build something omegle-like that I'd be a little more comfortable using (thus there's no audio, no text chat, video is limited to faces, video cuts if it can't find a face, if you don't like what's on screen close your eyes and it disappears,…
Talking about physical devices, I see you mention tablets in public places. Would you make them eye-catching, so people come up to them, or hidden, to be spooked by someone's stare?
There is an interesting project in Vilnius & Lublin that just shows a livestream on what's on the other side (it's still up today) https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/30/22460964
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#55Does the connection close if you blink even once? Or if the algorithm can't find your face once? I was barely able to see anyone b/c of stuff that seems like this.
Re: A game about staring into the eyes of a stranger
#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's a great idea. It pretty directly re-humanizes the web. Some marketing to consider... Both "staring" and "strangers" gives it a disconcerting vibe, amplified by the dark background and the naked request to enable the webcam. What about "See someone" or "See someone seeing you" or "See someone seeing you for a second", with a blue sky to start? Then instead of emphasizing staring, just say something like "blink to…
Thanks for the feedback! I'll think about what you said about the buy me a coffee link. The vibe of the website is intentional though; I wanted the website to feel like a weird little hole in your computer that someone was staring at you through. You're totally right that there's a different version of this website that produces a very different vibe (and I am probably going to experiment with more ideas in this spac…
> The vibe of the website is intentional though
I like it. Keep it like this
Re: A game about staring into the eyes of a stranger
#57This is hilarious. Can’t keep a straight face for anything, though.
Me too, I go into solid stare mode during the countdown but as soon as the stranger appears I can't keep it together.
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#58I stuck with it for 75 people. Zero [presenting as] women.
I think I would do it if it guaranteed a gender. It would give you that fall in love feeling potentially.
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#59My eyes are half-closed in their relaxed state, and it's funny how my eyes are open and the site thinks I'm blinking.
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