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Re: A game about staring into the eyes of a stranger

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Post by dmd » Fri, Nov 17, 2023, 8:47 PM UTC

coding123 wrote: post #58

dmd wrote: post #53

I 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.

I was commenting on how this sort of thing is a sausagefest. You didn't need to make it creepy.

Re: A game about staring into the eyes of a stranger

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Post by 100pctremote » Fri, Nov 17, 2023, 9:14 PM UTC

codetrotter wrote: post #56

eieio wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

I like it, too, but the "What is this?" text should be displayed on the home page, not after clicking. It would assuage most of these types of concerns.

Re: A game about staring into the eyes of a stranger

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Post by eieio » Fri, Nov 17, 2023, 9:40 PM UTC

100pctremote wrote: post #62

codetrotter wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The vibe of the website is intentional though I like it. Keep it like this

I like it, too, but the "What is this?" text should be displayed on the home page, not after clicking. It would assuage most of these types of concerns.

it is displayed (or at least it's supposed to be displayed) at the same time that the "enable webcam" button is[1] - if it's not that's definitely a bug! Are you on mobile? Would love to fix whatever you're seeing.

[1] they should both fade in as soon as the facial recognition stuff loads

Re: A game about staring into the eyes of a stranger

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Post by motbus3 » Fri, Nov 17, 2023, 9:40 PM UTC

Better read the privacy policy

Re: A game about staring into the eyes of a stranger

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Post by czbond » Fri, Nov 17, 2023, 9:41 PM UTC

Was this based on the concept from the Big Bang Theory show?

Re: A game about staring into the eyes of a stranger

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Post by xwdv » Fri, Nov 17, 2023, 9:45 PM UTC

A human blink is 100ms, it would be amazing if in half that time a blink could be detected and the feed immediately switch to someone new once you open your eyes again.

Re: A game about staring into the eyes of a stranger

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Post by czbond » Fri, Nov 17, 2023, 9:47 PM UTC

motbus3 wrote: post #64

Better read the privacy policy

Since you're alluding to there not being a policy - someone can now tie a face to an IP address.

Re: A game about staring into the eyes of a stranger

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Post by ranting-moth » Fri, Nov 17, 2023, 9:50 PM UTC

motbus3 wrote: post #64

Better read the privacy policy

I can't find it?

I can think of quite a few entities that are very, very interested in this data.

Nice project though!

Re: A game about staring into the eyes of a stranger

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Post by ryanblakeley » Fri, Nov 17, 2023, 10:21 PM UTC

Can I get a version that lets me stare at a dog's face instead?

Re: A game about staring into the eyes of a stranger

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Nov 17, 2023, 10:47 PM UTC

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