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A game about staring into the eyes of a stranger

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

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Post by wildpeaks »

xwdv wrote: post #66

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.

You may like the game "Before Your Eyes" then, it's controlled by blinking: https://www.gog.com/en/game/before_your_eyes

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

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Post by internetter »

theqwxas wrote: post #54
eieio wrote: post #4

Ha, 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

Oh wow I pitched this to tonari at the start of 2022 not knowing this existed. It’s beautiful

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

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Post by internetter »

jiveturkey wrote: post #40

so it's literally a staring contest. which is great. it would be better, though, as an eye contact contest. first to look away "loses" and then disconnected. also needs to be gamified. when you connect you first see the stats of the other party. so you know what you're up against and try to beat them.

Or it could just be.

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

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Post by eieio »

theqwxas wrote: post #54
eieio wrote: post #4

Ha, 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

For the tablets I was picturing things that were pretty clearly labeled - you'd know what you're getting into. Like an exhibit or an installation (but in many places, not one). I don't think I'd want people to be surprised - I'd want them to get onto the call knowing that was the only time they'd see that person.

I love that installation! My old office had a (much less elegant) setup like this that linked some of the social / kitcheny spaces across our offices and I liked it a lot.

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