lozya

Productivity

video conferencing

SHOW HN2020

162points
43comments
#368of 3,028 in 2020
Top 13%of 2020 by points

How HN took it

LovedMost comments that take a side are positive

7 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 19 comments about the project. Thread score +0.37.

Idea: 5 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Fun, serendipitous conversations with random people

    From 1 comment
    • I had a lot of really great conversations with completely random people tonight. It was a lot of fun chasing them around the little map, screaming "YOU BETTER RUN!" And then…
      moron4hire on HN
  • Neat idea and interesting concept

    From 3 comments
    • This is really neat. I logged in for a few seconds to check out the interface (should have taken a screenshot). The center of the meeting shows a large white square window and…
      dvno42 on HN
    • Cool idea! Positional audio is something IMHO underused in todays conference solutions. (Mumble supports it out of the box, but as far as I know its position sources are all game…
      detaro on HN
    • This is great! I was toying around with the idea of building some sort virtual comedy stage. It would be a web conference with one person streaming audio and video and everyone…
      discordianfish on HN
  • Positional audio is underused in conferencing

    From 1 comment
    • Cool idea! Positional audio is something IMHO underused in todays conference solutions. (Mumble supports it out of the box, but as far as I know its position sources are all game…
      detaro on HN

Objections

  • Video is not used since the map covers it

    From 1 comment
    • Jitsi does video by default. I turned it off because... The map is in the way, you won't see it. Plus, I plan to do customizable avatars. I'm generally of the opinion that the…
      moron4hire on HN
  • 3D alternative Mozilla Hubs caused nausea

    From 1 comment
    • Cool! I recently tried Mozilla Hubs [1], which is a similar concept but in 3D. Worked pretty well, although it was a bit awkward to not be able to see facial expressions on your…
      Vinnl on HN

Requests

  • Podium feature to speak to all without falloff

    From 1 comment
    • Would be cool to have a podium that a user can step up to and speak to all with no falloff. Perhaps with some sort of permission or nomination.
      clord on HN
  • Tileset and art assets for a D&D-style office game

    From 2 comments
    • It made me quite happy to be able to leave the meeting entirely. Do you think you could turn this into an Ad-hoc D&D dungeon so that when you leave, you could take a party out…
      PTOB on HN
    • Make the tileset and I'll make it happen :)
      moron4hire on HN
  • Screenshots in the readme

    From 2 comments
    • Really interesting idea! Screenshots in the readme would do wonders for getting the point across. Now if only Zoom had a robust plugin system...
      transitivebs on HN
    • Got any screenshots?
      ebg13 on HN

Questions

  • Is it audio only or does video work?

    From 1 comment
    • I think this is great. Thanks! I'm new to jitsi, so is this audio only or can you get a video to work as well? Lots of interesting things. Great work.
      talkingtab on HN
  • Does it keep user locations synced?

    From 1 comment
    • Does this hack keep the location of users synced between each other? If so, this seems like it could "easily" be expanded into something like Roll20 where tokens are on a gridded…
      emacsen on HN

Alternatives named

  • Siempre town

    From 1 comment
    • We had a really similar idea! https://town.siempre.io/ Leaned in way more on the 2d game aspect of it, and have video drop-off too, but the place it came from: "being able to…
      liamuk on HN
  • Mozilla Hubs

    From 1 comment
    • Cool! I recently tried Mozilla Hubs [1], which is a similar concept but in 3D. Worked pretty well, although it was a bit awkward to not be able to see facial expressions on your…
      Vinnl on HN
  • Sococo

    From 1 comment
    • to anyone working on such hacks, I love this. It reminds me a little bit on how Sococo lays out its UI[1][2] in case you're looking for inspiration. [1]…
      DyslexicAtheist on HN
  • Genvid

    From 1 comment
    • Reminds me a little of genvid. They make tech that takes data from streamed games and lets you use that data to make interactive client side overlays on the stream that sync to…
      greggman3 on HN

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