Hyperbeam
Infrastructure
remote browser streaming
SHOW HN2022
268points
132comments
#169of 2,570 in 2022
Top 7%of 2022 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
20 positive, 51 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 27 critical, out of 101 comments about the project. Thread score -0.02.
Execution: 3 for, 8 againstPerformance: 4 for, 6 againstDesign: 0 for, 7 againstIdea: 4 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Impressive streaming performance and smooth remote view
From 3 comments
What sorcery is this? Youtube videos are opening without any delay (within half a second) and there's no frame lag even with 1080 quality setting. How does this work?
tauwauwau on HNWow. That remote view runs surprisingly smooth on my cheap phone. Nice work.
kaetemi on HNTried Youtube and was surprisingly good. Impressed by Hyperbeam tech behind. Bookmarked for later.
throwaway888abc on HN
Cool, impressive technology
From 3 comments
This is simply amazing. I wish it was open source, but totally understand why that is not realistic or possible. It's crazy to think this is built off forked chromium yet there…
metadat on HNThis is very impressive technology, but I'm not sure what I'd use it for, to be honest. Does this technology have support for VR? Because I could see how this could be the future…
WaffleIronMaker on HNThis is pretty damn cool...
ARRgonaute on HN
Objections
Shared single cursor and keyboard make multi-user control chaotic
From 3 comments
The underlying work you guys have done is great as a proof of concept, and after playing with it for a short while there are some obvious flaws and improvements which basically…
parksy on HNIt's not very umm... cooperative, in there lol.
westoncb on HNIt's cool and all, but is there an actual use case for the multiplayer aspect? Feels slightly like the infamous "hacking" scene when two people are using the same keyboard.
mupuff1234 on HN
Does not work on some browsers or mobile devices (Firefox, iOS black screen)
From 3 comments
It just shows a black screen where the browser should be on my phone but looks great in the browser. If I wanted to run code that would say scroll through a site for everyone to…
jimhi on HNI have no idea how to use (iPhone, iOS 15.6.1). There is a pink background and a black box saying outside virtual PC, and a few keyboard/mouse shortcuts (which doesn't apply as…
can16358p on HNdoes not work. firefox dev
AtNightWeCode on HN
Unclear use case for the multiplayer aspect
From 2 comments
It's cool and all, but is there an actual use case for the multiplayer aspect? Feels slightly like the infamous "hacking" scene when two people are using the same keyboard.
mupuff1234 on HNThis sounds/looks very interesting, but I am not sure what the use-case is, from what I can tell the quality is pretty low in the demo (and can't full-screen), isn't something…
XCSme on HN
Requests
Chat or voice so participants can coordinate
From 1 comment
Hmm, what I was thinking of was that everyone seemed to be competing with each other to click random UI elements on the virtual browser as rapidly as possible, I assume because…
westoncb on HN
Default room for the HN crowd
From 1 comment
Maybe create a default room for the HN crowd to join? I also had the same experience as OP... "nobody is here".
daenz on HN
Hotkey to reset orientation
From 1 comment
This is remarkable stuff. Suggestion: A hotkey (in or out of the virtual computer) that allows you to reset to the default orientation without having to reload the page. On a…
vz8 on HN
Questions
How does it avoid DRM and streaming abuse such as YouTube restreaming
From 2 comments
I'm surprised Widevine DRM allows this but I guess you can't really detect "I'm in a VM and being streamed visually by the host". You can't even take a screenshot of YouTube TV…
MuffinFlavored on HNHey. I'm not the person you're responding to, but your response sparked my interest given the context. It sounds like you're saying, "Yes. Our technology enables someone to…
SeanAnderson on HN
How are user credentials and inputs handled
From 2 comments
How do you handle user credentials or general inputs? If I type in my Netflix credentials, don't you and/or my watch party friends get access to them in some way?
zirror on HNGreat question. We’re building a “privacy mode” feature to address this exact problem that allows the host to black out the screen when entering sensitive information like…
declan_g on HN
Alternatives named
Rabb.it
From 1 comment
Rabb.it (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabb.it) did this some years ago. It was an amazing service, but it unfortunately shut down. This is very close to what it was back then.
coldblues on HN
TeamViewer
From 1 comment
This sounds/looks very interesting, but I am not sure what the use-case is, from what I can tell the quality is pretty low in the demo (and can't full-screen), isn't something…
XCSme on HN
Puppeteer and browserless.io
From 1 comment
Looking over the API docs now https://docs.hyperbeam.com/start-chromium-session First thing that comes to my mind is... this is kind of like Puppeteer. Even if that is what they…
MuffinFlavored on HN
BrowserBox
From 1 comment
There's source code on GitHub for a simple version of this tech (without multiplayer or smooth and fast streaming): https://GitHub.com/crisdosyago/BrowserBox And a closed source…
graderjs on HN