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I suspect we will see a deluge of video chat apps in the near future. They will be similar to the wave of chat apps that appeared around 2015. I hope that the t

by ipnon 6y ago

I suspect we will see a deluge of video chat apps in the near future. They will be similar to the wave of chat apps that appeared around 2015. I hope that the technology will mature soon. The current state of video communication seems improvable.

atum47 6y ago
well, I thought about doing a video chat over some game play, so two friends could play a match of anything while having a video conversation, next day some one posted something similar here on HN. I then thought about drawing on top of the video stream so you can use as like one os those games where you have to guess what the other people is drawing or, to coach someone one to one and being able to "comment" on their screen as they speak, but again, I'm pretty sure every video chats does that. So I left the idea on the drawer for now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS3_CRr7tys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS3_CRr7tys (draw on the stream)
- fttx_ 6y ago
  Any chance you can link the first one (video chat over gameplay)? I'm working on something similar. I've tried searching and didn't turn up all that much.
  - atum47 6y ago
    no, because not the game nor the app is ready, haha. sorry to disappoint I was thinking something about Yahoo used to do: a chat room with several types of games and you and your friend could play one of those games while trash talk to each other on video
    - fttx_ 6y ago
      Sorry, I meant the link you saw here about someone doing something similar. I tried to find it on HN Search but only found stuff about board games.
      - atum47 6y ago
        my bad. there you go https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24210590 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24210590
        fttx_ 6y ago
        Thank you!
      - password4321 6y ago
        Also Show HN: Chess and Video Chat, no login required https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22790728 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22790728 https://rootshirechess.glitch.me/ https://rootshirechess.glitch.me/ (https://glitch.com/edit/#!/rootshirechess https://glitch.com/edit/#!/rootshirechess)
- GFischer 6y ago
  You're discounting the applications far too readily !!! I'm absolutely convinced there's lots of open space for video apps. Heck, maybe the Zoom ubiquity might have removed barriers for entry !

by ipnon 6y ago

atum47 6y ago

well, I thought about doing a video chat over some game play, so two friends could play a match of anything while having a video conversation, next day some one posted something similar here on HN. I then thought about drawing on top of the video stream so you can use as like one os those games where you have to guess what the other people is drawing or, to coach someone one to one and being able to "comment" on their screen as they speak, but again, I'm pretty sure every video chats does that. So I left the idea on the drawer for now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS3_CRr7tys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS3_CRr7tys (draw on the stream)

fttx_ 6y ago
Any chance you can link the first one (video chat over gameplay)? I'm working on something similar. I've tried searching and didn't turn up all that much.
- atum47 6y ago
  no, because not the game nor the app is ready, haha. sorry to disappoint I was thinking something about Yahoo used to do: a chat room with several types of games and you and your friend could play one of those games while trash talk to each other on video
  - fttx_ 6y ago
    Sorry, I meant the link you saw here about someone doing something similar. I tried to find it on HN Search but only found stuff about board games.
    - atum47 6y ago
      my bad. there you go https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24210590 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24210590
      - fttx_ 6y ago
        Thank you!
    - password4321 6y ago
      Also Show HN: Chess and Video Chat, no login required https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22790728 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22790728 https://rootshirechess.glitch.me/ https://rootshirechess.glitch.me/ (https://glitch.com/edit/#!/rootshirechess https://glitch.com/edit/#!/rootshirechess)
GFischer 6y ago
You're discounting the applications far too readily !!! I'm absolutely convinced there's lots of open space for video apps. Heck, maybe the Zoom ubiquity might have removed barriers for entry !