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So hard to believe, or many it is totally likely this type of interactivity was lost in time: I was director of research at a dotcom era live video broadcaster

So hard to believe, or many it is totally likely this type of interactivity was lost in time: I was director of research at a dotcom era live video broadcaster named Rotor Communications. We were doing one to many live broadcasts with interactivity back in '99. Beyond chats independent of the video, there were interactive elements (surveys, choice selections) presented and their responses could be used by hosts, often the purpose of the shows. We had universities using it for online lectures back then, we had game shows and pop music talk shows on the general internet too. Then, of course the dotcom bust blew it all away. Why after all these years is something like this not in every teleconference application? Why can't one give an interactive power point presentation with questions the participants privately answer, tabulated on the fly for the speaker?

ncr100 6y ago
I was a dev at a live widget company called decentral tv, and we did this using Adobe Flex. We pivoted to live and prerecorded video with customizable presentations, and the occasional poll. This will return. We just need a "what is a client-host" / "what is a distributed server" + structured data standard for sharing the interaction part, like IDK torrent, and a way to describe dynamic groups / sets of apps which are relevant to a workflow or an experience. The level of interactivity, the cognitive / attention demands on a user also should be modeled. Asynchronous texting, or live chatting, or even most active: producing an experience moment-to-moment. IDK - it's possible and clearly this thread shows the interaction / synergy potential. To help keep us together.