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Looks cool and well designed, but I think Sean has overestimated the demand for video chat and talking to strangers with webcams.

by soup10 14y ago

nailer 14y ago
Hrm, I got 'enable the camera to continue ---> ' and a blank area where the arrow was pointing.
rubashov 14y ago
I've not really used a webcam. Are the feeds pretty much real-time these days? If so I think it'd be pretty cool to hop online and easily find someone to jam with. I play harmonica and have always had fun playing blues with even beginner/intermediate guitarists. Other than that I can't think of anything I'd want to use it for. Maybe it'd be more fun to play backgammon or chess across from a real person rather than a game interface.
jcfrei 14y ago
that's the thing with video chat - it seems horrendously cool, looking at the video on vimeo ( http://vimeo.com/43359572 http://vimeo.com/43359572 ). however most of the people in the video have some very visual talent they can show off. I would certainly like to try out such a service (I really liked chatroulette at the time it was big), however I don't have anything to show off. the thing with those video chats is that they need a certain amount of anonymity otherwise those meetings might turn awkward. being quickly introduced to numerous people at a party can be strenuous, doing the same to up to 20 people might get you exhausted pretty quickly, if you always try to be at your best in terms of behaviour. chatroulette had this veil of anonymity because every jerk could join and you knew anything that happened there wasn't supposed to be taken seriously. airtime tries to take this to the next level, but I don't think I'll be up for it.
coverband 14y ago
One could certainly have that view at first, but the site is extremely well done and the idea of leaving a "video message" to your Facebook acquaintance is a brilliant add-on feature that should make this a standard app for all FB users. Like other commenters, I think the most likely exit for these folks is to be bought out by Facebook (for a billion dollars maybe? ;-)

Looks cool and well designed, but I think Sean has overestimated the demand for video chat and talking to strangers with webcams.

by soup10 14y ago

Looks cool and well designed, but I think Sean has overestimated the demand for video chat and talking to strangers with webcams.

nailer 14y ago

Hrm, I got 'enable the camera to continue ---> ' and a blank area where the arrow was pointing.

rubashov 14y ago

I've not really used a webcam. Are the feeds pretty much real-time these days? If so I think it'd be pretty cool to hop online and easily find someone to jam with. I play harmonica and have always had fun playing blues with even beginner/intermediate guitarists. Other than that I can't think of anything I'd want to use it for. Maybe it'd be more fun to play backgammon or chess across from a real person rather than a game interface.

jcfrei 14y ago

that's the thing with video chat - it seems horrendously cool, looking at the video on vimeo ( http://vimeo.com/43359572 http://vimeo.com/43359572 ). however most of the people in the video have some very visual talent they can show off. I would certainly like to try out such a service (I really liked chatroulette at the time it was big), however I don't have anything to show off. the thing with those video chats is that they need a certain amount of anonymity otherwise those meetings might turn awkward. being quickly introduced to numerous people at a party can be strenuous, doing the same to up to 20 people might get you exhausted pretty quickly, if you always try to be at your best in terms of behaviour. chatroulette had this veil of anonymity because every jerk could join and you knew anything that happened there wasn't supposed to be taken seriously. airtime tries to take this to the next level, but I don't think I'll be up for it.

coverband 14y ago

One could certainly have that view at first, but the site is extremely well done and the idea of leaving a "video message" to your Facebook acquaintance is a brilliant add-on feature that should make this a standard app for all FB users. Like other commenters, I think the most likely exit for these folks is to be bought out by Facebook (for a billion dollars maybe? ;-)