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by eambutu 6y ago
All the avatars and assets are original, though I concede that there is an avatar that looks like the pokemon trainer (and you're not the only one who's pointed this out :P)
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by eambutu 6y ago
Thanks! We've been working very hard, and it's come a long way since then :)
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by eambutu 6y ago
Thanks so much! Curious why you think it would be nearly impossible to get your team on it?
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by eambutu 6y ago
Was there a reason that, in this case, you couldn't all walk closer to each other? We additionally have "private spaces" you can set up so that everyone in that area can see/hear each other: https://gather.tow
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by eambutu 6y ago
Thanks! I remember you reaching out in the early days of Online Town, good to see you again here!
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by eambutu 6y ago
Thanks for the feedback. Do you have a sense for if this could be network related vs. CPU related? (was your computer fan going off, or is your internet connection spotty?). I agree this is a huge hit to user experience.
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by eambutu 6y ago
I think all the competitors show that there's a huge need right now, but I don't think anyone's quite got it yet. We're currently far ahead in terms of reliability (used for hundreds of paid events every month) and the l
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by eambutu 6y ago
Many more such interactions coming soon! P.S. this is an awesome space on of our users made: https://gather.town/app/qBA0zkP9HTQxpqpB/inception . This one blew my mind!!
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by eambutu 6y ago
Ah, good point. This is an artifact of the 8-hour block pricing being the first pricing we ever offered, but monthly is definitely more what we're focusing on.
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by eambutu 6y ago
Could you elaborate more on why you would dislike using this to be "in the office"? Thanks for the feedback, this is very helpful.
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by eambutu 6y ago
What our office spaces recreate are all the interactions you would get throughout the day, that are not just scheduled meetings. Our team uses it to work alongside each other, and you can easily drop by someone's desk to ask a quick qu
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by eambutu 6y ago
Thanks for the feedback! This is actually something we're working on, you can see what it currently looks like on one of our development servers here: https://alex.gather.town/app/nO9uzqf6ZhzsXJ68/Grand%20Cent
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by eambutu 6y ago
You bring up a really point here, and it's something we haven't spent nearly enough time on. What are the kinds of body language that you think are really important in real life, that make it easy to break into a conversation?
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by eambutu 6y ago
People use our spaces just to hang out with each other! I've seen people recreate their own apartments and host parties, or recreate their old college dorms.
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by eambutu 6y ago
Oh interesting, I'd love to hear your thoughts on this. Right now I'd say we're still in this "skewmorphic transition," where we gain a lot from just replicating more aspects of real life, and since it analogizes ve
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by eambutu 6y ago
HAHA this looks very relevant! I gotta give it a watch sometime soon.
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by eambutu 6y ago
Thanks for the feedback + bug report! I agree that we should do better on making the camera settings more clear.
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by eambutu 6y ago
We actually have that in development! Here is what it looks like, one one of our development branches: https://alex.gather.town/app/nO9uzqf6ZhzsXJ68/Grand%20Centra...
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by eambutu 6y ago
Hey HN! I'm Phillip, cofounder of Gather https://gather.town/?ref=hn . We are a video-chat platform that creates virtual spaces for offices, conferences, events, and social. You walk around on a 2D map, and see / h
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by eambutu 7y ago
Love the initiative! There has been really awesome work by OpenAI and Deepmind recently in OpenAI/AlphaStar, but I find it all pretty impractical until people figure out how to train those models without thousands of GPU's over we
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