Interesting idea. Since this is a bit less anonymous than Chatroulette, I'd imagine that there'll be less nudity and other shock imagery. Although, I'm sure there will definitely still be some.
I'm curious if any dating sites have tried (or succeeded) doing something like this. Seems like it might work - kind of an "online" bar atmosphere where you're free to wander around meeting new people face to face.
This may be the new trend on speed dating 2.0. It would be cool if you could choose the ambient where you want to hang out: Facebook, Twitter, BeautifulPeople, etc.
According to that interview that was posted here with the kid who runs it; he covers all costs with a few ads on the page. No idea how, but I guess that it works for him.
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Interesting idea. Since this is a bit less anonymous than Chatroulette, I'd imagine that there'll be less nudity and other shock imagery. Although, I'm sure there will definitely still be some.
I'm curious if any dating sites have tried (or succeeded) doing something like this. Seems like it might work - kind of an "online" bar atmosphere where you're free to wander around meeting new people face to face.
This may be the new trend on speed dating 2.0. It would be cool if you could choose the ambient where you want to hang out: Facebook, Twitter, BeautifulPeople, etc.
Making a white label random video chat service is probably viable as a business.
I have no idea how Chatroulette can afford the bandwidth.
They're using a new feature in flash 10: p2p.
Check the comments on the other news.yc thread about chatroulette.
According to that interview that was posted here with the kid who runs it; he covers all costs with a few ads on the page. No idea how, but I guess that it works for him.
I'm working on an open source Ruby implementation using the TokBox api.
I'm working on an open source Ruby implementation using the TokBox api.
the video streams are all client to client, all chatroulette handles is the session initiation.