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Some more info here: https://www.cnet.com/news/windowswap-website-lets-you-open-a...

> Husband and wife Vaishnav Balasubramaniam and Sonali Ranjit, who live in Singapore, created the site to give visitors a chance to see something different without leaving their homes.

Edit: My favorite that I got was this one: https://www.window-swap.com/0/538591084

WOW very cool! It even has sounds, and it's snowing! > https://www.window-swap.com/0/538528759

Very cool project, good job! I'll definantly use this sometimes! For best experience while watching hit F11.

Features Request: * zoom in window * volume control * 5+ previous windows * windows index page or/and search page, so we can choose a window location. * maybe a public chat per window? (opened optionally)

If done properly with additional features I can see this project becoming very profitable. Especially if you offer live-real-time camera footage to this windows - maybe for paid customers. Also most popular windows, people can even earn something :-)

There is also https://windowswap.com/ not sure if same people behind it, or just a copycat.

Is it live? I was looking at the original link from this post and there was a "loop" option, along with the coincidence that the moment I opened the window, someone came and opened the physical window. Seemed like it was a prerecorded video, which for some reason, completely ruins the experience.

I seems to be prerecorded, the ones I saw from the US are in the daytime. It's currently after midnight EST, but it's still cool. The interface is really clean, responsive and engaging. I thought it was neat.

I think its 10 minute hd video loop. But there are many windows, so still fun to watch.

Very much reminds me of this scene from Back to the Future 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxDbx2bOFRU

So cool. I watched Sarah’s window in New Zealand for about 20 minutes and it transposed me to that space. For a second I thought it was real time..

Yeah I agree, i've been watching random windows for 40 minutes. Now I'm on a boat trip @ https://www.window-swap.com/0/538591795 Love this project! We need more projects like this, especially now durring pandamic. I have this running on one of my screens in fullscreen, it looks like a real window to the world LOL

If it wasn't for the dash in the url I would have assumed and hoped for an early adopter liquidity farming experience

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