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Comment by Jsarokin | Hacker News Reader

Seems like a really cool feature, however I can't see myself ever actually using it. Whats it for? Like what scenarios are they envisioning me using this for?

Maybe I'm missing something.

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I could see using this during a vacation when I'm separated from my spouse for a short time. I'm going shopping for groceries and she takes a short walk, and we can still stay connected, she shows me the landscape and I ask her what she thinks of that cereal. Or me in a shopping center, looking for a new camera/whatever, and she shows me what kind of dress she thinks of buying in a totally different store. These kinds of "still connected, but following our own paths"

I don't know if it's going to be successful. What if I rather be there in person? What if this sort of semi-connection is not compelling and feels like making life one dimension shorter? Who knows, but it's a far cry from useless.

One use case might be concerts: People already call friends so they can listen, this way they could add video too.

Ah, makes sense. But a concert is soo loud and there are so many people bumping into you that you could never get any video quality on your phone that would make me want to watch , and actually enjoy watching. Ever seen a iphone video of a friend showing you their view at a concert? Horrible lol.

Not for me I guess

I like that use case, but if it works over facebook how do you notify people immediately that this cool thing is happening? Do you text them, saying "check my facebook right now", then wait for them to click the link there to notify you to start broadcasting?

I could be wrong, maybe more people do facebook notifications but I haven't met anyone that has em setup.

One way I can see it making sense is the logical next step in sharing holiday experiences. More and more direct.

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