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We're trying to build this with bash.gg!

We're making an NFT marketplace for the 95% of people without a crypto wallet. It's called Neon, and we're currently testing our beta (https://neonapp.com). We're looking for devs who are passionate about the NFT space and want to bring it to the mass market. We're backed by top investors, including General Catalyst.

Here's the job listing: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DaptcT0fTr3Lnq3ls5HNrtot...

Feel free to email me at kyle@neonapp.com if you're interested -- excited to hear from you :)

Will do Shafyy I appreciate the comment!!!

Awesome thanks for the input, I think it would be an interesting problem “how to engage async workers in VR”

Gotchya! Will do.

Hahaha I’ll replace my demo video on the website with this, cool features

Will definitely consider this - and I totally agree. The Go isn't going to offer the "BEST" end-all be-all solution, but as time progresses we will get the experience of a Rift in a Go for the same price as a Go (the quest in 1-2 years). If we can get an acceptable experience on the Go, the sky is the limit as the tech progresses!

We are hoping we can simulate that as time progresses!

Thank you!! I get the differing opinions on scrum but like I said earlier I think live meetings are important for team unity and collaboration beyond the pragmatic actionable tasks/pending questions.

Definitely will work on a better video to display the full potential. But who doesn't love MS Paint??

I agree! Facebook avatars will soon have eyes and facial expressions that mimic your own.

Hey! Thanks for the response. We've definitely heard this before but the research continues to show that when people work remotely their top complaints are collaboration and isolation. We are hoping we can hit both problems with our product but bringing people in a room where they feel like they are together.

It's not a fully optimized "pragmatic" approach, but humans are social creatures and it shows in productivity and happiness when they are working remotely.

https://open.buffer.com/state-remote-work-2018/

Unfortunately we currently don't have plans for that. We think compatibility is important, but are more focused on getting the product to a more stable state before we expand to other headsets!

thanks for the comment :)

good to know!

I'd love to dive into this a bit more - why do you dislike video calls?

Hey Fareesh! Thanks for your input, check out my comment on Klathmon's reply.

Thanks for this Klathmon.

The reason meeting in VR is fundamentally better from a technical standpoint is the amount of information your sending over a network is GREATLY reduced. A video is a series of pixels with 4~ values that all have to be sent around 30 times per second at least.

On the other hand, in VR, all the textures are stored locally, so the only two network "dependencies" for communication are voice over IP and positions (usually about 4 sets of coordinates). This allows you to have 20+ people in a room with almost no lag.

the meetings will have a transcript that is sent to the emails of the participants (a feature we are currently focused on). You could easily forward that transcript on to your remote employees who can't make it due to timezone issues!!

That depends on the software you're using! Our VR smart whiteboard offers a way to present and draw/save your notes. We are developing a transcript saving functionality, that saves everything you talk about into notes and emails it to you. We also will use that speech to text to allow you to use commands (hopefully replacing most of the usage of the keyboard).

That being said, we are a very young start up! We will continue to add to and advance our product in pursuit of creating optimal value for all of our users.

(Would love to hear more about what you like & dislike about your current work/meeting flow in the Go if you want to email kyle@portalspaces.com)

Nope! You can sign up with your email :)

We appreciate your thoughts, but we really think stand-ups are essential to productive, effective team work. Solo coding doesn't get you far when you're only working on a tiny piece of a huge puzzle. You need effective communication to put everything together, we really think it's undervalued in the coding world - meetings get an undeserved bad rap.

A bit unfortunate, yes, but we embrace our names meaning as a way to transport you to any space you'd like. We actually came up with the name before facebook released their portal platform, and weren't to excited when they released.

We also were using different hardware at the start, but as I'm sure you know, the market takes you wherever the best fit is, and now we are on the Go

Definitely one of our competitors. We think the market is open enough for multiple players in the VR collaboration space :) Hopefully we will drive each other to build better products, with better pricing. That being said, we think some features we are working on will be key differentiators.

Great suggestion - We will update this asap.

Yes!!! Will do.

Thanks for the feedback, this is great. I completely agree - we are in the midst of composing a more 'emotional' video. That has people interacting with each other from different locations. This reaffirmation is very much appreciated.

Hello everyone!!! Thanks for showing so much support thus far for Portal Spaces. It means a lot to us. We just launched on product hunt! We encourage you to check it out https://www.producthunt.com/posts/portal-spaces

Thanks!!

Hello Everyone! Just to give you some background I started Portal Spaces because one of the worst parts of WFH for me was always collaborating. No matter how good of an internet connection I had, Skype (that’s what we used at MS ofc) would always lag. I also couldn’t present and see people at the same time. I think the tech for this is really early but we want to focus on making it accessible, that’s why we built for the Oculus Go. Thus, even including the hardware, we are able to price it similar to other video conferencing software. We strongly believe that once you can feel like you’re in a room with someone else in VR, there will be nothing stopping you from becoming a remote worker. That’ll allow for everyone to have a more flexible, enjoyable lifestyle.

Let us know what you think! We are really excited to be released, though we are in alpha, so we have lots of room for development and improvement!

Thank you! I’ll keep the community updated for sure.