挂w / Developer Plans Unlimited Broadcast for Google Glass
直播社交应用 挂w / could soon get an unlimited broadcast option for Google Glass. That would be a “revolutionary technology,戴夫·斯沃茨说, 共同所有人, 总统, and chief creative officer of MEDL移动他是这款应用的开发者.
当前挂载/用户, which the developer calls "broadcasters," can stream clips from their iOS devices live to the 挂w / site and share to Facebook, 长度为3, 六个, 或者9分钟.
“Nobody has ever built a live streaming platform with the aim of making it a social media platform,斯沃茨说。. “We are trying to create an ecosystem with a balance between people who want to share their lives and people who want to watch. And so the various lengths of broadcasts are giving some framework for how to 使用 it."
斯沃茨补充道:“最初, we launched with only three minutes, beca使用 our sense was that a short 'snackable' broadcast would be best. But the number one request from new 使用rs was for longer broadcasts. 所以我们加了6和9. We have plans to add longer segments as well.
“We may also release an unlimited broadcast option for Google Glass, which we see as a revolutionary technology application.”
Glass test 使用rs can already live stream video to the web, but Swartz says streaming live from Google Glass into 挂w / “is a very different thing.”
“The difference is that streaming into 挂w / is a social media experience and not just a live streaming experience,他解释道. “There are communities forming on 挂w / that include people from all over the world who enjoy 'being with' each other.
“It's not just about the streaming. It's also about the being with other people. We are not too far from being able to be in one place, but look through your glasses into other places -- right now -- all around the world.”
A 挂w / broadcaster's archived videos can be viewed on his or her profile page, and -- via an online viewer -- broadcasts can be shared to Facebook. Once shared, those broadcasts can be re-shared virally, even while happening live.
However, says Swartz, the broadcaster is in control. “当广播结束时, the broadcaster also has the ability to hide the broadcast from ever being seen again. If a broadcast has already been shared to Facebook, the link is removed and replaced with a message that the broadcaster has chosen to make this video private.”
An upgraded app for Android, capable of 六个 and nine minute options, is being readied.
“The challenges of balancing a system that relies on both the upload and simultaneous download of streaming video get a little more complex when you add in the fact that it needs to be optimized across the fractionalized Android landscape,斯沃茨解释道. “When we feel that the update is optimized across the top devices in the market, 我们将发布更新.”
自去年三月推出以来, the ad-supported app has been downloaded one million times, and has attracted athletes and celebrities to help promote, 使用, 并投资于它, including Larry the Cable Guy, 50美分, 提姆巴兰, 和特雷尔·欧文斯.
美国国家橄榄球联盟外接手欧文斯, 谁在MEDL有股份, 已经10点了,000 followers to his 挂w / broadcasts.
“Six to nine minutes is an ideal time to broadcast beca使用 you think three minutes is along time but it goes pretty fast and by the time you've got yourself set up the time was up,欧文斯说.
Although not a Google Glass owner, Owens described the porting of 挂w / to Glass as “groundbreaking.”
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