ASCII webcam streams, push-to-talk video walkies, breath circles, heartbeat rooms. Ten takes on showing up for each other without quite being on a call.
Push-to-talk video walkie-talkie at 10fps.
Hold to talk; webcam frames downsample to ASCII; the recipient sees the active speaker auto-play. Recordings persist.
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The aesthetic is the privacy.
A 2–4 person video room where webcam pixels are redrawn as crayon strokes. Save frames into the paper scrapbook below.
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Face-tracked pixel sprite. No video on the wire.
The webcam runs locally for face-tracking only — head tilt, blink, mouth-open drive a 16x16 sprite. Reactions float over your tile.
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Look what's invisible at the party.
A shared UV-simulation overlay on the camera feed. Tap SCAN to capture a freeze-frame, tag it, drop it into the party gallery.
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Group-house front-door cam in ASCII.
One phone is the door; roommates see the latest 30s loop in ASCII. Ring buzzes everyone; one tap claims the answer.
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Same stream, friends' reactions render as overlay.
Sync-watch a video URL; reactions float as ASCII text fading over 3s. A timestamped reaction log replays per viewer.
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Phone camera reads pulse, room visualizes the bpm wall.
Each user's bpm broadcasts to the room; tiles pulse at their rate. Average bpm and per-user sparklines below.
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Your mic is one note in a shared loop.
Pick a pentatonic note; humming crossfades your tone into the room loop. Record 30s of the room as an audio doc.
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Tap to make a friend's phone thump in their pocket.
A list of friend tiles. Tap to send a vibration pattern; recipient sees a toast and can knock back. No words, just buzzes.
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Visible group breathing rhythm.
A ring of dots expanding and contracting on a 4-4-4-4 box-breathing loop. Tap each cycle to register attendance.
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Read me. Ten transmissions across one frequency: a small group sharing presence at the lowest possible bandwidth — heartbeat, breath, glance, knock — without committing to a call. The aesthetic of these apps is the constraint of these apps.