# Facebubble #proj/facebubble ## [Join Me Now!](https://facebubble.tzeak.com/releases/facebubble/FaceBubble-latest.dmg) ![[faceboba.png]] --- ## 📝 Summary Group video Chat. Focused, instant access, and low profile. it also shows up as a cute little bubble in the corner of your computer. The goal is a videochat-first digital third space, augmented by user generated custom plugins. Intended for coworking and co-experiencing. ![[Pasted image 20260119171023.png]] --- ## 🤔 Thoughts - The feature that made this project sing was the inclusion of a Plex plugin, to watch movies with friends over video chat. Immediate discovery of something valuable. While studios would never give the ability for commercial software like this, individuals can build their own plugins or use community ones to discover new formats of connection. - It seems like people have become more into video chat since 2020 - the need for a gender neutral digital third space is present? Discord Reddit and Twitter-likes seem to occupy the majority of this space. These are all have text-primacy. What about hypermedia/video primacy? Facetime/Zoom/Google Meet/Messenger/Whatsapp? - Coding agents have produced a new solution - deep, direct customizing of software. Building a foundation for normal people to customize software for themselves, privately and securely. - Do you trust Google/Apple/Meta/X/Zoom to protect or support your specific interests? Personal features that can't support profit will never be supported. How can we design this for pro-social, empowered users? - Obsidian's route of File over App seems relevant. Could we repurpose that language for a core foundation to build plugin software? Custom plugins for non-technical people - can we rebuild cover - There's an interesting conversation at my favorite thinktank [[Malleable software Restoring user agency in a world of locked-down apps]] - Discord has an interesting mechanism for onboarding, where you can immediately access the room with an account, and claim the account later. I rather like that system - what is the best design of frictionless entry. It should feel as simple as walking into your favorite bar or cafe. - ....I could have a second application that just merges facebubbles. Separate applications, until you have multiple that you want accessible at any given time? --- ## ☭ Tasks - [x] Mobile is failing to join despite ngroking correctly - wss timeout. Fix that. Alternatively - run on two machines. Mac mini and Mac should be sufficient maybe - [x] Make overlay main window - [x] Bubble sound effects - [ ] Notifications - [ ] Email, room max, and stripe set up - [x] Double clicking on facebubble doesn't go to big screen mode - [x] codesigning! - [x] hardcode rooms - [x] Share audio from screenshare - [ ] Fix bug where controls don't display on facebubble overlay on startup and occasionally when just hanging out. - [ ] customize icon and application title - [x] distribute update mechanism - [ ] use config for .facebubble rooms? - [ ] make movie go away - [ ] Screen share should not remove video feed - [ ] Bug where the control window doesn't load. - [ ] present controls in waiting room - [ ] screen capture - [ ] mirror self video display on ```dataview TASK from #proj/facebubble where !completed and contains(tags, "proj/facebubble") group by link(file.name) sort due asc ```