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Re:Launch HN: Gather.Town (YC S19) – Spatial video chat for ... by eatonphil on Monday November 09, 2020 @06:40PM (#25041318)
This and other links look great, and more natural/simpler than the 2d board.

But gatherly doesn't seem ready to serve my family and I if I have to request info (I can't just sign up).

What's the best, simple app like this that allows easy subconversations that my family, parents, other non-technical folks could easily join?

I don't mind paying to host but it has to be easy for them to log in and use.

Re:Launch HN: Gather.Town (YC S19) – Spatial video chat for ... by revalo on Monday November 09, 2020 @07:31PM (#25041659)
I run a completely free service https://firemeet.io Though I think gather's UX is actually very friendly to non-technical people!
Re:Launch HN: Gather.Town (YC S19) – Spatial video chat for ... by eatonphil on Monday November 09, 2020 @07:39PM (#25041694)
That's cool! How is it funded?
Re:Launch HN: Gather.Town (YC S19) – Spatial video chat for ... by revalo on Monday November 09, 2020 @09:30PM (#25042299)
I've engineered it to be very inexpensive to run. I work on high efficiency video codecs, so one benefit is that I get to sometimes test my codec's and get real user feedback.

I personally don't find virtual stuff fun, the pandemic is really sad, so wanted to make something available for public use. :)

Re:Launch HN: Gather.Town (YC S19) – Spatial video chat for ... by alexlchen2019 on Monday November 09, 2020 @08:54PM (#25042092)
hi revalo <3 miss you hope the other coast is treating you well
Re:Launch HN: Gather.Town (YC S19) – Spatial video chat for ... by revalo on Monday November 09, 2020 @09:21PM (#25042260)
miss you too fam <3
Re:Launch HN: Gather.Town (YC S19) – Spatial video chat for ... by t212 on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @11:15AM (#25047612)
You should try Remo https://remo.co It’s very easy to branch out into sub conversations and targeted at non technical folks.