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Re:Pet parrots prefer live video-calls by Shermanium on Thursday May 02, 2024 @02:54PM (#40240070)
"animal internet" sounds like a future bubble. who funded this besides U Glasgow? imagine having to pay another monthly bill for pet internet!
Re:Pet parrots prefer live video-calls by simcop2387 on Thursday May 02, 2024 @03:12PM (#40240282)
This is why years ago I bought the domain www.omeowgle.com that I never got something working for at the time. I was going to setup a video call system for my family to call my cat (and maybe eventually some friends cats too). Now I'm just hosting some social media for my cat on the fediverse there. https://www.omeowgle.com/@buzz
Re:Pet parrots prefer live video-calls by throwaway81523 on Thursday May 02, 2024 @03:47PM (#40240655)
Omegle for parrots would be called parrot-dice right?
Re:Pet parrots prefer live video-calls by itishappy on Thursday May 02, 2024 @05:25PM (#40241530)
how about Stochastic Parrot?
Re:Pet parrots prefer live video-calls by idle_zealot on Thursday May 02, 2024 @03:03PM (#40240191)
Apparently the parrots got along fine using FB Messenger to call each other, so rather than a distinct "animal internet" it's more "animals on the internet". I suppose that's what happens when you invest effort in designing UI that a toddler can use.
Re:Pet parrots prefer live video-calls by Freebytes on Thursday May 02, 2024 @05:28PM (#40241548)
I have totally wanted to build out "pet VR". Put an animal on a type of treadmill in a virtual world and let them run around. The major issue with the idea is that dogs rely on smell quite a bit so it would likely not be a decent replacement experience for them versus going outdoors.