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dj3d.io

212 pointsmasterspy759 comments

EDIT: Sorry I'm having some issues with my servers now since lots of people are using it! Hoping to fix it soon!

Hey HN! I've been working on this project for a few months now and I thought this would be a good time to release a beta version. DJ3D will keep Youtube videos in sync with a group of up to 30 people, and each person gets a fun little avatar in a 3D world to mess around with. All you have to do is create a room and share the URL!

Tech stack:

- Agones + nengi for the multiplayer

- three.js for rendering

- Firestore for video syncing

Coming Soon:

- Usernames

- Chat

- Video queuing

- More expressive features (dances, emotes, etc.)

Sorry if you encounter any issues, it's still a work in progress. Feel free to report bugs or give feature suggestions at our Discord!

https://discord.gg/Wpmz55T

More of my projects:

https://neelmango.com/

Very slick, great job!

Could you have the room creator limit what features are available? I could see this being a valuable tool for education when the feature set is minimal but very fun for social situations when the feature set is fully activated.

Definitely. I already added the option for the room creator to limit who can change the video. Will keep the education use-case in mind for future things like this! Thanks for the feedback

Please bind LEFT/RIGHT MOUSE to punching and kicking. People are blocking the view!

It bothers me that I can't sit down.

This is brilliant. Just tried with few friends. Few features request.

-Dark mode or minimal light

-fading control options if not using for long time

This is incredible! Where did you come up with the idea for this?

With the way things have been going lately, I’d pay for this service.

About 10 years ago, Lorne Lanning made something like this, even tried to build a company around it. It did not succeed, but was a lot of fun. Happy to see the idea again.

Nice! Some feature ideas after using it:

- It would be great if you could use your webcam as your face, in addition to the emojis.

- Ability to send messages in the room and have them appear above your head would be a nice feature.

- Being able to set your username would be nice so you know who is who.

- It would be cool if there was multiple room types, and the creator of the room can pick one (A theatre, a grassy field, a living room, etc.).

Just added the username feature! It appears above your head... Working on adding chat next. Technically you could use your username for a super janky chat haha

People looking for a very evolved version in VR can check https://www.bigscreenvr.com/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/457550/Bigscreen_Beta/

Edit: not affiliated

Has anyone tried this? I'm hesitating on buying a VR device because of motion sickness/eye strain, but this looks so cool.

The biggest problem IME is that VR headsets are not very high resolution, since the screen needs to cover a wide FOV but your eyes look for sharp detail in the center of what you're looking at. So you'll see a slight screen-door effect or aliasing. The VR cinema feels nice and big but you won't see the same level of detail as in real life.

Motion sickness is not usually an issue with apps made for VR because they've usually implemented move-by-teleporting. I've tested VR with multiple people who get motion sick playing regular first-person games like Minecraft, but they don't get motion sick in VR.

https://dj3d.io/room/TueVDJ61 Live Rap

I love this! I would be perfect is the little guy can jump in the cubes like in a platformer, it's amazing that you have all this space to run, but it's a litte boring if you can't climb thins or hit/interact with other users. But lovely idea, cheers. (sorry for my english)

@mastersky7 restrictions create more creativity.

1. People running around and blocking the view can be very distracting -- I'm assuming the point here is to be a utility, albeit a fun one. So perhaps allow people to jump or wave or do something in place (like throw emojis above them). But people are locked in place.

2. Enable a performance mode, where people can then view the same in 2d.. so people with less powerful machines are able to partake.

3. A chat sidebar optionally.. so people can use that to discuss.

These 3 would help a lot for so many usecases (including mine -- watching tech talks with co-workers). Does anyone have other recommendations for my usecase?

Performance mode would be welcome... This has kicked off the fans of my 2015 MBP into the highest gear.

It'd be cool to have the option to feed my webcam to the face of the character, and for the head to point in the direction of the mouse cursor like Minecraft.

I am really chilled, what a cool thing!

Please add text chating, just please...............

This remind me reminiscent of drive-in movie theater...

btw, I tried it with one of my friend, found its a bit lag, and when it happened, the video will restart, maybe its just our VPN lags...

Reminds me of the Web Displays Mod for Minecraft: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpqOv7SxkHA .

Complete with keyboard and mouse. Why ever leave the game?

This is superb!

You're almost at a point where this can be made into a browser extension, to include sites like Netflix, Hulu etc..

Also, please make it more like an actual movie theater were we could sit down and talk (audio chat).

A chat would be nicer for all the other people watching, although a room setting would be a good compromise. People suggesting features left and right just shows how nice this is.

How about audio volume based on distance.. only the people next to you can hear you

This is so awesome. Let me customize my guy.

EDIT: You could develop this into a full-blown virtual movie theater experience. Add a snack bar and rows of seats. Maybe you could even sell virtual popcorn to people.

The grass is a cool feature showing how well three.js works, maybe add a small world building tool with different terrains. Not sure how much more load it would add.

that would be fun, build a big climbing pile that people could park on

This is very exciting. I have been browsing /shownew lately here and this is another project that is very inspiring.

I have a hard time staying focused when watching programming tutorials, or any educational content really. I felt so much more relaxed and focused having the ability to let my character jump around while watching the content.

Plus this will be a great tool with the social distancing measures being taken.

Thank you for sharing!

Join my room to watch me teach CSS Grid: https://dj3d.io/room/mhZrpfnH Fun site!

What I love the most is the character animation. Did you animate this by hand yourself?

Ah, I see you're the guy behind 3dforreddit too! I had some fun with that when it was posted here.

This is great! I just would like to know if there's a way to click the suggested video and watch it on the screen - now it opens YT in a new tab.

Live Music @ https://dj3d.io/room/lX6XxdpZ

Really nice, genuinely felt like i was in a theater.

Thank you! Glad you liked it. Yea, I've had similar, theater-like experiences in VR before but I thought it could be fun without a headset as well.

It's so cool!!

One weird thing, it seems like jumping makes the video restart

EDIT: Okay it seemed to stop doing that after I enabled and disabled my cursor again

Nice work. You should consider adding WebXR support. ThreeJS has a pretty good cross-platform plugin you can use.

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This is incredibly silly but I love it!

This is cool! Needs some form of chat though And a way to release the cursor without having to alt tab

Thanks! Yes, chat is coming soon. And you can press ESC to get your cursor back.

This is so cool! It would be great if the worlds were more explorable and had more places to go.

I really love the idea. You've done a lot of cool projects I see. Great job!

Wave has passed, just wanted to pop in to say this is really cool man. Great job..

Cute!

I'd love to be able to use my mouse as a mouse instead of just being locked to the camera.

escape button works as a toggle for mouse control, i didn't see it listed as a control

Loved it! It would be cool if it had a list of public rooms.

That`s exactly what I thought!

This is great work! Really simple but well executed idea.

Awesome - can you add some blocks for parkour?

Very cool! The future of meetings has come.

Rooms should be advertised @OP

Reminds me of Gmod cinema :-)

From GMod Tower?

video isn't working for me :

Google Chrome 81.0.4044.92 (Official Build) (64-bit) OS Linux

Same for me (same build and OS)

Wow this is amazing!

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