dawidpacha

@semi-extrinsic When brainstorming with Netizens R&D team (I took even took a picture: velo.audio/img/IMG_4309.JPG) we were totally talking about a pizza! However, it needs to be tested. It's too early to say, how many devices can we connect to each other without a delay and other potential issues.

@PieterH

I agree it would be easier, but we are not living in a free world. Everything is a walled garden. Sharing is pure fantasy. Everything is closed, especially on iOS, but Android is not that much of different. So Velo enables sharing outside these ecosystems.

When it comes to the name, I realised Velo has something to do with bikes, after I came up with a name. There is a story behind the name I just posted in this thread.

@everyone

At the beginning, I was inspired by my new girlfriend, who is active and we like running together or play other sports ;) Like @reacweb says - it was about romance and freedom. So originally the product was supposed to be called just LOVE and be in the shape of the heart. I thought since Instagram is using heart instead of like, so what's the problem? I was stopped by my friends, who said it was not wise. Only girls would buy it. Just as a proof, I'm attaching first render we made:

http://velo.audio/img/Velo-heart.png

BTW VELO comes from VE and LO, which are just two syllables from LOVE but in a different order. It means that you can split the product and do whatever you want with this since you have freedom :)

@kalleboo

That's what I believe as well. However there is going to be a lot of traditional headphones left on the market.

@niftich

I love your input! This is why I know HN would be the best place to consult. Yo-you concept starts to resonate with me :) Thanks a lot.

@teraflop

Thanks for the comment. I want to clarify. By real product, I don't think mass production. I meant a working prototype with an acceptable design. Velo is an independent venture of mine, but with the full support of Netizens (it's where I work), once I validate the idea. I had consulted it with our R&D department many times along the way in recent weeks before I decided to go public with this concept.

@sahaskatta

This is one of the available solutions. However, you need to have a jack port. I read Apple is dropping one tomorrow.

Also in this case you need to have two Bluetooth headsets. Velo could support Bluetooth headsets, but traditional headphones seemed an easier choice.

BTW Monoprice works with up to 2 headsets. We think that we could connect more than two headsets with Velo.

I'm willing to drop the triangle shape. I'm not that attached to it. However, we need to have two different devices that can be one. Don't worry about loosing them. I've figured that out. We are going to put 2 separate beacons in it. Netizens is the creator of the first beacons working in mesh network (take a look http://eonbeacon.com/), which is good for navigation as well. We are going to have an excellent tracking service within a Velo app, better than Tile.

@rakpol thank you for pointing this out. I've already corrected it.