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24 alternatives to Send me an IRL message and watch it arrive
- This page is running directly on the Pico W in the stream, using microdot (but proxied out via cloudflare tunnel). - There's a buzzer that plays a sound as well but the stream has no audio. - There's a Pi Zero 2 W with a Camera Module 3 streaming the video. Streaming low latency video is painful. I tried mjpeg, Nginx+HLS/DASH, YouTube and Twitch. Twitch is definitely the easiest and best-performing. - There's still a few seconds delay between sending your message and the video updating.
This project lets users send messages that appear on a physical display in real-time, viewable via live video stream. A Raspberry Pi Pico W runs the web interface while a Pi Zero 2 W with camera streams video to… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Send me an IRL message and watch it arrive launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Instantly get screen recordings from customers
2021 · sendspark.com · its alternatives →
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Add Twitch-like live streams to your apps
2022 · 100ms.live · its alternatives →
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A broadcast, in a box. . Contribute to Glimesh/broadcast-box development by creating an account on GitHub.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Ohmystream▲136Muli-stream to Youtube, Twitch, Facebook, & RTMP at once
2022 · ohmystream.co · its alternatives →
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Stream Chat▲327Build, code and ship in app messaging in a few hours
2019 · getstream.io · its alternatives →
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urLive▲110Zero-click video calling + bot-based scheduling - in one
2020 · url.live · its alternatives →
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Create GIF and video that simulate messaging apps
2022 · chat-animator.com · its alternatives →
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Seamlessly add live video when you & a friend are active
2016 · facebook.com · its alternatives →
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Telegram 8.0▲313Live streams, flexible forwarding, trending stickers & more
2021 · telegram.org · its alternatives →
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Audience Reacts▲185Feel the room, one emoji at a time
2023 · reactions.stagetimer.io · its alternatives →
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Reemo.io▲108Stream your remote desktop from a browser in low latency
2022 · reemo.io · its alternatives →
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Streaming live video from a webcam over RTMP using a Raspberry Pi and Nginx - Tomtomgo/raspberry_livestream
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Real-time interactive poll right inside your live video
2022 · livereacting.com · its alternatives →
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Go live to YouTube using just your webcam
2018 · accounts.google.com · its alternatives →
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Xtream.ly▲87Reddit of short-liveclips,reply with liveclip to other clips
2021 · xtreamly.io · its alternatives →
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Twitch Pulse▲82An easier way to engage with each other on Twitch
2017 · blog.twitch.tv · its alternatives →
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Use your iPhone as a Webcam, for OBS, Twitch Studio and more
2022 · its alternatives →
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Pure Go implementation of the WebRTC API. Contribute to pion/webrtc development by creating an account on GitHub.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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