The makers of Vine have taken the high road to come up with Hype, an app for livestreaming
Take notes from Vine to learn how to get over a bolt from the blue without being labelled a sore loser. Recent days were abuzz with Twitter planning to ditch the short-term video app, not that instantly, but in a phase-out in the months to come. This is when the Vine co-creators took the high road, bringing out Hype, a livestreaming app successor to the mini-video platform. Even pioneers losing their foothold (remember Meerkat) in the livestreaming landslide, the gesture from the house of Vine is worth kudos.
When Vine puts an end to a three-and-a-half year stint with Twitter, it had a rough road to travel in the long run. A tight competition was thrown by Facebook launching video for Instagram and the Facebook Live. The mighty YouTube on the other hand has added many features in a bid to go more user-friendly.
Not to repeat what everyone offers, Hype boots an USP to stand out in the clamour for space. Hype offers a number of multimedia features to be incorporated into the video and take the livestreaming experience to the next level.
“You can slip music, photos and videos into your stream, and customise the layout to suit your presentation. It doesn’t just have to be about whatever you capture on-camera, to put it another way -- you can take a back seat. There’s also more two-way interaction than you get with the likes of Periscope or Facebook Live, as the audience has direct ways of asking and answering questions, casting votes or getting their comments featured,” Engadget sums up the functionality.
The show and tell format supported by Hype is also expected to be a good selling point for this newbie. “For example, a user could start a live broadcast to comment on another previously videoed event, like a computer game or sports event. Or they could start a guessing game with their viewers — playing them songs or showing video clips or photos and asking them to identify what it is. There’s a rich range of potential entertainment interactions via the supported content mix,” Techcrunch puts the entire process in simpler terms.
