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Virtual Hilarity

Virtual Hilarity. Streaming Personalized Comedy. Charles Sebens, Francisco Saldana and Matthew Archie. A Fusion of Web 2.0 Ideas. Applied to COMEDY!. Agenda. Comedians Gathering Content Comedian Profiles Users Custom Recommendations Community Viewing Viewing Modes Profitability

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Virtual Hilarity

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  1. Virtual Hilarity Streaming Personalized Comedy Charles Sebens, Francisco Saldana and Matthew Archie

  2. A Fusion of Web 2.0 Ideas Applied to COMEDY!

  3. Agenda • Comedians • Gathering Content • Comedian Profiles • Users • Custom Recommendations • Community Viewing • Viewing Modes • Profitability • Conclusion

  4. Why Will Comedians Post Their Material For Free? • Connect with fans • Sell tickets to shows • Test out new material

  5. Grassroots Movement • Send representatives to comedy clubs • Win-win situation • Start in a single city with local comedians • Build a database of users and videos • Then go national!

  6. Comedian Profiles • Links to their best videos • Blogs by the comedians • Comedian-audience communication • Notifications about tours and shows

  7. Playlist Selection • Users rate videos while viewing • Create a database of user ratings • Based on your ratings, determines which other users in the database have similar tastes • Presents content other users with your taste liked

  8. Community Viewing • Recreating the comedy club experience • Allow users to stream a video simultaneously in groups • Groups created based on similarity in taste • User profiles • Avatar chatting

  9. Waiting Room As groups form users may have to wait • Jokes • Fun Facts • Statistics • Tips on usage Waiting… The Candidates as Trains

  10. Virtual Hilarity That was NOT funny! Shut up, that was great!! Lolzzz Home New Group

  11. Viewing Modes • Audience mode • Community viewing • Full screen mode • Distraction-free • Compact mode • Allows multitasking

  12. Technology • Open-Source: Building on the commons • MySQL • Python • AJAX • FLV Content • Proprietary • Adobe Flash Media Streaming Server • Adobe Flash Player • ActionScript Language

  13. Profitability • Sell tickets to comedy shows • On commission • Based on preferences • Advertising Comedy • Linking to DVDs/CDs of comedians being viewed

  14. Structure

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