Ben Tossell

Lookabout - Instagram for 360° photos

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Jovis Joseph Aloor
Android always get a stepchild treatment among makers.. I just don't understand why :|
Chen Zeev
@jovisjoseph probably because the US market is the most sought after. And even though Android has a larger base WW, in the US the iPhone dominates. A small unfunded startup has to start with 1 app usually, unless there's a VERY strong reason to launch on both platforms (messaging app for example)
Jack O'Grady
@jovisjoseph hey Jovis, it comes down to validation of the business model in startup phase. It's much easier and faster for us to build, test, and iterate when we're only working on one platform. Then, once we hit product market fit we'll be able to expand to the android segment. Hope you understand!
Ben Bristow
Looks nice, although I can't play with it as there's no Android app. The only thing is I question - what happens when Instagram add 360 support? Will this app just fade away?
Jack O'Grady
@benbristowuk hey Ben, very fair question! Instagram will support 360 just like Facebook supports normal photos, they're there but there's a big enough audience (or will be a big enough audience) that just wants to see 360 pics, not normal pics. So instead of sifting through a ton of normal pics on Instagram to find a few 360 ones, you can just go to Lookabout and know that everything is awesome, immersive 360 😄 what's your take?
Cheng Qian
🙌 for startups in Santa Monica
Jack O'Grady
@chiancheng 🎉🎉
Alex Kehr
Leroy Etienne
Cool app, what about 360 video ?
Jack O'Grady
@etienne_l Coming soon!! I'm guessing you've got a lot of V360 edits ready? :)
Leroy Etienne
@jack_ogrady you bet we do! and V360 iOS is around the corner
3amJosh
Good clarity on images and will be cool to see once they have videos supported. I like emojis but curious to why that's required?
Quinn Ellis
@3amjosh Thank you! Yes I am excited to get 360 videos into the feeds as well. Glad you like the emojis. We have some cool feature ideas coming soon involving them!
Kartik Mandaville
Love it! 360 photos are 100x better than the normal and this makes it so easy to capture them. What's next on the roadmap? (after android)
Jack O'Grady
@kar2905 360 filters + editing, panorama upload support, more sharing features, and some cool new discover features 🎉
Quinn Ellis
Loving all the awesome new experiences everyone's creating!! Super cool.
Jack O'Grady
Overwhelmed by the support you guys!! Stay tuned for more 🎉
Chen Zeev
Why is it mandatory to add a caption AND emoji?
Jack O'Grady
@bulleitandcoke have some cool features coming with the emojis in the future 👀 they're also a fun add to the post!
Paul Tomkinson
Confused for a quick sec by the title. Thought it was Instagram adding 360 view capability (which maybe they already have as FB does). Cool though. This could be a lot of fun having 360 pics in a feed. Especially love not needing extra hardware.
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