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[Video Disruptor] Veew.TV - AR/VR player for Livepeer videos

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Description

Application by: tamrrat
## What is your project, and what problem does it solve?
Veew is an app that allows users to view Livepeer powered videos on a large screen on Meta Quest AR/VR headset, within a customizable 3D environment.

Veew will also develop a chrome extension that will allow users of current Livepeer powered apps to easily send a video from their desktop browser to their Meta Quest VR headset.

## Link to public GitHub repo (if applicable)
https://github.com/tamg/veew
## Link to demo website (if applicable)
https://veew.tv/
## Please describe in more detail why this proposal is valuable for the Livepeer ecosystem
The AR/VR media format is projected to become one of the dominant medium for video viewing experience in the near future.

Thus providing a simple and seamless way to view Livepeer videos in AR/VR benefits the Livepeer ecosystem by expanding the network's reach into a constantly growing new medium.

## Please describe in details what your final deliverable for this project will be.
Veew.tv: a live AR/VR app

Veew Repo: an open source GitHub repo containing the app

Veew Extension: an open source chrome extension for sending videos from a desktop browser to a VR headset

## How will this deliverable benefit the Livepeer ecosystem?
The AR/VR media format is projected to become one of the dominant medium for video viewing experience in the near future.

Thus providing a simple and seamless way to view Livepeer videos in AR/VR benefits the Livepeer ecosystem by expanding the network's reach into a constantly growing new medium.

## Please break up your development work into a clear set of milestones

Number
Description
Deliverable
Amount
Start Date
End Date
1
  • XR video player with fully functioning media controls
  • UI to allow users import and play a Livepeer video using assetID
  • UI to explore and wath curated videos from Tape.xyz
  • 2 3D environment options for the video player
  • tamrat.eth - Designer+Developer
  • Github repo published
  • Live site at veew.tv published
$5,000.00
1/2/2024
1/30/2024
3
  • add spatial mesh support which would allow a user to turn any wall in their space into a video player
  • add live realistic reflections of the video player onto the environments for a more immersive experience
  • add support for viewing Livepeer livestream video by streamID
  • add 3 more 3D environment options for the video player
  • Github repo updated
  • Live site at veew.tv updated
$5,000.00
3/1/2024
3/31/2024
2
  • Chrome extension that sends video from desktop to Meta Quest browser for VR viewing on veew.tv/videoassetidfrom_extention
  • add fullscreen (focus) mode to XR video player
  • add 2 more 3D environments options for the video player
  • tamrat.eth - Designer+Developer
  • Github repo updated
  • Chrome extension published on Github
  • Live site at veew.tv updated
$5,000.00
1/31/2024
2/29/2024

## What is the total amount requested (in USD)?
15000

## Specify your team's long-term plans to maintain this software and upgrade it over time
Veew plans to use the most widely used web 3D library called React-Three-Fiber (24k stars). As such it will be consistently updated to support the latest library releases and features for the best VR viewing experience.

In addition Veew plans to add support to new platforms like the upcoming Apple Vision Pro when webXR support becomes available in the Safari browser

## Please describe (in words) your team's relevant experience, and why you think you are the right team to build this project. You can cite your team's prior experience in similar domains, doing similar dev work, individual team members' backgrounds, etc.
I am an indie developer who has been working in the AR/VR space for the past 7 years.

Most recently I worked at Aave (Lens Protocol) helping in designing and developing a generative VR metaverse concept centered around a customizable virtual home for each user on the Lens social graph.

CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mXlCacdzeRDgkA-946shym6CYuA0xnVX

Twitter: https://twitter.com/tamrrat

## Who is your target user group? How do you plan on getting your users to use this?
- users who already are viewing videos on any of the Livepeer powered apps
- developers who want to expand the reach of their Livepeer powered apps
- VR users who are looking for alternative video content on their headset

## How did you learn about the Livepeer Grants Program?
Livepeer Discord

## Was this project started at a hackathon or another web3 event? Which one?
No

## Please include any additional information that you think would be useful in helping us to evaluate your proposal.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the linked Veew repository and the milestone descriptions in this issue, then compare the existing project with the listed AR/VR player, spatial mesh, reflection, livestream, and environment goals. Done means the repository and veew.tv demonstrate the completed deliverables and the corresponding updates are published.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
ar-vr-xr, web-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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