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My Pop-Up Video

Submitted by: thecougar
Created: Mar 30, 2007, 9:28 pm

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Remember that TV show on VH1 where they would overlay little bubbles with fun facts over old-school music videos? I envision a Web 2.0 version of that concept.

Here's how this would work. You could download a plug-in for your music player that would detect the song that is being played. The app would download any relevant pop-ups for that song and display them in cute little bubbles, just like the TV show. As the bubbles appear you have the option to give them a quick 'thumbs-up / thumbs-down' vote, which would increase/decrease the likelyhood of those pop-ups being shown. Also, if you think of a clever fact or witty remark, you'd have an option to submit it to the site through the plug-in. You could add a social aspect to this by showing a little pic of the submitter with the bubble, which you could click on and check out other bubbles they've created.

I thought of this idea when I was...

listening to music in the background and looking for something interesting to view at the same time. I'll usually put up a slideshow of pictures or lately Twittervision, but this would be more interactive and interesting.

Comments Posted

fish99 Posted: March 31, 2007, 9:58 am

cool idea, thecougar.

I loved that show. I would love to make my comments on any website.

Brenden Posted: April 17, 2007, 7:33 am

funny

Rizal Posted: April 28, 2007, 7:36 am

Joost?

DaveG253 Posted: April 28, 2007, 9:50 pm

I'm thinking it's like a dynamic mojiti. (http://www.mojiti.com ) ...

- advertisers participate in an automated way.
- viewers participate as they watch.

saigon Posted: May 31, 2007, 5:38 am

isnt this just another vanity thingy...

GordonMcDowell Posted: June 20, 2007, 11:22 am

Here is my old idea at CH:
http://www.cambrianh...er/ideas-id/aJ5FnFG/

Here is what someone built... bubbleply.com
http://www.bubbleply...e6-8882-e59d9387c57e

thecougar's idea is certainly different enough to call his own... but I'd like to share that I discussed how such a thing is implemented, and apparently its not that hard. The pop-up need not be implemented in flash, it can be run in javascript and overlaid using browser layers and DHTML.

I'd like to see prop/drop voting taken to the individual bubble lever over a video. Think it'd be a great idea... the kind of interactivity television needs.

Fitzpatrick Posted: June 20, 2007, 11:58 am

How do you plan to make money from this? By displaying ads in the bubbles too? I don't see this as something I would pay for, nor something I would have 1/4 of my screen hijacked for. =[

Patrick_Jones Posted: June 20, 2007, 12:02 pm

holy hell

i loved that show

but i wouldnt buy it

i'd get it off a torrent

thecougar Posted: June 20, 2007, 12:08 pm

Thanks, Gordon, I definitely like your idea of applying this concept to a political debate or other live events. Also agree that technically it's pretty straightforward. I spent a little time trying to code this up using Microsoft's new Silverlight technology, it's still a little too beta for me to figure out but it has a lot of potential for this idea.

thecougar Posted: June 20, 2007, 12:11 pm

@Patrick - you wouldn't actually be downloading the show. The bubbles that would appear would be comments that other users submitted for the song that is currently playing.

Fitzpatrick Posted: June 20, 2007, 12:22 pm

Oh. So this would be like Youtube, but with music and cool bubbles? If that is the case, please disregard my previous comment. Apologies! <3

fossiloflife Posted: June 21, 2007, 12:28 am

real good!

vanhees Posted: June 21, 2007, 12:59 am

Great!
Tommy

saigon Posted: June 21, 2007, 3:34 am

i just give my vote... i commented on this 3 weeks back... i still cant get my groove to follow this nice idea.

Game Posted: June 21, 2007, 7:48 am

Great idea! But those old music video pop-ups had a weird affect on me - I hated them, but at the same time I couldn't stop watching them. I'm not going full points on this one because I don't want to face that emotional scarring again.

jill Posted: June 23, 2007, 5:15 pm

This would be fun to play with. People would then email their finished product to their friends, I'm sure. OMG, you've created a monster! (Just kidding).

I liked those popup videos and doh I didn't realize they weren't on TV any more. Like the idea.

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