What is your project, and what problem does it solve?
Zooo is a location-based live-video platform that redefines the interface for watching and discovering content. On Zooo users are actively exploring their world rather than passively scrolling through content. The platform introduces a novel live-streaming marketplace for activating people to stream from physical locations, enabling the future of live IRL video.
Please describe in more detail why this proposal is valuable for the Livepeer ecosystem
Livepeer will onboard a disruptive new social media platform that plans on taking on the likes of Tiktok and Twitch.
Please describe in details what your final deliverable for this project will be.
Deliver a working MVP for using Livepeer in the Zooo platform.
How will this deliverable benefit the Livepeer ecosystem?
Livepeer will onboard a disruptive new social media platform that plans on taking on the likes of Tiktok and Twitch.
Please break up your development work into a clear set of milestones
Number
Description
Deliverable
Amount
Start Date
End Date
1
Initial integration of Livepeer into the Zooo platform
Build stream recording and watching functionalities into Zooo
Use the Livepeer SDK to allow users to stream using the Livepeer SDK
$7,500.00
July 1, 2024 UTC
August 15, 2024 UTC
2
Finish the integration with Livepeer
Customize the Player to fit the Zooo platform design and functionality
Figure out the economics of paying the Livepeer network for streaming content in a way that makes sense for the users and operators of Zooo
$7,500.00
August 15, 2024 UTC
September 1, 2024 UTC
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
As the backbone for Zooo's livestreaming infrastructure, our integration with Livepeer will be a critical component for our platform's success and so it will be heavily maintained and we hope to work closely to the Livepeer team to ensure the success of our usage of the Livepeer network
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.
Jonathan Medina: Founder & CEO
● Entrepreneur and software developer with over 10 years of experience
● Been part of numerous startups and built high performance applications in the fields of
cryptocurrency and finance
● Previously CTO of Flash1, a Korean-based decentralized cryptocurrency exchange with
over 10 billion USD in volume.
● 2017 Y-Combinator Interview finalist for Source Networks, a startup co-founded with
fellow students from NYU
● Winner of 2023 EthTokyo Hackathon ZK-prize
Who is your target user group? How do you plan on getting your users to use this?
Our initial target user group is split into 2: creators and viewers.
On the creator side we're targeting travel, outdoors, and IRL creators, particularly at the tail-end of the current market.
On the viewer side we are targeting a geographically-minded viewer such as the viewers of those creators and with Geoguessers.
We are pursuing direct partnerships with creators.
How did you learn about the Livepeer Grants Program?
Amelia Guertin
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.
Our manifesto:
There are now more cameras than humans. Even the most remote places on Earth are online. A generation that habitually films and uploads its daily life is growing into adulthood. So why is it still hard to see what anywhere looks like right now? The current paradigm of doom scrolling and spoon-feeding-the-next-post is fatiguing and decontextualized. The social media timeline makes it hard to know where you are and where you’re going. Zooo is the answer: it’s a globe where live videos are displayed by geographic location, turning passive viewers into active explorers. On Zooo a user can go into a market in Nairobi, hop onto a neon-lit street in Tokyo, then step into an active battlefield in Gaza, all in a single trip. Zooo’s focus on location-based live content elevates videos that are less about the “Me” and more about the “Around-Me”. As a result, Zooo breeds a new kind of influencer: one whose influence is based less on selfie-mode looks and more on creativity and daringness to go places.
Application by: zoookeeping
What is your project, and what problem does it solve?
Zooo is a location-based live-video platform that redefines the interface for watching and discovering content. On Zooo users are actively exploring their world rather than passively scrolling through content. The platform introduces a novel live-streaming marketplace for activating people to stream from physical locations, enabling the future of live IRL video.
Link to public GitHub repo (if applicable)
https://github.com/zzoo-team/
Link to demo website (if applicable)
https://zooo.ooo
Please describe in more detail why this proposal is valuable for the Livepeer ecosystem
Livepeer will onboard a disruptive new social media platform that plans on taking on the likes of Tiktok and Twitch.
Please describe in details what your final deliverable for this project will be.
Deliver a working MVP for using Livepeer in the Zooo platform.
How will this deliverable benefit the Livepeer ecosystem?
Livepeer will onboard a disruptive new social media platform that plans on taking on the likes of Tiktok and Twitch.
Please break up your development work into a clear set of milestones
Initial integration of Livepeer into the Zooo platform
Finish the integration with Livepeer
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
As the backbone for Zooo's livestreaming infrastructure, our integration with Livepeer will be a critical component for our platform's success and so it will be heavily maintained and we hope to work closely to the Livepeer team to ensure the success of our usage of the Livepeer network
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.
Jonathan Medina: Founder & CEO ● Entrepreneur and software developer with over 10 years of experience ● Been part of numerous startups and built high performance applications in the fields of cryptocurrency and finance ● Previously CTO of Flash1, a Korean-based decentralized cryptocurrency exchange with over 10 billion USD in volume. ● 2017 Y-Combinator Interview finalist for Source Networks, a startup co-founded with fellow students from NYU ● Winner of 2023 EthTokyo Hackathon ZK-prize
Who is your target user group? How do you plan on getting your users to use this?
Our initial target user group is split into 2: creators and viewers. On the creator side we're targeting travel, outdoors, and IRL creators, particularly at the tail-end of the current market. On the viewer side we are targeting a geographically-minded viewer such as the viewers of those creators and with Geoguessers. We are pursuing direct partnerships with creators.
How did you learn about the Livepeer Grants Program?
Amelia Guertin
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.
Our manifesto: There are now more cameras than humans. Even the most remote places on Earth are online. A generation that habitually films and uploads its daily life is growing into adulthood. So why is it still hard to see what anywhere looks like right now? The current paradigm of doom scrolling and spoon-feeding-the-next-post is fatiguing and decontextualized. The social media timeline makes it hard to know where you are and where you’re going. Zooo is the answer: it’s a globe where live videos are displayed by geographic location, turning passive viewers into active explorers. On Zooo a user can go into a market in Nairobi, hop onto a neon-lit street in Tokyo, then step into an active battlefield in Gaza, all in a single trip. Zooo’s focus on location-based live content elevates videos that are less about the “Me” and more about the “Around-Me”. As a result, Zooo breeds a new kind of influencer: one whose influence is based less on selfie-mode looks and more on creativity and daringness to go places.