This reminds me of twitch in some ways which I feel is a good thing. The use of a schedule is a nice add in to give the appearance of a channel or live stream yet with something to look forward to or schedule appropriately.
I think you just made me realize the value a lot of people get from twitch (and even YouTube, to a certain extent). Which, as a bit of a text fascist, I've had trouble grasping / not really been interested in.
From the love (young) people have for live media/streams - and research into the negative effect of recorded vs live, in person lectures - it seems obvious that "twitch for lectures" will be huge.
Probably not something I'll like any more than unscripted TV series, but probably still huge.
Then again, I do seem to relate to chatting on irc while watching regular scheduled TV (like a buffy episode).
So I do see social/group-interactive viewing as something that'll be great.
Even see this working for stuff like video courses in 3d/game design, development - like an art class. The video is the lecturer, and you can see what 3d models/apps/.. your fellow students create (and how). And maybe even copy/"fork" in real-time.
From the love (young) people have for live media/streams - and research into the negative effect of recorded vs live, in person lectures - it seems obvious that "twitch for lectures" will be huge.
Probably not something I'll like any more than unscripted TV series, but probably still huge.
Then again, I do seem to relate to chatting on irc while watching regular scheduled TV (like a buffy episode).
So I do see social/group-interactive viewing as something that'll be great.
Even see this working for stuff like video courses in 3d/game design, development - like an art class. The video is the lecturer, and you can see what 3d models/apps/.. your fellow students create (and how). And maybe even copy/"fork" in real-time.