Development
scooped.
Okay, I just went and looked into Google/YouTube's new Annotations feature. And they scooped me. Which is really depressing.
http://www.youtube.com/t/annotations_about
http://www.youtube.com/t/captions_about
This is, in many ways, EXACTLY what I was looking to do. I still have an advantage in the approach, as an educational tool. Subtitles will include links, popups, etc. Buh. Maybe some other things. Scrolling? Yeah, wouldn't be hard for Google to figure that one out. ugh.
Soon I will be that crotchety old guy, yelling at his grandkids "I had an idea once! Interactive content in videos! But it was stolen from me and blahblahblah" and all my grandkids will be like "whatever, grandpa, take your happy pills," not even looking up from the awesome interactive videos they're playing with on YouTube. Damn it. Really depressing.
At least I still have High-Stakes Asteroids.
http://www.youtube.com/t/annotations_about
http://www.youtube.com/t/captions_about
This is, in many ways, EXACTLY what I was looking to do. I still have an advantage in the approach, as an educational tool. Subtitles will include links, popups, etc. Buh. Maybe some other things. Scrolling? Yeah, wouldn't be hard for Google to figure that one out. ugh.
Soon I will be that crotchety old guy, yelling at his grandkids "I had an idea once! Interactive content in videos! But it was stolen from me and blahblahblah" and all my grandkids will be like "whatever, grandpa, take your happy pills," not even looking up from the awesome interactive videos they're playing with on YouTube. Damn it. Really depressing.
At least I still have High-Stakes Asteroids.
