Welcome to the world of Twitter’s Periscope, a new mobile live streaming app launching Thursday for the iPhone. (The company says it will be hitting Android soon.)
If you haven’t heard, mobile video streaming is all the rage right now. Meerkat, a similar app, has been gaining popularity—at least among people looking for the next big thing. Periscope is hoping to one-up Meerkat.
I’ve been using the app for the last week. I do prefer the clean, fast and friendly design to Meerkat’s lackluster interface, not to mention the fact that I can actually watch streams that are no longer live. But there’s still a problem: My life is boring.
Seriously, who wants to see me eat lunch in real time? If the food is THAT good, a still on Instagram will suffice. But as Facebook and Twitter have already shown us, the limits of sharing really are unfathomable.
Maybe I should be thankful. Periscope’s biggest promise lies in those times when life is far from boring. Whether it be a breaking news situation or a friend’s traumatic experience, there are times when peeking in and watching a live story unfold makes the most sense. While it’s bound to be abused, this new way of communicating could bring us closer than any photo or recorded video could.
http://blogs.wsj.com/personal-technology/2015/03/26/twitters-periscope-lets-you-share-your-so-called-life/
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