Scoby Society App by Steven Lai

Scoby Society App

Steven Lai

Art Director

Graphic Designer

Product Designer

Figma

Website: https://www.scoby.social/?ref=producthunt

ProductHunt Launch: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/scoby-social

The Product

In Jan/Feb 2021 I designed Scoby, a video teleconferencing app for seminars. The task was to make huge video calls fun- to try to capture some of the energy of an in-person conference and squeeze that into a phone experience.

A New Video Experience

A "discussion" format where video tiles are laid out like a roundtable- with each member having equally sized squares

A "pitch day" format where a line of hosts calls up each guest one-by-one

A "guided practice" format for seminars where one host dominates the screen

A "townhall" format for large groups to exchange ideas and make group decisions

Creating a session.

Session setup splash screen.

Widgets

Hosts can make available a litany of fun interactivity widgets for the guests. Here's a few:

Other interactions

Hosts also have large-scale interactions and games they can turn on for their guests-

During icebreakers, large sessions are broken into small groups, with each member of the small group put on a timer with a task.

Session hosts can customize a variety of different intro backgrounds and animations for their video calls. Here's an example of a default fade in option.

The "Talking Stick" allows hosts to designate different guests to take turns talking- turning large group experiences into productive and meaningful conversations.

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