So over the past month or so, I’ve been posting some experiments I’ve been working on for this project called the VHood, but never actually got around to explaining what it is. The Virtual Hood, or VHood for short, is a virtual hang out for friends to be together when life’s circumstances split them apart.

The main way to bring friends together is through chat: video, audio, and text. The VHood has all of these, and can actually handle multiple (currently up to 15 with the developer version of FlashCom) video connections at once, arranged in a carousel. Everyone can see everyone else at once, and everyone can hang out. We also want to implement uploading of photos, music, and videos, and also having a shared calendar of events.

It’s got a long way to go, but you can visit the current incarnation of the VHood at http://www.jm42.net/vhood . Use the login name: guest and the password: guest. It’s still very much in active development, so be forewarned: stuff WILL break, your browser MIGHT crash, and your PET CAT might die (ok, maybe not that last one). But again, you’ve been warned.

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