Vive (software)

Vive is a members-only mobile video chat community. The company has offices in San Francisco, Berlin and Hannover.[1]

Vive
Vive logo
Original author(s)Tripod Technology GmbH
Initial releaseJune 2014
Final release
3.0.4
Operating systemiOS 7 or later
PlatformiOS
Available inEnglish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
TypeSocial networking, video chat
Websitevive.me

The company's mission statement is, "to provide a safe virtual community where individuals can meet other people to share skills and experiences".[2]

History

Vive was founded in Hannover by Arnd Aschentrup, Matthias Kleinmann and Tobias Dickmeis.[3] All three had been involved in similar, formative projects prior to the creation of the app. Aschentrup worked with a number of companies in Germany's tech scene, co-founding Cyoshi Mobile GmbH with Dickmeis and later becoming Global COO of Mobile Streams.[4]

The company entered beta-phase in June 2014[5] and launched its iOS app in September of the same year. In October 2014 an iPad version of vive was released, the same month where the company successfully secured a 1.5 million funding round from prominent European investors.[6] Among these Atlantic Internet GmbH, Hannover Beteiligungs Fond (HBF) and Mittelständische Beteiligungsgesellschaft Niedersachen (MBG).[7]

Features and membership

The app allows members to search for people within their locality as well as from around the world.

Upon logging into the app, members are presented with a list of other users, ranked on the basis of common interests and last log-in.[8] The app aims to provide a platform for authentic, emotional and spontaneous connection between its members.[9]

Potential members are asked how they would like to use Vive and what they can share with the community. A team of moderators then evaluate the applicant based on their answers.[10]

gollark: You would certainly hope so.
gollark: The RTC is still on.
gollark: Even a "turned off" one is still going to have a few things running, so it can detect the power button and possibly do wake-on-LAN.
gollark: It's computers all the way down, and they are probably not very secure computers.
gollark: And being a laptop, there's an "embedded controller" running the fans and whatever, and maybe even a computer thing managing the battery.

References
  1. O'Hear, Steve. "Vive, The Mobile App That Lets You Video Chat With Strangers, Raises $1.5M". TechCrunch. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  2. "vive". CrunchBase. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  3. Skrabania, Lydia. "Bekannte Business Angels investieren in Video-Chat-Community Vive". Gründerszene. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  4. Tayler, Victoria. "FoneStarz Media to distribute Mobile Streams' content". Mobile Streams. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  5. Stüber, Jürgen. "Neue Berliner Video-Community Vive fordert Skype heraus". Berliner Morgenpost. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  6. O'Hear, Steve. "Vive, The Mobile App That Lets You Video Chat With Strangers, Raises $1.5M". TechCrunch. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  7. Skrabania, Lydia. "Bekannte Business Angels investieren in Video-Chat-Community Vive". Gründerszene. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  8. Stüber, Jürgen. "Neue Berliner Video-Community Vive fordert Skype heraus". Berliner Morgenpost. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  9. Skrabania, Lydia. "Bekannte Business Angels investieren in Video-Chat-Community Vive". Gründerszene. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  10. Morris, Darryl. "Vive - It's Chatroulette Without the Willies". Huffington Post. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
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