TWorlds is a picture sharing app designed by Dutch designer Antoine Peters. TWorld: Two Worlds, One Moment. "It’s the stuff of schmaltz and bad screenplays, but nevertheless: Everyone, at one point or another, has wondered, “Is there anyone else out there doing this exact same thing at this exact same moment?”That question used to be more romantic, before social media came along and gave us phone-sized windows into the lives of others. But even those glimpses are curated according to who you already know, the manicured moments they’ve cherry-picked, and when they choose to share them. So when the question floated through Dutch designer Antoine Peters’s mind (while he was staring out a window, no less) he got the idea to build an app that would answer the question in the most literal sense possible. He found a local group of developers, Noodlewerk, to build it, and had his girlfriend design some playful black-and-white graphics. Tworlds is simple. Log in, and allow the app to know your location (but, “No worries, it’s only to the level of city,” the app assures you), and then choose one of the 20 or so subject prompts. Say you tap on “#rainbow.” Snap a picture of that gorgeous rainbow (or maybe of some Skittles. Whatever! Be creative.) and Tworlds will immediately share that photo with someone else who, at that same moment, is doing something #rainbow. In return, you’ll get that person’s picture, and the two will turn into a diptyque of a moment frozen in time. As Peters sees it, this could yield all kinds of experiences, ranging from competitive and playful to ones that take the edge off of loneliness, maybe “helping you when you’re feeling sad, or when you can’t sleep.” Want to read more? http://www.wired.com/2015/02/picture-sharing-app-lets-experience-life-total-stranger/?mbid=social_fb Or have a look at this video:
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