Hypercube

Attempting to redesign the (Android) Smartphone interface

1 follower

Attempting to redesign the (Android) Smartphone interface

1 follower

Visit website

Launch tags:Tech

Launch Team

AWS Activate CreditsCredits that fuel your startup’s next milestone

Promoted

Product Hunt

Hey, @ys! Thanks for jumping in. You and I have talked a bit about Hypercube and your vision but others are probably wondering, "How in the world are you going to reinvent mobile!?" :) Please share!

Report

13yr ago

Product Hunt

@ys this is a fascinating topic and many have strong opinions on the open vs. closed ecosystems. When will we see a public version of Hypercube and how are you "MVP'ing" the idea? There's sooo much you could do but at what point do you release?

Report

13yr ago

Design Dash

@rrhoover To give an example, with Hypercube, Product Hunt will very easily and quickly be able to send notifications to users using the Hypercube API. Here's an example of a dummy Hypercube notification appearing from the bottom of the screen as a user browses Instagram. When they tap on the notification they reveal the entire Hypercube notification feed. Note how the design of these notifications provide room for action buttons.

Report

13yr ago

Cuey

Hunter

Product is still coming soon, but their blog is sharing some interesting notes on their process so far.

Report

13yr ago

Product Hunt

I met @ys at Epicenter (cliche startup cafe in SF) to chat about Hypercube. He's a fascinating guy and has some really ambitious goals for the product. I'll see if he's interested in jumping into the discussion.

Report

13yr ago

Design Dash

We believe that if ever there was a platform designed and built for mobile users and developers, the web is it. And so we are bringing the web to mobile in a way that has never been done before. For example, you can't receive notifications from websites. The way web products are built and used opens up a whole host of possibilities that native can't match. Much like the smartphone, websites are transient pieces of software that serve a need at a given time. Native apps are heavy, invested ideas. Your phone is limited by the set of native apps you so happen to have knowledge of or are available on your platform. Whereas with the open and free web, your phone's capabilities are much more serendipitous and contextual. Philosophically, the web is open and free, whereas native apps are controlled and proprietary. Freedom always wins over control. People and ideas will always wish to be free. I go into more detail on our philosophy here: http://blog.hyprcb.com/post/5878...

Report

13yr ago

Design Dash

@rrhoover We started working on the idea to make a phone about 18 months ago. It wasn't called Hypercube then. It wasn't anything really, it was, let's make a phone. Pretty much nothing about the product we had back then remains – but it was a critical process to go through. I often like to say, we didn't invent Hypercube, we discovered it. Through the exploration of a thought we came to new ideas that lead to new ideas, that together form a coherent story. I believe an MVP must present an argument. The stronger that argument, the harder it is to refute – and sometimes, it's a total whitewash. We believe we have a very strong argument to make.

Report

13yr ago

1 2

Reviews