Watch a live event. React to it with your smartphone. In real time.
Sign up at the official Google Group. Or send us an e-mail (reactlabs@gmail.com with “beta” in the subject line).
We’re a computer scientist, a political scientist, and a user experience designer, creating a new way for people to engage with the political process. It’s a new app you use while you watch a live event — like a political debate on TV — and react to it using your smartphone in real time.
An associated website displays up-to-the-second results of everyone’s reactions and a running scroll of comments while the event is in progress.
The app is free and runs on major smartphones. It will run in your phone’s web browser, so there’s nothing to download or install.
Imagine being part of the TV audience for a political debate, and using your smartphone to let the world know how you feel about what you’re watching in real time. Where do you agree or disagree with the candidates? When do you think the candidates are spinning their answers or dodging the questions?
With the app, you can enter comments and tweet them. All reactions nationwide are charted in real time on our results website. And after the debate we’ll sync up the reactions with a transcript of the debate. Analysts, researchers and anyone else can visit our results website to learn what happened during the debate, how viewers reacted from second to second, and why.
We are in the process of beta testing. Sign up at the official Google Group. Or send us an e-mail (reactlabs@gmail.com with “beta” in the subject line). We’ll send you an invitation to participate and keep you posted on our progress.
Thanks for your interest!
