How to use 6rounds Google Wave extension
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Since 6rounds video chat was chosen as the first Google Wave video extension a couple of weeks ago, many people have asked me how to install and use the 6rounds ‘Google Wave’ extension.
If you want to install the extension so that it is easily accessible, you can just go to the Wave Extension Gallery and install it – the 6rounds video chat experience is the 3rd one there, right after the YouTube video. This way, every time you want to video chat with one of your friends, all you have to do is press the 6rounds favorite icon (which looks like this little image over here – 
and the extension will be inserted into your wave.
After you have inserted the gadget into a new or existing wave, you may take a seat, and then wait for someone else to take a seat opposite you. As soon as someone else has taken a seat opposite to you, the application will open up, and the video chat experience will begin connecting. This should only take about a few seconds, which will give you time to check yourself out in your webcam. Now, the video chat experience will open up, and you will see your webcam on the right, and your chat partner on the left. You can then begin by familiarizing yourself with the menu, by moving your mouse over to the right side of your picture.
In case you didn’t get the chance to watch our demo of our video chat Google Wave extension, here it is for you once more (and yes that is me).
Some people have asked me what some of the “wavey” features to our extension are.
Well here’s a brief summary for those interested:
Firstly when using wave there is no need to create a 6rounds account. We pull your existing ‘Google Wave’ profile information automatically, and allow you to enter a chat without having to enter any additional data. The extension allows multiple people within the wave to have rounds (video chat’s) simultaneously, and shows the others in the wave who are in a round and with whom they are talking to. Using the wavy playback feature, members that are in the wave or that join the wave in the future, will be able to playback the history of rounds performed.
In the future, once you have taken a snapshot in a round, you will have the opportunity to not only share it with your social networks, but also to share it with the other people within the wave. This means that others that are in the wave, but not participating in a round, will see a live feed of all the snapshots that are being taken (in real time). These snapshots will also be part of the playback feature.
As you know, this is just the tip of the iceberg and we have many more applications and features to add to not only our wave extension, but also rounds.com, but if you have any “wavey” feature ideas that you’d like to share with us, we warmly ask you to leave them in the comments section below.
Tags: frequently asked questions, google wave, video conferencing, wave extension, webcam video chat
Bob das Reh
Great Service and good Extension, sadly it does not work for me, since i am using Linux (PCLinuxOS 2010.07), latest Firefox / Chromium.
Hope you will get this fixed.
Thanks!
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Leanne
Hi!
I have Sony VIAO and im working out of Safari, Version 4.
I just got a Google Wave account, and recently added the 6 rounds video chat extension
I am unable to connect to the “seating” feature of the program.
It keeps saying “Loading Video Chat Experience” and then continues to not connect at all.
Am I missing a certain component to my browser? What may my problem be?
If you could help, that’d be great!
Thanks,
Leanne
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michael
I want to know more on the firewall setting. I cannot connect in the office but okay at home. What port need to be enabled for the extension to work.
TIA
Michae
Eldon Schneider
Fairly detailed info of google wave’s feature you have here. This should be enough to introduce google wave to people hooked-up in the cyber-world.
steven
Hi Brian,
When you start a chat with someone, you can’t switch to another person without ending the conversation first. The only way to do it is just end the session, start a new one with the other person, end that session again and go back to the first person.
I also recommend you and your friends to try the full expereince at http://www.6rounds.com. This way, you don’t have to be in the Wave all the time and can just keep a browser tab open and wait for invitations from your friends. The chat is basically the same (and offers a few more features as well).
Hope this help
Cheers,
Steven
steven
Hi Anna, please see our blog post on frequently asked questions about the Google Wave extension – http://blog.6rounds.com/techni.....questions/
The answer to your question is right there
Anna
I tried to use the application tonight and it all worked fine except that MY webcam wouldn’t connect. I could see and hear the other party, but couldn’t get my own webcam/mic to connect. I have a mac, while the other party has a pc–could this be the problem?
Brian
Have used a one-on-one example so far, and it worked great. The biggest challenge so far? Being online at the same time with others in our group! We seem to miss each other quite regularly! (Like walking into an empty building.)
Am wondering if three or more people wanted to, could they stagger where they sit in a seat, then change seats in mid-chat to address one another?
Stefano
Work in Mandriva 2009.1 with Firefox 3.0.5
Not Work in Mandriva 2010.0 with Firefox 3.5.5 (The Flash applet starts, but remains blocked after approximately 1 second)
rodroug
Hi,
Thanks for the great application. Works great so far – just hope GW will fix the issue when resizing the wave window.
IT would be awesome if the video chats could be joined by more than 2 persons… was my original hope when seeing the 6 seats, but unfortunately it’s still a face-to-face chat.
Any plan for extending the number of persons in a chat simultaneously?
raghuram
does not work on linux (ubuntu 9.10)
sahboune
does not work under ubuntu 9.10, fedora 12 firefox 3.5.5 ,chrome 4.0.257 or even unser wine
Konstantinos Anagnostopoulos
Does not work on Linux. Looking forward to using it (ubuntu 8.04, firefox 3.5.5, chrome 4.0)
SLO Chewie
Doesn’t work at all for me or the party I’m trying to connect to. Other flash based webcam services do work. I’m trying from a Ubuntu 9.10 machine usbvc spec’d dynex webcam. The party on the other end is running Snow Leopard with a firewire isight
steven
Hi Robin,
The link http://st.6rounds.com/wave/widget2.xml is a link to an older version of the extension and I’m guessing that’s why it doesn’t work for you.
The current link is widget7.xml, but I suggest you install the extension here – http://bit.ly/1nWROV and that way you won’t have a problem with future upgrades.
Thanks,
Steven
Robin Mattern
When I install the Gadget, with the XML link, http://st.6rounds.com/wave/widget2.xml, then add a participant (on another PS in the same room), go to that PC, ie wave session, open the wave we both see the 6 round “portals”.
Both of us “Take a seat” and absolutely nothing happens. Not the message “Missed Call” is read others had had. The only think I can do is click the “Publish” button. Nada.
I know the video chat works, because I have it working between the two PCs within Google Chat.
What can I do to test this out? You definately need more of a presence to help people. You must be getting tons of publicity, but no FAQ, no Forum, no Help pages.
steven
Hey nhh3 and Euro!
Usually, missed calls happen when one of the chat participants’ window is not in focus. This can happen when the user is just not in the wave or in another tab or window.
Another option is that one side is resizing the window while the extension is connecting, which, due to Google Wave restrictions, causes the extension to reload and the connection to drop – giving the other user the “Missed Call” screen.
Firewall issues shouldn’t happen, but if they do happen, the users should see a different message than the “Missed Call” one.
Hope this helps, but in case it doesn’t, just let me know and I’ll try to connect with you as well.
Thanks for your feedback guys, it is really much appreciated!
nhh3
Just wondering what Euro is wondering, why can’t I connect with a friend I can use GoogleTalk with but not 6-rounds. Any tips on debugging network connectivity issues? Firewall issues?
Euro
I tried this extension with my friend many times. Why does it always show “Missed Call”? I haven’t connected once with my friend. But I can connect using Google video chat.
steven
Thanks Nicolas, this is a great feature you’ve described!
We’re currently working on more activities and we’ll definitely give this idea a much deeper look.
Thanks for the feedback and keep on rounding
Nicolas (the one from Belgium)
I meant “future key feature”, of course…
Nicolas (the one from Belgium)
There is something I had thought of and it might very well be a future key future of 6Rounds: think of all the musicians that need to discuss a track they are workin’ on. Millions, probably.
Well, now (in the future), they have a 6Rounds activity called “Talk-a-tune” (replace with a more appropriate name…) which allows one of them to include a music track, listen to it together, see each other’s reaction AND add comment-tag on a time-line !! You become the N° 1 company in the world and you can take over the internet !!!
Seriously though, this would be a fantastic feature… It could be a separate Wave extension as well, I’ll let you figure that out