Have you heard of Periscope? this live video streaming app is very much new to the social media world, its first launch was just 4 months ago. It looks like the next big thing though. The startup has been bought by Twitter and got 1 million users during its first 10 days!
Being a social media enthusiast, I immediately downloaded the app when I first found out about it. At first I thought it is similar to Snapchat, but after using it for more than two weeks now, I have to say that I’m beginning to ignore my Snapchat and got addicted to Periscope!
So, how does it work?
Easy – after you downloaded the app on your iOs/Android phone, log in through your Twitter account or just create a new account if you don’t have any.
Then you can start to watch live broadcast (or what is known as “Scope). While watching, you can also write some comments from the chat box and if you like what you’re seeing, simply tap your screen to give a “heart”!
If you’re an iOs user like myself, there should be four tabs in your screen, including your profile page and broadcast tab. However, there is a particular tab that is really interesting for me – the world map tab.
As you can see in the above image, there are bullets with numbers in each country/city. See that “8” around London? That means there were currently 8 live scopes from London and its surrounding cities.
I love this feature the most because I can simply “travel the world” by watching different scopes from different locations! How cool is that! With Periscope I could watch a live broadcast from the streets of Paris or Honolulu. The broadcast does not have to be sophisticated, most times it’s people doing an ordinary walk in a neighborhood. Some times it’s just a random teenage girl talking nonsense, but some times I could get lucky and found scopes like these…
Yep, that is a screenshot of a parade live from Disneyland Paris! a live Disney parade! The user, @EuroMaestro was actually sitting front row in the parade and he recorded the whole parade.
Then there’s also scopes like this, where I got to see the beauty of New York City. If you decided to use the app, I’d really recommend this user – @RonWaxman. He broadcasts New York City views on a daily basis.
Not only city and event views, I mentioned about some random chats. This particular user that I follow also likes to do random chats, but I think he is very knowledgeable and he likes to discuss interesting topics. His name is Moe and he is an Uber driver in New York. Through following his account @Moeinteractive, I got to know what is it like to live in New York. Interesting, right?
What do I need to scope?
Sadly, being active in Periscope requires a strong internet connection and A LOT of data. So far I’m using Bolt 4G to broadcast (yes sometimes I broadcast too hehehe.. trying to show the world what is it like to live in Jakarta :p) and watch live scopes.
Should I download it?
I think you should! Especially if you are highly curios about life in other parts of the world like myself. Well, I know there are some celebrities that like to scope as well, but I haven’t followed them because I am more interested in seeing the world through random people’s eyes 🙂
So, what do you think? will you try it?
Christa Bercerita 
Wah baru tau ada app ini. Ini baru ya? Seru banget keliatannya, bisa ‘traveling’ (sambil nabung buat traveling benerannya hehe). Thanks for sharing Christa 🙂
Iyaa baru nih kayaknya. Iya aku juga senengnya berasa kayak jalan2 ya hehehe.. Sama sama glad u enjoyed it 🙂
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Menonton video realtime dari seluruh dunia, keren banget. Tidak perlu jauh-jauh untuk menyaksikan parade terkini di belahan dunia lain, tinggal sentuh dan semua langsung di-play :hehe. Tapi koneksi pastinya harus joss banget aaaak.
Iyaa nih Gara, kadang2 suka ngga bisa loading. Tapi so far pake bolt bisa sih.. Cuma ya gitu deh, kuota aku jadi cepet abisnya hahaha..
Baiklah kalau begitu :)). Berarti koneksi memang mesti prima :hehe. Sip!
I downloaded the app but haven’t got the change to get to know more about it though. The data plan you mentioned really is something we need to consider using this app. 😀
True, after I started to use this app, my monthly data quota finished faster than previous months Dan… hahaha :s
Kayanya lagi booming yah si Periscope ini. Btw gue masih rada gak ngeh bedanya Periscope sama Youtube.
Iyaa hits banget kayaknya, gantinya snapchat :p kalo Youtube kan ngga bisa live.. kalo ini live streaming gitu.. trus bisa komen secara live juga jadi kayak chatting sama broadcasternya 🙂
Oh ic. Sounds like kombinasi insta video and snapchat
Iyaa.. plus ini videonya juga cuma bisa ditonton 24 jam, kayak snapchat kan.. hehe
Berkali-kali buka link periscope orang yang dishare di twitter tapi dapetnya malah broadcast is over 😦
Emang harus selalu live ya nontonnya?
Belom coba download di HP karena nyedot data dan batere :p
Iyaa musti live nontonnya. Kalaupun replay, cuma bisa dalam 24 jam.. setelah itu dihapus.. jadi konsepnya bener2 live sih.. kayaknya kalo suka traveling bakal ketagihan deh kayak aku.. kemaren abis “ngikut” orang jalan2 di kebon bunga di Inggris lewat broadcastnya dia.. seru banget hehehe
Periscope ini lagi ngehits ya.
Iyaa tampaknya hehe
Oohh..pantes namanya periscope ya. Kita seakan-akan ‘mengintip’ kegiatan orang lain dari balik ‘tembok penghalang’. Menarik aplikasinya, tetapi harus punya koneksi internet prima ya, Mbak :).
Iyaa dan makan kuota. Tapi seru nih aku masih ketagihan hehehe