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Beam Theme Week on Xbox Wire: Beam Interactivity

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Perhaps the single coolest thing about Beam’s interactivity is that it’s only limited by your imagination! To date, we’ve shared lots about the fact that Beam hosts interactive streaming, but what does Beam interactivity mean for gamers and streamers today, and what could it mean in the future? Today, we’re getting into interactivity!

When we talk about Beam interactivity, it’s important to remember that interactive magic only happens in tandem with FTL and Beam’s sub-second latency. This means the streaming to viewing experience is so quick (sub-second, in fact!) that both streamers AND viewers gain new ways to engage with one-another, never before experienced in the streaming world. Interactivity on Beam is that new magic.

For the viewer, the interactive experience begins with buttons below the stream’s video feed. These experiences are custom-designed by the streamer depending on the needs or wants of the cast. They can range from activating sounds, creating on-screen effects, in-game events, or even control real-life applications for streamers. We’ll dive deeper into this below.

So how does interactivity work? Say no more – we have quite a few fun and quirky examples that help paint the picture for Beam’s interactive functionality:

Has all of this made you want to add interactivity into your own streams? You’re in luck – we’ve made it super easy with Beam Interactive 2.0, the first groundbreaking step in bringing exciting and unique interactive integrations to every streamer tomorrow. Beam Interactive 2.0 paves the way for a flexible, extensible system that will drive interactive experiences with Beam into the future. Visit our Beam Developers page for more information and to get started.

Don’t forget – today’s theme for Beam Theme Week is Onesie Wednesday! If you want to join in on the festivities as a streamer, simply change the game played field to one of the theme week titles so other viewers can find you. You can find all the participating streamers here.

Lastly, be sure to check out all of our Beam Theme Week on Xbox Wire posts:


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