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Finally, someone has figured out a way for us to be able to watch the world happen with our eyes, instead of making sure it's a clear video for our Snapchat story. That person is creative video maker Casey Neistat, who has designed an app called Beme (pronounced "beam") that lets you record short, four-second videos that disappear after you watch them. Now, I know what you're thinking. Why would I need another app that does the same thing as Snapchat?
This iOS-only app is uniquely designed to record videos by placing your phone over your heart, which is activated with the proximity sensor on your iPhone. You can obviously cheat the system by even placing your finger over the top proximity sensor while you record, but putting it up to your chest is a cool idea, too. The feature that really stands out to me is that you can't preview what you record before you post it. You just hold up your phone, record, and it automatically posts for you. People are now seeing what you see at that exact moment instead of seeing the world through edits and filters.
Neistat also explains that there are no likes or comments on his app. To view a video on Beme, you hold your finger down on a user's name. If you want to send a reaction or comment to your friend's video, you move your finger or tap with your other finger on the screen to send a reaction selfie. It's an amusing way to get a good laugh and I enjoy seeing everyone's reactions when I click on the reactions tab.
You actually don't have to send a reaction selfie to every video that you watch, but I found it a fun and different benefit to the app. Oh, and for all you selfie fanatics out there: you can send as many reaction selfies as you want by continuously touching the screen. Go get your selfie on.
Now, I don't know about you, but I am so over the hype of Snapchat. I love the app but I'm tired of seeing everyone's filtered lives and trying to make my life look as exciting as possible with my edited stories. As soon as I watched Neistat's "Meet Beme" video on Youtube, I immediately downloaded the app from Apple's App Store. To my surprise, I couldn't gain access to it.
This app was only released to a select few in LA and NYC, as well as the developers, who were given a special code to open the app. Once you gain access to Beme, you are able to generate your own code and give it to other people via text, Twitter and other social media platforms, who have already downloaded the app. If you can't find someone who has the code, you, unfortunately, have to wait about 100 days for Beme to have unrestricted access.
The reason behind the small release was so Beme can be tested to a select amount of users. Neistat says in his recent vlog that he will be giving out an access code after the update later this week. The update will be a nicer and more improved version to work out the bugs and make it more complete.
Casey also suggests not to download the app until then, but I get too excited to wait for things. After I downloaded the app, I was lucky enough to be given an access code via text to unlock Beme. At first I was a little confused by what I should do. I followed some friends and once I posted my first Beme, I fell in love.
The app is so new and refreshing and unique. It's actually really fun to record with the proximity sensor. I am able to interact with what I am recording instead of watching it though the screen of my iPhone. No more filters. No more editing. It's now time to see the world how it's supposed to be seen: though your eyes not your eye-phone.





















