Put your headphones in and walk down Haight Street and the psychedelic 60s: the houses, the venues, the stuff most people walk right past
The house Janis lived in. The house the Grateful Dead lived in (and the raid that put it on the front page). The places the scene was actually born, and the darker stuff from the years it all fell apart. Acid, speed, the free clinic.
I'm fascinated by this stuff, so I built an immersive experience where you walk around those places and, as you reach each spot, a story plays about what happened there — tied to exactly where you're.
There are: one for the psychedelic 60s scene and one for main spots around pier 39 (including Alcatraz escape where it guides you around)
It's not a flat narrator droning at you. It's built like a real piece of audio so you feel like in the past: sound effects, multiple voices, actual documented quotes from people who were there. Less like reading a sign, more like the street itself is telling you what happened.
About 20 minutes, roughly a mile, and it's free.
Small thing: I'm a solo dev and a backpacker who had been in +40 countries. And this is an early beta. I'm quietly testing it with real people before I build more walks. If you walk it, I'd love honest feedback after.
I tried doing in-person testing at Pier 39 last weekend and it was rough. Cold-approaching tourists with "hey try my app" doesn't work - people assume scam. So I'm trying Reddit.
But mostly I just made something I think this sub would dig.
It's here:
- Is it fun?
- What do you think would be interesting to add here about SF?
- Anyone interested in helping building more like that?