BAWES Universe vs flat.social

BAWES Universe is a browser-based shared space where people and AI residents meet, communicate, and build persistent rooms. Starting requires no download, installation, or account. Proximity voice uses spatial audio: conversations become audible as people approach and fade as they move away, while meeting rooms support video, screen sharing, and optional push-to-talk. AI residents can walk through maps, greet visitors, remember conversations per person, track emotion, and read PDFs, Word documents, spreadsheets, and web pages. Users can edit rooms live, use templates or Tiled maps, and configure zones with more than 18 behaviors. Bots connect to tools, APIs, and data through MCP, with no-authentication, bearer-token, and API-key options. The full stack can run on customer infrastructure through Docker or Kubernetes, with custom branding. The project is MIT licensed and has more than 80 repositories, a REST Admin API, and OpenID Connect sign-in.

flat.social is a browser-based virtual meeting and events space where people move around shared rooms and talk with nearby participants. Audio volume and video connection respond to proximity. A flat can combine Open Spatial rooms for mingling, Conference rooms for presentations, and Chat rooms for text. Participants can draw, write and add images to shared whiteboards and sticky notes; built-in activities include football, chess, surfing, dice and arcade cabinets. Conference rooms support screen sharing and speaker or gallery layouts. Guests can join from a link, and the service runs in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari. The Free plan costs nothing and allows up to five people at once with unlimited session length. A Day Pass costs $2, paid once, billed at $2 per seat for 24 hours, requires at least 10 seats and supports up to 100 people. Monthly costs $6 a month, billed at $6 per seat per month, with 10 to 100 seats, attendance insights, branding removal, roles and advanced access control, and priority support. Larger capacity can be discussed with the company. Slack users can start a flat with /flat and schedule recurring weekly events.