The "bring people on stage" layer of Nyburs Live. A viewer raises a hand, the host accepts, and the full-bleed dark camera stage splits into clean mobile tiles as guests join — 1, 2, then 3 (host + 3 = the realistic portrait cap). Beyond that, requests wait in the queue. The host keeps control of every tile; viewers keep their comments and hearts. Each card is tagged with where it sits on the roadmap.
A watching neighbour taps Raise hand on the right rail to ask to come on as a guest. It flips to "Request sent ✋" — they keep watching while they wait for the host. Comments & hearts stay live throughout.
A badge on the host's Stage button shows pending hands. Tap to open the sheet: each waiting neighbour with name, locality and one-tap Accept / Decline. Accepting publishes their camera and adds a tile.
The cleanest split for portrait: stacked 50/50. Host on top, guest below. Each tile has its own name label and a mic dot — here the guest is mic-on (green). One ● LIVE marks the host as the broadcaster.
Host gets the wide top tile; the two guests share the bottom row. Balanced and readable in portrait. Mic dots per tile — the second guest is muted (red mic). Each tile keeps its own label.
The full house: a clean 2×2 grid of equal tiles — the realistic mobile cap. Every tile has a label and a mic dot; the host keeps a ● LIVE marker. Anyone else who raises a hand now waits in the queue.
The host taps any guest tile to open a small control popover — Mute guest or Remove from stage. The stage is full (host + 3), so a 4th request stays in the queue until a seat opens — shown as a clear notice.
How a regular viewer sees the 2×2 grid — same tiles and labels, with the normal viewer chrome over it: host header, ❤ + Raise-hand rail, scrolling comments and a composer. Reactions never stop, even with four people on stage.
The other direction: the host opens the audience list (toggle between Requests and Audience) and taps Invite on anyone — no raised hand needed. The viewer gets a prompt to accept. Same sheet, full host powers in one place.
The flip side of state 8. The viewer didn't raise a hand — the host invited them. A clear prompt appears over the video: Accept to go on stage (camera + mic) or Decline to keep watching. No surprise camera — the viewer always chooses.