feat: Implement Real-time Live Emoji Reactions for Rooms

[Sai-Adithya-M]

🚀 The feature

Implement a real-time emoji reaction system using LiveKit data channels.

Requirements

• UI: A floating emoji animation on the room screen and a selector bar.
• Real-time: Broadcast reactions to all room participants instantly.
• Feedback: Optimistic local updates for the sender; remote updates for others.

Motivation, pitch

Listeners in rooms currently can't interact without unmuting. Live reactions (❤️, 😂, etc.) will allow for instant, non-verbal feedback, boosting engagement and making rooms feel more alive.

[github-actions]

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[ionfwsrijan]

@Sai-Adithya-M
Hi there,

I’m Srijan Jaiswal, and I’m eager to contribute to this project as part of my open-source contribution. I have reviewed this issue and feel confident that I can provide a solution since I have experience working with similar technologies in my past projects. Could you please assign this issue to me? I’d love to work on it and contribute to the project.

Best regards,
Srijan Jaiswal

[Sai-Adithya-M]

@Sai-Adithya-M Hi there,

I’m Srijan Jaiswal, and I’m eager to contribute to this project as part of my open-source contribution. I have reviewed this issue and feel confident that I can provide a solution since I have experience working with similar technologies in my past projects. Could you please assign this issue to me? I’d love to work on it and contribute to the project.

Best regards, Srijan Jaiswal

hi @ionfwsrijan ,

Probably you are mistaken, I am also a fellow contributor like yourself.Over here u need to raise an issue and then try to solve it(raise a pr).If you are really interested in this particular issue, you can leave a message here asking the maintainer Madhav to assign this issue to you as well.Remember, no need to work on only currently open issues, once you get an idea, you can create an issue by yourself and work on it to raise a PR.
Hoping that this message was helpful

Best regards,
Adithya

[ionfwsrijan]

@Sai-Adithya-M could we talk somewhere in personal? im yet just a beginner and eager to know how this thing works.