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I wonder if there's good ways to connect your offices via connections in physical locations, always on. I envisage a whole wall that's a screen with a camera,
by hugh4 11y ago
I wonder if there's good ways to connect your offices via connections in physical locations, always on.
I envisage a whole wall that's a screen with a camera, acting like a portal to a different office location. Stick it in a corridor or a tearoom, a common area where people can just encounter one another at random and chat. If you want to have an in-depth talk with someone at another office, send them a message asking to meet at one of the portal locations rather than scheduling a Skype session. Encourage people to meet and introduce themselves to people they happen to see through the portal.
Does anyone do this kind of thing?
- jon-wood 11y agoAtlassian did exactly that, scattering large displays with a permanent audio/video link to an equivalent in another office around their hallways.
- crazysim 11y agoWould you happen to know what software setup they have for this?
- mondo 11y agoWhere I work it has been done with Google Chrome Boxes. It's a video conferencing platform for Hangouts.
- JBlue42 11y agoWe have someone working remotely through Hangouts. Unfortunately, he has to reconnect a few times a day because the call quality drops after a couple hours. Have you experienced similar?
- swampthinker 11y agoMy friends and I often use Teamspeak when gaming and general socializing. It's very much like sitting down in a room and being able to talk to everyone. I wonder if there is a professional market for this? Something like a Slack for audio.