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Author is bashing VR but what if conferences in 3d environments are a better solution than skype? People use 3d / metaverse solutions for education for example,
by return0 9y ago
Author is bashing VR but what if conferences in 3d environments are a better solution than skype? People use 3d / metaverse solutions for education for example, because it's a compelling solution. A gaming environment may in fact be more productive than looking at 100 thumbnails of participant faces.
- beaconstudios 9y agovideo conferencing is appealing because we communicate as much through body language and facial cues as by voice. We evolved to communicate face-to-face and end up missing out on a lot of information if we only represent ourselves with our voices and a visual avatar.
- Nemo157 9y agoA large part of the body language component is reproducible today with hand trackers + head orientation. In terms of facial cues there have been some interesting demos with gaze tracking being reproduced onto the visual avatar.
- beaconstudios 9y agobut have we gotten past the uncanny valley yet? I've seen this attempted previously but it always seems very "off" in a way that engenders distrust. When we could just fix video streaming, it seems redundant to try to accurately replicate body language in a 3d avatar.
- jedikv 9y agoIf the cost and cumbersome nature of VR can be reduced to bring it in line with just putting on a set of headphones and still be aware of the outside environment, sure.