After spending years building next-level video conference systems, I reluctantly came to the conclusion that even perfect video and audio, with the ability to m

After spending years building next-level video conference systems, I reluctantly came to the conclusion that even perfect video and audio, with the ability to move around independently, didn't come close to being there in person. A hypothesis I haven't seen falsified is that smell or pheromones are part of the human bonding mechanism, even for business relationships. Another thing you lose through videoconference is the potential for violence. Even though it almost never happens in business meetings, perhaps there is a part of our evolved brain that's active when interacting with someone who could, in principle, punch you if you offended them, and even business relationships are affected by this. Underneath our sophisticated neocortex lives the brain of a small mammal.