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I hate having to wear anything on my face, much less a pair of screens beaming the simulacrum directly into my eyes. To me, there is so little gained in visuall
by whytaka 6y ago
I hate having to wear anything on my face, much less a pair of screens beaming the simulacrum directly into my eyes. To me, there is so little gained in visually looking at others in presentations I find it shocking people care so much. With people I’ve never met, I do one introductory video chat to show I’m a real person. Anytime after it’s purely voice or screen sharing.
All the emotional cues are there in the voice and with less lag from not having video hog up all the bandwidth, I find the smaller latency aids in smoother conversations.
- cheerlessbog 6y agoI am not able to fully pick up on emotional cues without video. There is a reason we use facial expressions when talking in person. For a technical discussion it doesn't matter - for a personal connection it does. Another advantage of video is you can distinguish "thinking" from "frozen". Plus, you can tell when they're confused, or have a question.
- GordonS 6y agoI also have a "thing" about putting things on my face, I don't even like touching it. I absolutely hate the idea of having to wear a mask, and having hot breath steaming up my face... makes me cringe just thinking about it. Thankfully I'm one of the lucky ones that was working from home even before COVID.