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Innovation is going in the wrong direction. I'd love if smartphone providers were building cameras with fancier camera covers, that the user could control. The
by everdrive 6y ago
Innovation is going in the wrong direction. I'd love if smartphone providers were building cameras with fancier camera covers, that the user could control. The last thing I want is a camera behind the screen that I can't even see.
And yes, I know that some have suggested that this will fix the uncanny valley effect during video calls by allowing viewers to look directly at each other rather than upwards, towards a camera. This will not fix it. There are other things causing this effect, such as latency, lighting, lack of a view of full body posture, etc.
- dTal 6y agoThe main reason this particular iteration won't fix it is that it's right on the screen edge, which will not coincide with your partner's eyes (or you'd be cutting off their head). Also you would both need one in order to make eye contact happen. >There are other things causing this effect, such as latency, lighting, lack of a view of full body posture, etc. I don't believe this. The main uncanny effect is definitely that we're constantly staring past each other, like we're distracted. Latency is bad, but not nearly as bad as that.
- ojilles 6y agoWould love to simply not have a camera bump. After all the investments in (I)phone design, it’s the elephant in the room.
- sudosysgen 6y agoThe camera cant really take a useful picture with the leds in front of it on. So you would be able to know when it's being used.