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Being able to feel like another person in the room is enough for me to reconsider working from home. As of right now I strongly have a preference for in person,
by throwaway3699 5y ago
Being able to feel like another person in the room is enough for me to reconsider working from home. As of right now I strongly have a preference for in person, but I do acknowledge most people prefer commute and cost benefits over productivity.
The state of video conferencing today is a poor one and I'm very excited for something that can change the industry like this.
- sneak 5y agoI'm right there with you, and I use a 4k camera and a boom mic and headphones and wired ethernet to videoconference now: I have been regularly complaining about the low resolution and framerates of current videoconferencing systems (10-15fps, 720p, low bitrate - and that's the highest quality setting available!). If Google wanted to make me believe they care about videoconferencing quality, they'd have a 4k 60fps option that auto-enables in Meet if it detects everyone on the call is on wired gigabit with a 4k camera.
- ghaff 5y agoAnd most people won't have wired gigabit and can't,
- sneak 5y agoA lot of residential areas in the US have gigabit options, in some cases symmetric. There are lots that have 1000mbps down/40mbps up cable. Even 100mbps is sufficient for a 1-on-1 4k video call, as high-bitrate 4k is 30-40mbps. Most commercial office buildings in business districts have it available. Even Starlink (20mbps up) should be sufficient for 1-1 30fps 4k videoconferencing with a lower bitrate.
- dboreham 5y ago40mbit != gigabit
- throwaway3699 5y agoThey will eventually. Hopefully the ISP monopolies are broken again.
- vbezhenar 5y ago50 megabits is enough for most scenes in 4K Blu-ray. 10 megabits should be enough for 4K stream with good enough quality.