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If there's a confirmation to "unblur" (e.g. "pick up") and your can't see people when you're "blurred" (e.g. "not on the call") then this works exactly like reg
by remram 5y ago
If there's a confirmation to "unblur" (e.g. "pick up") and your can't see people when you're "blurred" (e.g. "not on the call") then this works exactly like regular Zoom/Meet. It just has strictly less privacy because you show a blurred video instead of no video.
Why not use something like Discord, where you can hear people in the background, and toggle your mic/output with a single button?
The idea of a presence indicator is good I think, but people are going to forget to leave the call when they step out. You'll see a blurred view of their empty room and not know who's available. That is, if they don't have a physical camera cover that they slide in the whole time they're not in a call.
- twobitshifter 5y agoI disagree, I think this is an marginal improvement over zoom. With this, you can’t see others on the call without both people turning on their web cam. Zoom allows people to keep their camera off and see the rest of the group. I think this is more like a feature than a company at this point though.
- remram 5y agoThat's only true if you don't have a camera cover (or anything on your desk you can use as cover). Pretty quickly someone is going to go "I'm sick I look awful, I'm keeping my camera cover on" and that's just like Zoom. Though I agree there's a stronger incentive to have camera on (is that a good thing? Does that help creating "a sense of privacy"?)