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The author is right about full duplex audio. My opinion is that manufacturers long neglected audio, incorrectly thinking that video and eye contact was the key
by zbuf 4y ago
The author is right about full duplex audio. My opinion is that manufacturers long neglected audio, incorrectly thinking that video and eye contact was the key to more natural conversation (the pandemic did do something to correct that, though)
We run https://cleanfeed.net/ https://cleanfeed.net/ to focus on full-duplex low latency audio (no video). Of course we are dealing mainly with studio environments and good quality equipment, making it a different challenge to a regular meeting tool.
But since the first prototype, we were using it ourselves as an "always on" line between developers. The ability to have 3 or 4-way conference in full duplex with low latency appeared to foster much more of a 'human' relationship than the meeting apps. The lack of picture may even have a positive effect, because it was part of privacy that made people more relaxed.
- habosa 4y agoThis x 100. In the normal office environment audio cues are pretty much the main thing you can't bring home. Just hearing small conversations going on around you and being able to passively process them and jump in and out as necessary is a game changer for collaboration. I have tried to build an "audio office" product based on low-latency spatial audio over the web but it's way too far outside my expertise. Glad to see that someone else is on it!
- brailsafe 4y agoThis freaks me out. You like ambiet conversation with discernible speech!? I had someone send me a recruiting message on Stack overflow jobs once about a product like this, and it's one of the few times I declined on the basis I fundamentally disagreed with its existence. How do you focus?
- bowsamic 4y ago.
- susodapop 4y agoWhile your statement is true it reads like a non sequitur because it misunderstands GP’s objection, which is not to others’ opinions but rather to unfiltered noise in the workplace. Or rather, to a product that pipes in noise that deliberately evades filtering. To focus properly I need silence or something equivalent. This has nothing to do with others or their opinion or my subjective evaluation of the same. It’s a matter of attention.
- brailsafe 4y agoYes, this was my interpretation. I don't mind cafes or whatever, because as many people mention, the blending together of all those convos is fine, and helps sometimes, but would lose my job in am office pretty quickly at this point. All it would take is one asshole crunching an Apple and I'm done