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In my living room? In my hand? On my desk? I've got a smart display sitting there which can do video calls, which is basically a video phone, and my smartphone
by russellbeattie 4y ago
In my living room? In my hand? On my desk? I've got a smart display sitting there which can do video calls, which is basically a video phone, and my smartphone and laptop have a variety of ways to do video calls. I can even attach a webcam to my streaming media box on my HDTV and do a zoom call.
The title should have been, "We're living in the future!"
- gumby 4y agoI agree but HN rules say that the submitted title has to match the article's title.
- Synaesthesia 4y agoWe're literally living the reality envisioned in "Back to the Future 2" where they video chat each other ...
- olyjohn 4y agoThere's no interoperability between services. We really don't have a video calling standard or anything. It's great that you can use 50 proprietary services, but have you ever called anybody without asking "Do you use Zoom/FaceTime/Teams, etc?" No, you have to get in touch with them before hand and arrange the video call or install some client application. You can't just give someone a number and make a video call like you can with a traditional phone. Nobody ever asks me who my cell phone carrier is to make sure we can make a phone call.