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1. Echoing all the comments here, can’t see google keeping this around for 5+ years 2. I feel like the main thing holding back a normal video meeting or even v
by buildbot 4y ago
1. Echoing all the comments here, can’t see google keeping this around for 5+ years
2. I feel like the main thing holding back a normal video meeting or even voice call is latency - latency leads to the awkward pauses or interruptions that for me cause the most “connection friction”. If anyone here has talked on an actual landline recently, it feels qualitatively better than a teams voice call for example due to the decreased latency and ability to both talk at once. Solve this, and you solve 90% of the problem, imo
- bawolff 4y agoI think there has been some research suggesting that lack of eye contact (the camera is not where the person's face is) has a really large unconcious affect on how people interact.
- judge2020 4y agoApple fixed this[0] but I don’t personally use FaceTime much so I’d be interested to see if people find it creepy or better. 0: https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/how-to-use-eye-contact-feature-in-iphone-and-ipad/articleshow/91467852.cms https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/how-to-use-eye-cont...
- jefftk 4y agoLatency isn't actually that hard to fix: if both connections are wired (both internet and headphones / speakers) you can get round trip latency down to about 15ms which is good enough to feel immediate and on par with POTS. It's just a matter of getting your coworkers onto ethernet, and convincing them to give up their Bluetooth headphones...
- MauranKilom 4y ago> you can get round trip latency down to about 15ms (...if everyone is within about 1000 miles).
- jefftk 4y agoTrue! Light at 5ms per 1k miles (each way) sets a hard limit on latency.