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Bet your manager’s manager’s manager will get one. Then your manager’s manager. Then your manager. If you sit on Zoom calls all day it sounds amazing.

etempleton 4y ago
What part of having something strapped to your face all day while on Zoom calls sounds amazing? As someone who spends all day on zoom calls this is the last thing I want.
- p1esk 4y ago
  Not having to sit sounds pretty amazing. Assuming it can match my monitor quality. I think of a headset as headphones for your eyes.
  - etempleton 4y ago
    What do you look like to other people on the Zoom call? What are they seeing? If it is your avatar that is going to be a no go for most executives. They want to see your real face.
    - popcalc 4y ago
      New use case for Memojis /s
    - p1esk 4y ago
      I look like the screen I’m sharing. If I’m not sharing, my voice is enough. The only exception could a job interview. However, I don’t see why it would be a problem to render my face using AI given there’s already head and eye tracking going on.
  - kibwen 4y ago
    I'm unclear what's being suggested here. The "headphones for your eyes" analogy is incorrect, because if you're on a call, then you can listen via headphones while, for example, making food, or taking care of children, or doing chores. But you can't do any of those things if you can't see your surroundings. Taking over your vision is far more disruptive than taking over your hearing. You might as well be sitting.
    - p1esk 4y ago
      I don’t always need to pay full visual attention to what’s on screen, and I assume there will be a way to keep someone’s boring slide presentation on a side while cooking or walking.
  - rocketbop 4y ago
    > Not having to sit sounds pretty amazing. Well you’re not going to be able to walk around unless it’s some AR mix, but I can imagine it being very confusing, with trips over furniture galore.
    - p1esk 4y ago
      Sure, we need to try it before judging one way or another.
rsynnott 4y ago
That… doesn’t sound particularly amazing. As someone who sits in a lot of Zoom calls, I’m not sure I’ve ever found myself thinking “I wish this was more intrusive”.

etempleton 4y ago

What part of having something strapped to your face all day while on Zoom calls sounds amazing? As someone who spends all day on zoom calls this is the last thing I want.

p1esk 4y ago
Not having to sit sounds pretty amazing. Assuming it can match my monitor quality. I think of a headset as headphones for your eyes.
- etempleton 4y ago
  What do you look like to other people on the Zoom call? What are they seeing? If it is your avatar that is going to be a no go for most executives. They want to see your real face.
  - popcalc 4y ago
    New use case for Memojis /s
  - p1esk 4y ago
    I look like the screen I’m sharing. If I’m not sharing, my voice is enough. The only exception could a job interview. However, I don’t see why it would be a problem to render my face using AI given there’s already head and eye tracking going on.
- kibwen 4y ago
  I'm unclear what's being suggested here. The "headphones for your eyes" analogy is incorrect, because if you're on a call, then you can listen via headphones while, for example, making food, or taking care of children, or doing chores. But you can't do any of those things if you can't see your surroundings. Taking over your vision is far more disruptive than taking over your hearing. You might as well be sitting.
  - p1esk 4y ago
    I don’t always need to pay full visual attention to what’s on screen, and I assume there will be a way to keep someone’s boring slide presentation on a side while cooking or walking.
- rocketbop 4y ago
  > Not having to sit sounds pretty amazing. Well you’re not going to be able to walk around unless it’s some AR mix, but I can imagine it being very confusing, with trips over furniture galore.
  - p1esk 4y ago
    Sure, we need to try it before judging one way or another.

rsynnott 4y ago

That… doesn’t sound particularly amazing. As someone who sits in a lot of Zoom calls, I’m not sure I’ve ever found myself thinking “I wish this was more intrusive”.