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I always found Zoom great for latency and communication. For some reason Google vid hangouts had us unintentionally interrupting each other more frequently - do
by dv_dt 3y ago
I always found Zoom great for latency and communication. For some reason Google vid hangouts had us unintentionally interrupting each other more frequently - don't know if they've improved that now. I think it's one hidden reason Zoom got more popular so quickly over other vid conf offerings.
- rektide 3y agoLatency is only one of the problems. Most of these services seem to handle audio in a way where they are picking one person as the speaker, and muting or ducking everyone else's audio. Practices like cooperative overlap are technologically inhibited.
- dv_dt 3y agoSeems like a reasonable feature to more productive meetings in general? In-person meetings can degenerate to unproductive noise if people can't speak in turn. If you don't want the "talking stick" pattern there are other remote spaces where one can all meet online and have multiple conversations simultaneously.
- rektide 3y agoLike what?
- dv_dt 3y agohttps://www.gather.town/ https://www.gather.town/ I feel like is one of the more mature, but there are multiple demos where locational audio meeting can happen. https://www.meetup.com/blog/virtual-gathering-tools-for-your-next-online-event/ https://www.meetup.com/blog/virtual-gathering-tools-for-your...