The comment about hybrid meeting rings true for me. 5 people in one box and 3 others in their own is just a strange dynamic. The idea that we got phone calls

The comment about hybrid meeting rings true for me. 5 people in one box and 3 others in their own is just a strange dynamic. The idea that we got phone calls with video and that’s somehow bad is strange to me. This was sci-fi for a long time. Latency could be better, but you can beam a video to your friend around the world from a cab. In terms of there being nothing more to explore, Google’s Project Starline shows what the next gen can look like, the vision pro is producing photo realistic 3d avatars, and civil engineering is giving holographic presentations. Some of the slow rollout is just people not knowing what’s possible. For example, Teams allows you to overlay yourself in videos, you can hold polls, you can raise hands and take turns, you can transcribe the meeting, record it for others, get automatic attendance reports, and do much more than just a PowerPoint slides. This is just a general tech problem, tools are built for engaging communication but people still just throw up a few bullet points for half an hour.