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Call them daily and you would not have to "walk them through using Zoom". Better still use something like Telegram where calling is as easy as sending an SMS an
by the_third_wave 3y ago
Call them daily and you would not have to "walk them through using Zoom". Better still use something like Telegram where calling is as easy as sending an SMS and they'll call you instead. I use a combination of Nextcloud Talk, Telegram, Jitsi Talk running on my own server and Conversations (Android XMPP app) connecting to my own XMPP server to keep in contact with my mother (85) who lives in the Netherlands while I live in Sweden. We call every day, sometimes more often. She has no problems figuring out how to use the tech since she's been doing it every day for years.
I'm not going to introduce VR either but not because she would not understand the technology. It just does not add anything real over what video calling already offers. Maybe AR if and when retinal projection ever gets to be a thing, when the headset is no heavier than a normal pair of glasses, when it is not encumbered by an overly bossy company like Apple, maybe then. Not as long as you need to don a $4K pair of ski goggles which lock you out of the real world to suck you into some corporate mimicry.
- garrickvanburen 3y agoIt's awesome you're comfortable maintaining servers to support the tech, and ensuring it works daily. Not all of us prioritize server admin the same way. > I'm not going to introduce VR either...it just does not add anything real over what video calling already offers. ^ this is the key point.