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   by calchris42 10y ago

   Would be amazing if we can actually reduce our oil demand BEFORE we run out. Nice job Tesla using beautiful tech where policy seems to have failed.
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   by calchris42 10y ago

   Good point. Any ideas come to mind how to solve this with technology or UX improvements? This does relate to one of my points in the blog post. The current experience is not conversational, and instead ends up with the speaker "present
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   by calchris42 10y ago

   Awesome. Thanks for the specific recommendations! We know we need to get a designer on this soon. But those we can do easily enough.
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   by calchris42 10y ago

   Thanks. (we did try the other method too)
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   by calchris42 10y ago

   Agreed that quality audio is key. But poor, stuttering video can really be distracting. In Locus we will typically just stop a video stream before allowing the stuttering experience.
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   by calchris42 10y ago

   In my last job we used Skype for Business. Worked decently once we got connected. But invariably it would take 10 minutes for everyone to actually get connected with working audio. And actually we typically only used audio, so didn't e
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   by calchris42 10y ago

   We've addressed "some" of these problems in our new app: Locus ( https://inthelocus.com ). It's still new and improving, but we'd love any feedback. Thanks! Btw. we do use WebRTC and it has worked quite ni
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   by calchris42 10y ago

   Maybe 50-50? Things like minimizing your own video are certainly not hard technical problems. But some apparently UX issues could become hard tech. For example, analyzing mic signals to detect speech vs. background noise to make the experie
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   It’s 2016, why is video conferencing still terrible?(medium.com)

   26 points by calchris42 10y ago|33 comments
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    by calchris42 10y ago

    Thanks for the feedback! Btw. Locus is "room" in latin. Our goal is to make conferencing feel more like being together in a room. We do recognize that the design and messaging can be crisper. We are a team of 2 at the moment. The
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    by calchris42 10y ago

    Sounds useful. How large is your "large user base"? What is the cost?
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    by calchris42 10y ago

    Would love any thoughts. Agree that conferencing products are all the same and can use improvement? Or are you happy with your current experience? For more on our motivation for creating Locus: https://medium.com/@chris_821
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    Show HN: Video conferencing web app with positioned audio(inthelocus.com)

    7 points by calchris42 10y ago|5 comments