Google Duo, a simple 1-to-1 video calling app

Re:Google Duo, a simple 1-to-1 video calling app by natrius on Tuesday August 16, 2016 @02:44AM (#12295925)

Now that people are coming up with ways to put people's real facial expressions in VR, most video calls are probably going to be replaced with avatars generated from your face that use your facial expressions captured by the front-facing camera.

https://vimeo.com/156034648

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Re:Google Duo, a simple 1-to-1 video calling app by ethanbond on Tuesday August 16, 2016 @07:46AM (#12296767)

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace has a remarkable little snippet on this. I'll try to find it and respond back.

Edit: http://declineofscarcity.com/?page_id=2527

Published in 1996

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Re:Google Duo, a simple 1-to-1 video calling app by starquake on Tuesday August 16, 2016 @02:49AM (#12295937)

I think a floating head is a lot scarier than people not looking directly at me...

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Re:Google Duo, a simple 1-to-1 video calling app by carey on Tuesday August 16, 2016 @02:58AM (#12295967)

I was imagining something a bit more like http://store.steampowered.com/app/274920.

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Re:Google Duo, a simple 1-to-1 video calling app by mrdan on Tuesday August 16, 2016 @04:39AM (#12296219)

Or as in Ghost in the Shell. Hard to tell since it's a cartoon, but their video calls always seemed like they were supposed to be looking at a representation of the other person: https://youtu.be/bv3Xyt-0V6s?t=4m30s

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