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Re:New XPS 13 Developer Edition Lands in Europe, United Stat... by sundvor on Sunday November 27, 2016 @08:36AM (#13049045)
Might be good if you don't type touch then. It'll look like you're looking at the camera (them) more often. (As for myself, I'd just look arrogant...)

The minute someone can magic out a way to turn a monitor into a multi point camera, add some eye tracking logic and integrate that with the conference display, we'll have a small video teleconference revolution on our hands.

Unfortunately, doing a search I see that Apple has already thought of that.. http://appleinsider.com/articles/09/01/08/apple_files_patent...

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Re:New XPS 13 Developer Edition Lands in Europe, United Stat... by 20161112 on Sunday November 27, 2016 @08:53AM (#13049122)
A bit 1984 for my tastes. I still put tape over my laptop webcam.
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Re:New XPS 13 Developer Edition Lands in Europe, United Stat... by andrepd on Sunday November 27, 2016 @10:10AM (#13049503)
As you should. If Zuckerberg does it so do you.
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Re:New XPS 13 Developer Edition Lands in Europe, United Stat... by sliken on Sunday November 27, 2016 @03:14PM (#13051229)
The real answer is a 3d camera. That way you can actually make eye contact and interact much more realistically. Fortunately the apple patent doesn't seem to apply.
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Re:New XPS 13 Developer Edition Lands in Europe, United Stat... by sundvor on Monday November 28, 2016 @01:41AM (#13053830)
Ah, yes, that sounds like what we need! Eye contact is lost with today's cameras, and solving this would have a great impact on remote communications.
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