Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star...
by erelde on Monday February 06, 2017 @07:18AM
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I say that because: depending on those factors (and some others like lense type, focus etc) the difference between the angle eye/screen and eye/camera is insignificant...
You just have to draw a schema to understand.
3 to 5 meters is a good distance for a video conference.
Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star...
by btmorex on Monday February 06, 2017 @10:59AM
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Interesting that you think it's insignificant. A lot of group photos are taken at 3 to 5 meters away and it's immediately obvious who's looking directly into the camera and who isn't...
Re:Ask HN: What is the biggest untapped opportunity for star...
by metafunctor on Monday February 06, 2017 @09:18AM
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It's not insignificant. Humans are pretty good in determining whether someone is making eye contact or not. At 5 meters, we can easily detect a 10cm deviation in gaze direction [1].
Also, I'd like to be (or feel like I am) much closer than 5 meters when talking with someone.
[1] http://tachilab.org/content/files/publication/tp/imai200604P...
There's a long, long way to go before video conferencing feels more like an actual face-to-face conversation, and it hasn't really changed much in the past 10 years.
I mean, the main complaint against remote work seems to be that there's still no substitute for an actual face-to-face conversation. That IS a tech problem that CAN be solved with tech. The current tech is woefully inadequate.