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Re:The impact of the ‘open’ workspace on human collaboration by misja111 on Tuesday July 03, 2018 @07:11AM (#17449193)
"an F2F interaction was recorded when three conditions were met: two or more badges (i) were facing each other (with uninterrupted infrared line-of-sight), (ii) detected alternating speaking, and (iii) were within 10 m of each other."

I wonder if condition (i) makes sense. From my experience in open offices, communication mostly happens when I and some colleague are both sitting behind our pc's. So there is no uninterrupted line of sight.

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Re:The impact of the ‘open’ workspace on human collaboration by jordandeang on Tuesday July 03, 2018 @01:14PM (#17451937)
I was thinking the same thing.

Based on the image of the Sociometric badge and how it lays on your chest, it seems like this condition would miss a large portion of the communication that an open office incentivizes including talking over your computers, turning your head to the side and speaking, and speaking without being face to face.

EDIT: grammar

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