In his 1998 book, "Interactive Excellence," Edwin Schlossberg identified one key aspect of large group dynamics: A sense of audience. Particularly how much more enjoyable it is at, say, a concert, when you can experience—see and hear—others in the audience.

I have yet to see any remote technology that comes anywhere close to representing that golden sense of audience.

Thanks for the comment. Haven't read that book but that is the basic philosophy we have been thinking about. We are hoping our technology can provide that kind of ambience.

wholeheartedly agree! our project focuses on that part specifically - in a 3d environment https://twitter.com/NeeshStudio/status/1280492070805929984

for the last two bigger events we had a live-stream with the audience watching (together) on the big screen

We've been experimenting with Rally on/off for a while. A lot of other attempts at this try to replicate physical space for larger groups (avatars wit WASD controls etc.), and that seems unnecessarily ham-fisted shoving a 3D experience on a 2D screen.

Rally was the first one that felt natural, to leave and join a table, and for there to be a natural speaker "on stage".

Next it would be cool to see if we would hold these calls persistently so we can capture some of the serendipity of hearing conversations one table over when in person.

Kudos to the Rally team!