Re:2021 will demand new kinds of video conferencing
by ct0 on Sunday January 10, 2021 @06:30PM
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I agree, seeing my self during a zoom call is similar to looking in the mirror at myself while in a meeting, i've never done it in person, and would be very odd to see someone do it during a meeting. Ive been trying out new approaches to tackling the "looking in the mirror" tendency I get while in a virtual call. So far, the simplest and most effective is just minimizing the zoom call all together and listening to everything. I've never needed to see myself during a meeting before, why do I need to now?
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Re:2021 will demand new kinds of video conferencing
by superchink on Sunday January 10, 2021 @07:30PM
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Interesting! I have noticed this is a thing for me as well. I have found that by disabling the display of my own video, I feel much more relaxed. I highly recommend you give this a try.
Re:2021 will demand new kinds of video conferencing
by jborichevskiy on Sunday January 10, 2021 @10:32PM
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This has worked for me, but when on a handheld device I'm paranoid of cutting half of my face off or keeping myself in a weird position.
I wish it had a two-tone high-contrast filtered version of myself, that I could use merely for positioning. Might be a potential solve?
Re:2021 will demand new kinds of video conferencing
by chime on Sunday January 10, 2021 @11:27PM
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I suggested to the folks behind pop.com, which does not show your face to you, to implement some form of indirect feedback mechanism when your face is aligned and centered. I thought maybe a small face+camera icon that turns red/yellow/green depending on whether your face is not visible, sideways/non-centered, or centered and in focus. That way even if you don't see yourself, at least you will know that others can see you fine.
Re:2021 will demand new kinds of video conferencing
by Ali_Jiwani on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @11:02AM
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Who are these folks? I have a tonne of suggestions and would love to give feedback!
Re:2021 will demand new kinds of video conferencing
by fredophile on Monday January 11, 2021 @12:25AM
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This should be trivial for the people at zoom to add. They already split the background and foreground in the video for displaying images that aren't the wall/messy room behind you.