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Re:2021 will demand new kinds of video conferencing by jborichevskiy on Sunday January 10, 2021 @10:32PM (#25724079)
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 (#25724514)
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 (#25748644)
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 (#25724933)
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.