Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other offices from April 4

Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by com2kid on Thursday March 03, 2022 @02:38PM (#30545679)

> These people have bought noise cancelling headphones, so when they join a meeting everyone else it bothered.

Noise cancelling headphones have directional mics that typically do a very good job of only picking up the wearer's voice.

If people really want to sound clear, a headset with a mic boom is every better. 0 background noise gets through.

These are all very well solved problems.

Heck my laptop back in 2005 (!!!) had a directional mic array. I could use an included utility app to control where in the room I wanted the mic to record from, I could record from in front of my laptop when going to lectures, or have the mics pointed at me when recording myself.

(That was a super cool laptop!)

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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by nextlevelwizard on Thursday March 03, 2022 @03:11PM (#30546205)

What can I say? That shit doesn't block kids crying or TV shows, because I hear them at least weekly if not daily during meetings.

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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by CheBuzz on Friday March 04, 2022 @03:57PM (#30560462)

I think he was suggesting that the technology exists (and I confirm) not necessarily that all of your tele-coworkers are utilizing that technology.

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