Re:The Social Recession: By the Numbers
by marze on Sunday October 23, 2022 @10:41PM
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The virtual presence tech should be near equivalent to in-person interactions within four years.
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Our voice communication software isn’t even near equivalent to in-person voice communication yet, and it is rather mature technology at this point. Consider how much easier an in-person conversation with multiple people interrupting each other or even talking simultaneously goes, compared to the awkwardness of a zoom call where nobody is willing to even unmute to laugh since it draws focus away from whoever was previously talking, is inevitably poorly timed due to network delay, and in general slows everything down.
I think solving even this problem could take more than four years, and it is only a fraction of the puzzle for equivalency to in-person interactions.
Re:The Social Recession: By the Numbers
by randomdata on Monday October 24, 2022 @02:58AM
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> compared to the awkwardness of a zoom call where nobody is willing to even unmute to laugh since it draws focus away from whoever was previously talking
I've never noticed anyone doing that when on calls with friends. I have in meetings at work, but there people hide on mute because they don't really want to be there in the first place and are probably off aimlessly browsing the web or trying to catch up on actual work. In the scant few work meetings that are purposeful and engaging, however, I've found plenty of laughter.