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The fatiguing effects of camera use in virtual meetings

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Re: The fatiguing effects of camera use in virtual meetings

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Post by underwater »

adelpozo wrote: post #7
woleium wrote: post #6

Just turn off self view. It's distracting and weird to see yourself in a meeting.

In the other hand, I look at myself. I place the selfview close to the lens and it appears that I am looking directly at the other party. Idk why it works but I find it smoothing and allows me to control how I am being seen. Just my personal experience.

If you extrapolate that then you have a bunch of people all staring at a video of themselves for the duration of the meeting. No one is looking at you, but you feel on display and mentally fatigue yourself for nothing.

Re: The fatiguing effects of camera use in virtual meetings

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Post by sharken »

thewhitetulip wrote: post #5
jcun4128 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I feel bad about it, used to have the stand up scrums and then just disappeared behind a computer oh well, been like that over a year and a half now. Only 1 out of say 10 people have their webcam on now used to be more early on.

It is tiring. Even more so for me as I joined remotely a few months ago in my new job. Knew 0 people in the new company!

Having the camera on is not a requirement for doing actual work. It can be nice to see your fellow coworkers, but it's no substitution for an actual physical meeting.

Having worked both in a remote and office setting, i much prefer the latter as it makes for better relations and getting to know people.

I guess remote work is just not for everyone.

Re: The fatiguing effects of camera use in virtual meetings

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Post by peakaboo »

crummy wrote: post #9

As someone in a leadership role is it more important to keep the camera on?

Yes it's an advantage if other team members feel inspired by seeing you on camera.

But if you don't like it, you have to decide if it's worth the discomfort to get that advantage.

The way it works is... You make a decision like that, people will ask you why. You explain it by saying you don't want to be on camera a few times. After a while it becomes normal and nobody ever asks again. It's very simple.

Re: The fatiguing effects of camera use in virtual meetings

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Post by haswell »

underwater wrote: post #12
adelpozo wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In the other hand, I look at myself. I place the selfview close to the lens and it appears that I am looking directly at the other party. Idk why it works but I find it smoothing and allows me to control how I am being seen. Just my personal experience.

If you extrapolate that then you have a bunch of people all staring at a video of themselves for the duration of the meeting. No one is looking at you, but you feel on display and mentally fatigue yourself for nothing.

I also keep an eye on my self view, but not continuously throughout the entire call. I'll still pay attention to the person speaking and scan the rest of the cams like I would if I were in a conference room.

Doesn't need to be a constant thing, but more like glancing in the rear view mirror while driving. It's there when you need it, also there when you just want to check, but not going to keep you from the task at hand.

Re: The fatiguing effects of camera use in virtual meetings

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Post by newshorts »

Have they also considered the fact that I’m literally hopping from one meeting to the next with zero minutes of downtime? I mean when I was in the office we at least had to walk to a new room, now I’m always a few minutes late to the next meeting and literally just signed out of the previous one.

I used to also take a lunch break, now I eat at my desk during meetings.

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