This was very funny and informative post, written in a way that really helped me to empathize with the situation. Thanks!
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What it feels like being an iPad on a stick on wheels
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#22Am I the only one that fears what this kind of technology will do to social interaction in the future?
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
It would be a trade-off. It would be more immersible for you, but less for everyone else, as your only only human appearance (your face) would be obscured. Longer term solution: Your presented face would be computer animated.
Uncanny valley, here we come. Studies have shown that people are more at ease around a robot that tries to look like a cute humanoid robot, rather than a near-human but not quite construct. Replacing the video feed of a person's face with a computer generated, almost-their-face-but-not-quite simulacrum sounds like it'd heavily increase user nightmare rates.
It doesn't have to be realistic looking. Just use any game avatar system that seems to work okish today.
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#24Am I the only one that fears what this kind of technology will do to social interaction in the future?
This is way more personal than texting or even a skype call, and allows people to connect that are separated by thousands of miles.
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
It would be a trade-off. It would be more immersible for you, but less for everyone else, as your only only human appearance (your face) would be obscured. Longer term solution: Your presented face would be computer animated.
Uncanny valley, here we come. Studies have shown that people are more at ease around a robot that tries to look like a cute humanoid robot, rather than a near-human but not quite construct. Replacing the video feed of a person's face with a computer generated, almost-their-face-but-not-quite simulacrum sounds like it'd heavily increase user nightmare rates.
Maybe it is just me, but with a disembodied head rolling around on a segway, we are already rather deep down in the uncanny valley. Removing a bit of humanity might just pull it up the left bank of it.
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#26Am I the only one that fears what this kind of technology will do to social interaction in the future?
This is way more personal than texting or even a skype call, and allows people to connect that are separated by thousands of miles.
Agreed, this seems more like an improvement on existing teleconferencing tools than a degradation of other forms of communication.
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#27This is really amazing, but I'd throw in an oculus rift for a true out of body experience.
It wouldn't be great with current hardware.
I have a rift dev kit and any significant amount of lag between moving my head, and my vision being updated makes me feel a bit woozy.
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#28My company has had a Double in our San Francisco lounge for about a year now (we helped Double Robotics beta test it). About 95% of our employees are remote so it's pretty cool being able to hop in and say hi to anyone that's co-working out of our lounge that day.
It's really no different than using Skype video chat or a Google+ Hangout except that you aren't stuck on someone's laptop -- you can move around if you need to.
It's rather gimicky but it's also quite fun. Still, if I needed to talk one-on-one with someone, or even participate in a group meeting (something I've never actually done due to my company's culture), then I think a standard video chat would work just as fine.
Re: What it feels like being an iPad on a stick on wheels
#29My company has had a Double in our San Francisco lounge for about a year now (we helped Double Robotics beta test it). About 95% of our employees are remote so it's pretty cool being able to hop in and say hi to anyone that's co-working out of our lounge that day.
It's really no different than using Skype video chat or a Google+ Hangout except that you aren't stuck on someone's laptop -- you can move around if you need to.
It's rather gimicky but it's also quite fun. Still, if I needed to talk one-on-one with someone, or even participate in a group meeting (something I've never actually done due to my company's culture), then I think a standard video chat would work just as fine.