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I solve this problem in most meetings by positioning the main view as a smaller window directly under my webcam. This helps put my focal point close to the speaker from their perspective.
I worked on a video chat startup in 2006 and a concept that still stands out is "floor exchange," which is when one person stops talking and another person starts talking during a conversation. Floor Exchange usually happens seamlessly in most in-person conversations, but it can be a challenge over video chat, even in 2020. In any video chat it's helpful to keep your points short and pause for longer than you normall…
IMO, video conference apps should be designed around mute as the default. The only way to unmute should be modal — holding down the spacebar key (or touch UI equivalent).
This hold-spacebar "enter floor mode" event and its matching exit event should be transmitted out of band to other participants, so they'd get the "floor exchange" signal more reliably and a fraction of a second faster than when relying on video to communicate this.
I worked on a video chat startup in 2006 and a concept that still stands out is "floor exchange," which is when one person stops talking and another person starts talking during a conversation. Floor Exchange usually happens seamlessly in most in-person conversations, but it can be a challenge over video chat, even in 2020. In any video chat it's helpful to keep your points short and pause for longer than you normall…
This is definitely just me (and, I guess, other people like me, but clearly there aren't enough of us to shift the norms in our direction), but I don't find this to be true at all. I have problems with people not recognizing whether I've finished speaking, and even more problems with people deciding that I'm not speaking so they need to continue filling airtime.
For maintaining eye contact during video call we need to look at camera rather than screen. Unless there is some model trained to correct this by maintaining eye contact irrespective of camera, it will be hard to fix as it may deviate the level of concntration during call. Intel researchers are trying to solve this problem by developing eye contact correction system for video calls. https://techxplore.com/news/2019-0…
I worked on a video chat startup in 2006 and a concept that still stands out is "floor exchange," which is when one person stops talking and another person starts talking during a conversation. Floor Exchange usually happens seamlessly in most in-person conversations, but it can be a challenge over video chat, even in 2020. In any video chat it's helpful to keep your points short and pause for longer than you normall…
Good advice. IMO, video conference apps should be designed around mute as the default. The only way to unmute should be modal — holding down the spacebar key (or touch UI equivalent). This hold-spacebar "enter floor mode" event and its matching exit event should be transmitted out of band to other participants, so they'd get the "floor exchange" signal more reliably and a fraction of a second faster than when relying…
If YC goes fully remote this batch, I will apply. Moving to California for several months is well outside my price range and would waste way too much of the YC investment. I also have a relatively pricey NYC apartment lease that I can't just break, so I would basically be on the hook for two astronomical rents for at least the duration.
I worked on a video chat startup in 2006 and a concept that still stands out is "floor exchange," which is when one person stops talking and another person starts talking during a conversation. Floor Exchange usually happens seamlessly in most in-person conversations, but it can be a challenge over video chat, even in 2020. In any video chat it's helpful to keep your points short and pause for longer than you normall…
Good advice. IMO, video conference apps should be designed around mute as the default. The only way to unmute should be modal — holding down the spacebar key (or touch UI equivalent). This hold-spacebar "enter floor mode" event and its matching exit event should be transmitted out of band to other participants, so they'd get the "floor exchange" signal more reliably and a fraction of a second faster than when relying…
If YC goes fully remote this batch, I will apply. Moving to California for several months is well outside my price range and would waste way too much of the YC investment. I also have a relatively pricey NYC apartment lease that I can't just break, so I would basically be on the hook for two astronomical rents for at least the duration.
And for people who live in a cheap area, this can make the YC money last even longer.
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Good advice. IMO, video conference apps should be designed around mute as the default. The only way to unmute should be modal — holding down the spacebar key (or touch UI equivalent). This hold-spacebar "enter floor mode" event and its matching exit event should be transmitted out of band to other participants, so they'd get the "floor exchange" signal more reliably and a fraction of a second faster than when relying…
Congratulations, you just described push-to-talk.