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Eye Contact Correction: Redirecting the eyes to look at the camera

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164 points thunderbong | 2 comments | 16 Oct 24 01:37 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Arch-TK ◴[16 Oct 24 14:37 UTC] No.41859538[source]▶
What is the modern obsession with video calls?

I have been working for a company which allowed full remote work without any qualms since before COVID and nobody did video calls back then. Since we end up on site in secure environments we also just get told to disable the camera in the BIOS as part of our laptop hardening.

For things like bi-annual meetings with your manager you would go into your local office.

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1. schmichael ◴[16 Oct 24 19:24 UTC] No.41862831[source]▶
Also a fully remote company worker since pre-COVID, and I vastly prefer calls with the video on. It's the norm at our company. Facial expressions convey enormous amounts of information. Also our team silently claps for people which is admittedly quite silly but hey, we like it.

I'm rarely on calls without video, but when I am I find it jarring when voices just appear out of the ether with only a little flashing icon to indicate who it is I'm listening to.

To each their own!

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2. fleischhauf ◴[16 Oct 24 19:54 UTC] No.41863147[source]▶
having worked with half a remote team from Poland which also never turned the camera on I can tell you that faces provide a lot better method of person disambiguation for Germans than polish names. (no disrespect to the Polish language or people, my lack of knowledge therof is to blame here)