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Not-awful videoconferencing
Jun. 18th, 2019 08:42 pmThis afternoon at work we gathered around our new Meeting Owl. It hoots and flashes its eyes and connects to the NSA and steals our souls then we speak. It's cute and actually rather effective, a pleasant surprise when it comes to modern technology, though it has a price tag to match.
(from Wikimedia, by Matthew Stein, CC-BY-SA)
Presumably it has a built-in microphone and speakers and a camera and whatnot though it looks just like a tall rounded thing. The top bit seems to have the lens, anyway. We put it in the middle of the table and, as those around it speak, it eventually shows remote attendees an image of the speaker, splitting the video as necessary to show multiple speakers or, for example, for where they were and where they now are (while it catches up). It is strange to hear it adopt others' voices.
(from Wikimedia, by Matthew Stein, CC-BY-SA)Presumably it has a built-in microphone and speakers and a camera and whatnot though it looks just like a tall rounded thing. The top bit seems to have the lens, anyway. We put it in the middle of the table and, as those around it speak, it eventually shows remote attendees an image of the speaker, splitting the video as necessary to show multiple speakers or, for example, for where they were and where they now are (while it catches up). It is strange to hear it adopt others' voices.
