I guess this is why folks can't catch up to zoom, which somehow has TOTALLY gotten what people want. They even support admin deployed virtual backdrops.
Our intern (who I'm sure is in a shared / crappy space) has a zoom background from their college they drop in - looks clean / professional and they can participate.
I snapped a shut from my zoom camera at the office, and use it as the background if I'm at home (with bed behind me not always made up, boxes from our move still stacked up). It's practically indistinguishable - I got rid of my green screen because the auto replace is that good on zoom.
I bill at $100/hr+. Maybe low by silicon valley standards, but people have expectations in my non tech field.
It's a privacy and professionalism issue. Sales folks and others who need to maintain a businesslike facade are uncomfortable meeting potential customers in their makeshift home offices, disarrayed by homeschooled kids and other pandemic chaos.
Huh... is it really so hard to set up your desk so your back is to a blank wall? Or put one of those accordion-folding partitions (which look like cubicle walls) behind you?
I dunno, I'm sure background blur is a cute trick, but given how easy the low-tech alternatives are I'm surprised it would rise to the level of "must-have" feature.
Our intern (who I'm sure is in a shared / crappy space) has a zoom background from their college they drop in - looks clean / professional and they can participate.
I snapped a shut from my zoom camera at the office, and use it as the background if I'm at home (with bed behind me not always made up, boxes from our move still stacked up). It's practically indistinguishable - I got rid of my green screen because the auto replace is that good on zoom.
I bill at $100/hr+. Maybe low by silicon valley standards, but people have expectations in my non tech field.