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by dayglo
1109 days ago
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A couple of years ago, I sat down with my friend for a game of chess. After a few minutes of chatting and playing, I realised that I had completely forgotten he wasn’t really there. I took my headset off and it was like he had just left the room. I think that being able to provide the feeling that someone you love is there with you (when they are far away) is why people use a lot of tech. It was a feeling that 2d FaceTime just cannot give you (and it felt like a bigger advancement than going from a phone call to video calls). If Vision Pro’s face reconstruction thing works well I can see that being the killer app. |
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One day I set up the TV with a spare computer and webcam, and used that instead of phone, laptop, or even desktop.
The difference was huge, and exponentially so when the other party was doing the same.
With selfie webcams we got person-centric mugshots, with room webcams we connected places.
It was like having opened a portal to another place, we could move around each one's place very naturally, which only reinforced the connection between people. Just a little bit of care with placement and angle went a long way to drive the illusion. I remember that a couple of times we honest to god unconsciously tried to hand over objects through the screen.
Brains are so easy to trick. As it seems to be currently my cobbled up setup looks better than floating mugshots.
Also not addressed and never shown is how the VR user shows up to these FaceTime users. I mean the wearer doesn't have themselves captured by the device? And it can't take into account other people naturally walking into the room.