[freeplay]

This looks like a very well-designed and functional product. From an engineering standpoint, I genuinely applaud your work.

As someone who works remote, this seems like a nightmare and I hope my company never adopts anything like this.

[barbazoo]

> You no longer need to call colleagues - you are already in touch. Always. Just wave your hand and start talking. Colleagues will immediately hear and see you. Just like in a real office.

I thought this was satire first :)

[malux85]

With our patented DeepWorkDisturber(TM) algorithm we'll make sure you never concentrate again!

This is very important because how does your manager know the organisation is running at maximum throughput? A: By making sure they are busy with constant trivial interactions!

Not sure you want to interact? We even detect those tentative, might-be-waves and connect you right through, because we'd hate for you to miss on a possible interaction! PLEASE SOMEONE TALK TO ME I'M SO LONELY AND I CANT STAND BEING IN MY OWN HEAD. Anything for more interactions.

Destroyed your attention span with TikTok and social media? Well you can ruin everyone elses too with your constant, incessant waving to get everyones attention every time you have the tinyest thought, because you're a special snowflake and every single trivial spark of thought needs to be broadcast to everyone all the time. HAHA PRODUCTIVITY!

Its difficult to learn how to do work effectivly, and all of those tools you have to learn are complex. If you have to Google something : that involves sooooo much reading! Skip all that and go straight to someone else. Who cares what they are doing just wave and interrupt!

[ann_kasumova]

Without going into detail, you described everything as a spherical cow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_cow In fact, in addition to Do Not Disturb mode and room locking, which you can turn on at any time, you can simply agree with your colleagues so that you are not interrupted by trifles.

[malux85]

If your perceptions dared venture beyond the literal immediate you would see this is tongue in cheek satire.

Your solution is "just turn it off when you dont want it" - well, I NEVER want it

[dingnuts]

and it's so so so much worse than a real office because you can feel the stare of the always on camera the whole day, whereas in a real office you know if someone is staring at you

I'd quit so fast if my company adopted this. It wouldn't even be a choice, it'd be like having someone stand behind me and watch me work. I can't do it, I freeze up, I panic, I have an anxiety attack, and I get nothing done. Eventually I quit before they put me on a PIP.

I tried to explain this once to a manager who insisted on moving me to a high traffic location where I could not focus, and wound up eventually quitting (to go remote, to avoid this problem) when I was not productive.

This product is a nightmare.

[ann_kasumova]

Everything is individual, and for some our product may be truly unacceptable. Further actions are determined by your management

[hotnfresh]

> Finger and nose

> No one will see you picking your nose The moment you touch your nose, your live avatar will immediately become very blurred.

Relatedly, this is actual copy from the page. Emoji will probably get eaten by HN: there's a nose and up-pointing-finger emoji after the first occurrence of "nose" in the second quoted part.

[ann_kasumova]

Yes, exactly. Is this not good?)

[hotnfresh]

Oh, it's not exactly bad, it's just another thing that's surprising enough (though not necessarily actually a bad idea!) that it reads almost like parody.

[ann_kasumova]

Hi! Thank you for your comment. So do you think this is bad, right?

[freeplay]

I don't necessarily think the product is bad, however if I were to think of it strictly as a user, I do not want this at all. A couple of reasons if you were looking for some legitimate feedback:

- It feels very intrusive

- I do not want to be this accessible to anyone. Even when I was in an office, I didn't want to be this accessible.

- I would have hard time trusting that "auto blur" would always function as expected

[hotnfresh]

Concur, stressed out just reading the marketing page. This looks unpleasant enough I'd probably leave a place that adopted it and didn't reverse course fast, and I've got at least an average tolerance (by tech standards) for poor workplaces.

Maybe some non-tech departments would like it? IDK... sales?

[ann_kasumova]

Thank you for your comment! I understand your point of view! There are many different situations, for example, for some it is unacceptable, but people from poor countries cannot get a job remotely, due to trust issues with the employer, and for them it would be a great tool to facilitate their recruitment.

[hotnfresh]

Ah, this adds some useful context to the motivation for the product. I follow what you're aiming for now, I think.

[Anticlockwise]

Agreed. I've used a tool like this (sococo) once that I liked for a while. It had the ability to go into an office and close the door. So you'd see the avatar as not available and would have to "knock". That was better, but really only good when we were a small team. Also it's super hard to provide zoom-quality voice and video, and they couldn't, so it was glitchy and we eventually stopped. But it was nice because if you were taking a break you could drop into a "public" room and anyone else taking a break at the same time would be able to drop by and say hi. And as a manager, sometimes I would catch folks having chats and ask if I could join and it would be OK.

This one seems entirely worse than sococo. It drops the idea of physical space and you're just always on with everyone. Ugh.

[itslennysfault]

That was my exact thought. Cool looking product. I'd legit start applying for new jobs instantly if my company required this tool.

[ann_kasumova]

Hi! Thank you for your comment! As an employee of the company and as a person, this is of course understandable. But what would you do if an employee of your company did not want to use this software, although it does not violate his privacy?

[adapiz]

>although it does not violate his privacy

Can you please elaborate what's your definition of privacy?

[ann_kasumova]

Ahahha thank you so much for your comment! We think about the way of promotion to show that it is not a nightmare!)

[marcosdumay]

Well, good luck with that. As of now, every line from your product features is an instant "nope" from me.

Also, the short description of "burnout prevention and employees health tracker" very obviously mean the opposite of what it says. So if your product doesn't actually threaten burnout victims or helps management in heath-based discrimination, you should think on something completely different to say here.

[barbazoo]

I wonder if this is just not the right crowd. I bet there are workers that crave this where it wouldn't interfere with their productivity.

[ann_kasumova]

Got you! Thank you again for your attention and feedback!