> 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.
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!
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.
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.
> 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.
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.
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
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!