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by initramfs 588 days ago
nice feature for low bandwidth 4G cell systems.

Reminds me of the video chat in Metal Gear Solid 1 https://youtu.be/59ialBNj4lE?t=21

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Now that you mention it, it never occurred to me that Snake's radio transmitted video as well. "Did you like my new sunglasses?"

If you could reserve a small portion of the radio bandwidth to broadcast a thumbnail + low bandwidth compressed representation of the face movements, you could technically have something similar without encoding any video (think low res, eye + mouth movements).

Nice feature for many to one video conferencing as well. Though I don’t know if the organizers will agree.