@LSydell
Laura Sydell
@LSydell · 1:25

What’s Missing in virtual communication such as Zoom or even VR?

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Is that the issue that you can't move around? Would, for example, virtual reality make a difference where you can put a headset on, and all of a sudden you are able to sort of move and touch in a certain kind of way, or is there something else? Is there just something about being in person and being in the same room with another human being that simply could never be made up by with technology? I'd love your thoughts. Let me know
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@Ramya
Ramya V
@Ramya · 1:51

Lack of context in meeting space

This really is an interesting question. Personally, what I miss the most in these virtual calls and meetings is the lack of context in terms of the setting or the meeting space, a world of a difference between having a review meeting in the conference room of your office or having it in your private space at home, even if it is in a separate room or an area, because now you need to check if there's something embarrassing lying around
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@roomi
Roomi Tarik
@roomi · 2:13
Swell is a virtual space, but it's different because you can use your voice, you can listen to other people. This is the biggest, biggest difference from all the other social media. Yes, you can send voice notes and other stuff, but here we are talking to strangers without needing phone numbers and other stuff and bypassing other Privacy and other concerns, so we can express ourselves without being policed over. And that is something that is actually refreshing for a change
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@Swell
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15

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@bowie
Bowie Rowan
@bowie · 4:15

Boundaries & energy

I think sometimes these virtual spaces there isn't as much accountability, I think, for example, with the phenomenon of catfishing and how because, like Ramia said, there isn't quite as much context. It's much easier for people, even on video, to show and portray a kind of persona that they want others to see and experience rather than give them the full picture of their life and who they are, it's much more difficult to do that when you are engaging with someone in person
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@roomi
Roomi Tarik
@roomi · 1:37

@bowie

And that actually is something that I put this social experiment myself back in 20, 13, 14, when Twitter was on the rise. I used to see these people, these tweets, these Twitter celebrities as they were called. And whenever we used to have meetups and we would meet those Twitter celebrities, they would never speak over, they would never say they were so shy. They were so into worded
@arish
Arish Ali
@arish · 2:11

Microsoft mesh - https://youtu.be/Jd2GK0qDtRg

It does work and people get work then. But I will always prefer the face to face in person collaboration. And I'm looking forward to when the pandemic is done and dusted and people are back in their offices
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@LSydell
Laura Sydell
@LSydell · 2:36

What are the Ineffible qualities of being in a room with someone?

I'm really loving these replies. They're so interesting. I wanted to add something about my thoughts. One of the things that is hard about these virtual spaces is the fact that you really can't sit in silence, even here. And there's something about actually being able to sit in silence in a room with somebody. You can have a moment when you're not talking. And there's that ineffable thing that words don't capture
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@roomi
Roomi Tarik
@roomi · 3:18

@LSydell Fantasy trumps reality, every single time.

I was going to therapy last year during the pandemic because my exams got canceled. I was stuck in ICU. I was working there 12 hours every single day for seven days a week. And as I talk, it was just a little overwhelming for me. So I'm into therapy and the first few sessions because of the lockdown were all online and I couldn't feel a thing. I couldn't feel a change. I couldn't see anything positive about it for some reason
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@roomi
Roomi Tarik
@roomi · 2:12
And the other part about, you know how on social media we have these projections of what we are not, and we try and pretend to be someone else. That is also a huge factor that we are not truly to ourselves, let alone others. So sometimes it kind of plays in and the other person isn't a fool. Sometimes people catch on and they get to know the other person if they're fooling around or they're actually genuine
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