[HN Gopher] Two Way Mirror Improves Video Conferencing
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       Two Way Mirror Improves Video Conferencing
        
       Author : nsaje
       Score  : 35 points
       Date   : 2020-08-22 05:43 UTC (17 hours ago)
        
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       | nkristoffersen wrote:
       | Essentially a teleprompter. Been looking at doing something with
       | my external camera for all of the video calls these days.
       | 
       | https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Teleprompters/ci/2122/N/4...
        
         | xyzzy_plugh wrote:
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         | 
         | Huh, I guess this never crossed my mind, but makes sense. TIL.
        
       | oojuliuso wrote:
       | Wouldn't surprise me if Apple's first to market with iPhones and
       | MacBooks with iSight cameras embedded in the display. But is it
       | even possible? Wouldn't the camera lens have to be of comparable
       | size to a display pixel?
        
       | dirtnugget wrote:
       | Well, sadly it makes the laptop basically unusable without
       | external mouse and keyboard.
        
       | kuon wrote:
       | Well, I really hate eye contact and never look people in the
       | eyes, so this wouldn't be something interesting for me. I wonder
       | if I am alone or if this is common.
        
         | mahathu wrote:
         | it's common for people suffering from autism spectrum
         | disorders, not so much in the general population.
        
       | dorkwood wrote:
       | It's funny how videos such as this, which are optimized for
       | engagement over learning, explain things in a backwards fashion.
       | Instead of explaining how the thing works, and then showing you
       | how to make the parts to build one yourself. They show you how to
       | make the parts, and only explain what it is you're building at
       | the very end.
        
       | dTal wrote:
       | Couldn't you lie the screen completely flat and build it the
       | other way (reflecting the screen and passing through the camera),
       | avoiding the keyboard problem?
        
         | CrazyStat wrote:
         | That's how traditional teleprompters work: screen below
         | reflecting off the half-silvered mirror, camera behind.
         | 
         | Many laptop screens don't open completely flat, so that may not
         | work for this particular concept.
        
       | spankalee wrote:
       | With so much multi-image computational photography and video
       | processing these days, I've been wondering whether we could have
       | a multiple camera system (with cameras on the top, bottom, left,
       | and right of the screen) and a processor that can simulate a
       | camera in the center of the screen - or even dynamically moved to
       | the eyes of the caller.
       | 
       | I know there's a bunch of research on viewpoint interpolation,
       | but how close might we be to a dedicated processor to be able do
       | this in a laptop, or at least specialized VC monitor?
        
         | ponker wrote:
         | Apple had this in a beta iOS and then removed it.
        
         | Mr_P wrote:
         | IOS 13 has a feature that can do something to that effect:
         | 
         | https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/07/facetime-feature-in-...
        
         | rckoepke wrote:
         | Apparently all current attempts resulted in very, very uncanny
         | valleys. This thread mentions some current attempts (searching
         | hn.algolia.com for 'gaze correction' will return additional
         | threads).
         | 
         | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24151123https://news.yc...
        
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