On Tue, 31 Jul 2012 10:58:31 -0400, Ben Scott <dragonh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Ken D'Ambrosio <k...@jots.org> wrote: > >> I think people just don't like talking to TVs. > > > > Y'know... I kind of agree, and kind of disagree. I can't quite figure > > out why the difference. But, while I think talking to a desk phone with > > a video feed would be kinda weird, I find myself chatting with my wife ... > > I think there's a pretty big difference between interacting with the > people you presumably love the most in the world, and interacting with > some jerk at work you probabbly don't want to be talking to at all, > let alone looking at.
There's that too. But I also think it's kind of an uncanny valley thing. You can see them, but it isn't a regular in-person conversation where you can see all their body language, get good depth info, see the same environment they are seeing, etc. A phone conversation is so abstract as to be a separate thing anyway, like a cartoon character. _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
