It’s been around for 50 years and has been known variously during that time as telecommuting, dominetics (a combination of domicile, connections and electronics) and remote working. The tech boffins are on it and plan to turn the ugly duckling into a swan. Proper connection“With video calls as they are now, you’re not looking at the person, you’re looking at the screen or, if you’re looking at the camera, then you’re not looking at the screen. That’s got to change to make remote working more appealing.”Before the pandemic, Howe was already working with a leading tech company on a new camera to make video conferencing “less painful”. “We’re going to see micro furniture and furniture that can change mode or pack away so that people are not constantly confronted by work,” he says.

Source: The Irish Times October 02, 2020 04:30 UTC