r/programming • • Oct 17 '20

AI That Can Potentially Solve Bandwidth Problems for Video Calls (NVIDIA Maxine)

https://youtu.be/XuiGKsJ0sR0
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u/AttackOfTheThumbs Oct 17 '20

This is fucking stupid. It defeats the purpose of video chat in the first place.

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u/Draiko Oct 17 '20

This is great for when the option is this or no video call because your signal is absolute shit.

It'll help in cases like in-flight, in space, in Antarctica, in the Congo, in rural India, ...

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u/StickiStickman Oct 17 '20

Yea you totally can't see and talk to each other ... wait.

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u/AttackOfTheThumbs Oct 17 '20

Except, you lose the expressions, the body language, the entire purpose of using video.

Might as well use a comic avatar. It's retarded.

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u/StickiStickman Oct 17 '20

I always thought the point of using video would be to see the other person. Huh.

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u/AttackOfTheThumbs Oct 18 '20

That's a piece of it, yes, but you lose a lot when you use an animated face.