Eye-contact, more important than we might think

What: Dartmouth professor Thalia Wheatley studies the differences between online and face-to-face meetings and have found that communication and interaction doesn’t come across as well through technology and that screens are distancing.  

So What: Dr Wheatly’s research points to eye contact being a key component for successful communication and with our current technology we don’t look at the camera during a video call but rather at the screen, thus people don’t actually look each other in the eyes when talking. 

Deep Dive:
https://time.com/5801882/coronavirus-spatial-remote-work

This article is part of Emerging Futures of Remote Work – An Institute for the Future Signals Report for The Remote Lab