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Just to give you some background I started Portal Spaces because one of the worst parts of WFH for me was always collaborating. No matter how good of an internet…",{"value":60,"source":61,"evidence":62},"Remote teams","inferred",[63,64],{"id":57,"by":11,"text":58},{"id":65,"by":11,"text":66},"19246560","Hey! Thanks for the response. We've definitely heard this before but the research continues to show that when people work remotely their top complaints are collaboration and…",{"value":68,"source":54,"evidence":69},"Priced similar to other video conferencing software, including hardware",[70],{"id":57,"by":11,"text":58},{"value":72,"source":54,"evidence":73},"Founder found collaboration while working from home frustrating",[74],{"id":57,"by":11,"text":58},[],"unknown","beta","company",{"praise":80,"objections":99,"requests":144,"questions":174,"alternatives":200},[81,92],{"value":82,"source":83,"evidence":84},"Eye contact and presence in VR feel better than video calls","commenter",[85,89],{"id":86,"by":87,"text":88},"19246705","sleepybrett","> The other \"big\" issue (anecdotally) is lack of visual cues to know when it's likely to be OK to start and stop talking This is something that is much better in vr. Eye contact…",{"id":90,"by":87,"text":91},"19246697","I played with a demo of a similar system awhile back. 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I can tell you put alot of work into this, it's a shame that the demo video doesn't reflect that. Really need to redo that with some…",{"value":116,"source":83,"evidence":117},"Requires Oculus Go headset and VR gear",[118,122],{"id":119,"by":120,"text":121},"19246208","armagon","Just as a note to the original poster: I looked at the page and thought to myself, \"Show me what it does. How does it compare to, say, Sococo? Is there any way I could use it…",{"id":123,"by":124,"text":125},"19246463","hessproject","Any plans to include compatibility outside of Oculus Go?",{"value":127,"source":83,"evidence":128},"Name clashes with Facebook Portal and Spaces",[129],{"id":130,"by":131,"text":132},"19244991","jackbrookes","Seems like an unfortunate name choice when used besides Facebook\u002FOculus hardware. \"Portal\" is the name of Facebook's home video call device. \"Spaces\" is the name of Facebook's VR…",{"value":134,"source":83,"evidence":135},"Async communication may suit remote teams better than live meetings",[136,140],{"id":137,"by":138,"text":139},"19247239","debt","I think a more useful thing is simply asynchronous standup videos. There should ideally be little reason to have a standup live in real time, as most questions or collaboration…",{"id":141,"by":142,"text":143},"19246381","m0zg","If you must have stand up meetings, why not have them over e.g. chat or Slack or IRC or the like? That way you get a record of what's going on that people can refer to. What's…",[145,153,157,168],{"value":146,"source":83,"evidence":147},"Show a real meeting in progress in the demo video",[148,149],{"id":108,"by":109,"text":110},{"id":150,"by":151,"text":152},"19248746","fuddle","I was thinking the same thing, I turned it off after 10 seconds. It really needs a voice over and a much better video production quality.",{"value":154,"source":83,"evidence":155},"Support for headsets beyond Oculus Go",[156],{"id":123,"by":124,"text":125},{"value":158,"source":83,"evidence":159},"Face and expression tracking",[160,164],{"id":161,"by":162,"text":163},"19248532","slfnflctd","Determine the best stuff to compress without losing engagement and you've got it. As others have said, faces probably matter a lot. 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What does this product offer that I can't already get from the free apps?",{"value":183,"source":83,"evidence":184},"How many people can join one meeting?",[185],{"id":186,"by":187,"text":188},"19238962","rittenbt","How many people can the platform support in one meeting? 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