Hacker News with Generative AI: Video Conferencing

Zoom bias: The social costs of having a 'tinny' sound during video conferences (phys.org)
Most job candidates know to dress nicely for Zoom interviews and to arrange a professional-looking background for the camera. But a new Yale study suggests they also ought to test the quality of their microphones.
Meet – Open-source alternative to Google Meet and Zoom (github.com/suitenumerique)
Powered by LiveKit, Visio offers Zoom-level performance with high-quality video and audio. No installation required—simply join calls directly from your browser. Check out LiveKit's impressive optimizations in their blog post.
Amazon shuts down Chime, its Zoom alternative (techcrunch.com)
Amazon Chime, the tech giant’s underwhelming alternative to Zoom and Google Meet, is shutting down for good.
Four causes for 'Zoom fatigue' (2021) (news.stanford.edu)
Even as more people are logging onto popular video chat platforms to connect with colleagues, family and friends during the COVID-19 pandemic, Stanford researchers have a warning for you: Those video calls are likely tiring you out.
INFP: Audio-Driven Interactive Head Generation in Dyadic Conversations (grisoon.github.io)
We present INFP, an audio-driven interactive head generation framework for dyadic conversations. Given the dual-track audio in dyadic conversations and a single portrait image of arbitrary agent, our framework can dynamically synthesize verbal, non-verbal and interactive agent videos with lifelike facial expressions and rhythmic head pose movements. Additionally, our framework is lightweight yet powerful, making it practical in instant communication scenarios such as the video conferencing. INFP denotes our method is Interactive, Natural, Flash and Person-generic.
Show HN: A P2P Web App for Chat, File Transfer, and Video Calls (github.com/99percentpeople)
Weblink is a pure web-based file transfer and chat application built on WebRTC.
Show HN: SurveyMoji – An easy way to get realtime feedback with a link/QR code (surveymoji.com)
Emoji surveys are a quick way to get feedback from your audience during a video call or conference.
Apple's Next Device Is an AI Wall Tablet for Home Control, Siri and Video Calls (bloomberg.com)
Apple Inc., aiming to catch up with rivals in the smart home market, is nearing the launch of a new product category: a wall-mounted display that can control appliances, handle videoconferencing and use AI to navigate apps.
Ping Rate Clock (github.com/turingbirds)
Are you ever in a video call, when the other party suddenly freezes mid-sentence, leaving you wondering after a few seconds of silence: is it my connection that's having issues, or theirs?
Show HN: X11 tool to share a screen area in any video meeting (github.com/splitbrain)
clipscreen is a simple application that creates a virtual monitor that mirrors a portion of your screen. A green rectangle highlights the specified area.
Dave: Discord's New End-to-End Encryption for Audio and Video (discord.com)
Last year, we announced that we were experimenting with new encryption protocols and technologies for audio and video calls on Discord. After extensive experimenting, designing, developing, and auditing, we’re excited to announce Discord’s audio and video end-to-end encryption (“E2EE A/V” or “E2EE” for short), which we like to refer to as our DAVE protocol.
Show HN: 1-FPS encrypted screen sharing for introverts (1fps.video)
Google Meet rolls out multi-device adaptive audio merging (googleblog.com)