A few years back I was in a conference call with my company's legal team and another company's legal team over some IP dispute, and before the call our lawyers checked that the presentation system worked and even that the mute button on the phone did in fact turn off the microphone.
I don't expect lawyers to perform IT miracles but I do expect them to at least test something new out to ensure it works correctly before going to court with it. "I let my kid/grandkid use this laptop, so I should make sure it's working right before my important court session" is a reasonable expectation I would think.
I didn't even know you could be made into a cat on there. Stupid feature if you ask me. Video conferencing is overrated anyway.
But yeah, showing up to court proceedings as a virtual cat, I feel like that would be like me hiring an attorney who shows up to actual physical court in a swimsuit. It just doesn't present a "we are totally on top of our game" vibe.
I too am surprised there's not an "actually this is serious and we don't want people on this call to show up as cats" mode that can be set as default. Seems like an obvious feature, but then again I wouldn't be surprised if zoom wants shit like this to happen for free advertising purposes (notice how the zoom logo is always prominently shown in these videos).
It might not always be Zoom's fault. I know when I use a vTuber overlay (I'm not a vTuber, was just curious how it worked), it interfaces directly with the camera input/output, not later programs which use that camera information. In such a situation, no amount of "idiot-proofing" on Zoom's part would prevent me from appearing (or not appearing as it may be) on camera in a certain aesthetic.
A few years back I was in a conference call with my company's legal team and another company's legal team over some IP dispute, and before the call our lawyers checked that the presentation system worked and even that the mute button on the phone did in fact turn off the microphone.
I don't expect lawyers to perform IT miracles but I do expect them to at least test something new out to ensure it works correctly before going to court with it. "I let my kid/grandkid use this laptop, so I should make sure it's working right before my important court session" is a reasonable expectation I would think.
I didn't even know you could be made into a cat on there. Stupid feature if you ask me. Video conferencing is overrated anyway.
But yeah, showing up to court proceedings as a virtual cat, I feel like that would be like me hiring an attorney who shows up to actual physical court in a swimsuit. It just doesn't present a "we are totally on top of our game" vibe.
I too am surprised there's not an "actually this is serious and we don't want people on this call to show up as cats" mode that can be set as default. Seems like an obvious feature, but then again I wouldn't be surprised if zoom wants shit like this to happen for free advertising purposes (notice how the zoom logo is always prominently shown in these videos).
It might not always be Zoom's fault. I know when I use a vTuber overlay (I'm not a vTuber, was just curious how it worked), it interfaces directly with the camera input/output, not later programs which use that camera information. In such a situation, no amount of "idiot-proofing" on Zoom's part would prevent me from appearing (or not appearing as it may be) on camera in a certain aesthetic.
You would think but if you work in IT this shit ain’t surprising...