Webcam Manager

A simple program to loop your webcam on video calls.

The Zoom Gaze

 27th March 2021 at 12:22pm

The various permutations of settings across different video platforms are virtually innumerable. When you enter a meeting will your camera and microphone automatically be on without notice? What if you mostly just want to listen and are in your PJs? Will you be able to text-chat during the meeting? Will it be recorded? It’s impossible to know in advance, and there are no established cultural norms that push meeting hosts to communicate such nuances beforehand. Instead, the Zoom gaze currently institutionalizes uncertainty as the norm.

Autumm Caines (2020) ‘The Zoom Gaze’, Real Life. https://reallifemag.com/the-zoom-gaze/.