Re: [112attendees] WG followup discussions in gather.town (was: Re: HotRFC Gather followup)

[Randy Bush <[e-mail]>]

assuming gather can not cut it for many reasons, some of which you
enumerated well, what would work?

back in the day, lisa dusseault tried to get us to use second life.  it
overcomes a lot of your and my issues with gather.  but, imiho, the
barrier to entry (what it takes for an individual to get in and make it
useful) is too high.  and it has not grown in years.  i speak from
experience, having helped my wife produce ballet in second life for over
15 years.  otoh, that one can produce ballet there says a lot for it.

a numbr of academic/research meetings i attend(ed) use zoom with side
rooms.  being able to go into side rooms is critical, imiho.  due to
unforseen circumstances, we have all learned to use zoom; i.e. the
baarrier to entry has already been overcome.  and it overcomes many of
the social issues you raise; we get to see each others' faces.  no, you
can not make cute stage settings, but it sure has proven that folk can
get work done.  [ don't get me started about teams; and i have not used
goog's product enough to have a useful opinion. ]

i use jitsi, like it, run a server, etc.  but it does not have side
rooms.  barrier to entry negligible as everyone's zoom exterience
transfers directly.

can others tell us about experience with environments which could meet
our needs?

randy