Georg Wrede wrote:
> Combine this, plus Second Life, add Skype, some hardware, and pretty soon you got yourself a decent kind of telepresence. At this rate, that's less than five years away. That day I could even talk with you guys over a cup of coffee. Maybe that's the next step, the next killer web app.

Andrei did attend via skype, which worked better than expected.

Walter Bright wrote:
> Georg Wrede wrote:
>> Combine this, plus Second Life, add Skype, some hardware, and pretty soon you got yourself a decent kind of telepresence. At this rate, that's less than five years away. That day I could even talk with you guys over a cup of coffee. Maybe that's the next step, the next killer web app.
> 
> Andrei did attend via skype, which worked better than expected.

How was the audio? Considering the noisy background of a cafe, could Andrei hear you guys?

Hmm. A virtual D conference might be possible, too.

Georg Wrede wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> Georg Wrede wrote:
>>> Combine this, plus Second Life, add Skype, some hardware, and pretty soon you got yourself a decent kind of telepresence. At this rate, that's less than five years away. That day I could even talk with you guys over a cup of coffee. Maybe that's the next step, the next killer web app.
>>
>> Andrei did attend via skype, which worked better than expected.
> 
> How was the audio? Considering the noisy background of a cafe, could Andrei hear you guys?

Yes, but it was a stretch.

> 
> Hmm. A virtual D conference might be possible, too.