You're supposed to sit on the couch and share it with another person, showing them your vacation photos or cute kitty videos on YouTube or a movie or something. That's a lot more "social" than abstracting human contact behind text messages and webcams.
See, the problem is the idea that "social" technologies necessarily mean telecommunications. There are a lot of technologies for talking to people who live far away from you, what's missing is technologies for socializing with people in person. In this sense, maybe having an IPS screen with 178 degrees of viewing angle fulfills more unmet social needs than just another IM client or VOIP app or videoconferencing technology.
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You're supposed to sit on the couch and share it with another person, showing them your vacation photos or cute kitty videos on YouTube or a movie or something. That's a lot more "social" than abstracting human contact behind text messages and webcams.
That only works if the other person is withing sharing range. It sucks for talking to people in other town/states/countries.
See, the problem is the idea that "social" technologies necessarily mean telecommunications. There are a lot of technologies for talking to people who live far away from you, what's missing is technologies for socializing with people in person. In this sense, maybe having an IPS screen with 178 degrees of viewing angle fulfills more unmet social needs than just another IM client or VOIP app or videoconferencing technology.