So you're skipping the travel and planning a virtual Thanksgiving dinner to include the whole family. How to tech it up and keep the family connected? We've got a slew of ideas.
What are you thinking? Put a laptop next to the turkey and move it around during the dinner? Place an iPhone near the cranberries? A webcam by the stuffing?
Esther Yoon, a marketing manager for Zoom, the most popular video meeting service, says consumers will no doubt mostly put their laptops on the table, because "so many homes have them," but that there are better choices.
And remember that lighting is going to be a real issue (if the room is dark, how will people see you virtually?) and sound is of utmost importance because if they can't hear you, the dinner won't be much fun.
Love or hate Facebook, you can't get over the fact that the Portal is hands down the best video calling device on the market, and nowhere would it be more useful than the Thanksgiving table.
The Portal is a dedicated video unit, designed for video calls that has a fantastic camera that somehow can follow you as you move around. So if you're at the table, you start the dinner conversation, and then move down the row to the other members, the Portal will follow them as well. In other words, you'll have less need to pick the unit up and pass it around
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Yoon says she already bought several Portals and sent them to relatives for Thanksgiving Day. "This really is the perfect device for the holiday," she says. (If you're wary of Facebook tracking you on the device, the social network bends over backwards insisting that it respects your privacy rights on its website. Info is stored on the device, not on Facebook servers. "Portal’s camera does not use facial recognition and does not identify who you are," Facebook says.)