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Microsoft Patents Recording and Scoring Meetings on Body Language
· ☕ 294  words work  · ✍️ Peter Hiltz
Ok, the title is just slightly over the top because Microsoft filed for the patents back in July but the filings just became public; it doesn’t have them yet. BBC News So apparently there would be sensors which “could” record, which invitees actually attend a meeting attendees body language and facial expressions amount of time each participant spent contributing to the meeting speech patterns “consistent with boredom and fatigue” This information would be combined with other factors such as how efficient the meeting was, emotional sentiment expressed by participants and how comfortable the environment was into an overall quality score.

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