Comment by hirenj
2 days ago
This is great - now I can get the authentic conference experience of a disengaged speaker reading out the slides in a monotone, without all the hassle of international travel and scheduling.
In all seriousness, there could be more utility in this if it helped explain the figures. I jumped ahead to one of the figures in the example video, and no real attention was given to it. In my experience, this is really where presentations live and die, in the clear presentation of datapoints, adding sufficient detail that you bring people along.
There's porn site (is it even porn if it's just nudity) which niche is women reading the news while taking off their clothes.
For papers, it doesn't have to go that far, but I imagine a polished AI girl (or guy) reading the summary would be more engaging.
Hah, "SteveGPT, present your PowerPoints like Steve Jobs did!"
Besides just porn or nudity, maybe we could also add violence into the arsenal of engagement. For example, maybe the viewer could use a virtual sword or shotgun on some key concepts in the presentation to initiate a tangent going on a deep dive on the concept, and then come back to the presentation once done with the rabbit hole.
Feels like the theme of Videodrome coming back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxXkIGVwgB4
Add sex and violence to your boring paper reading sessions more exciting!
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A VR interactive thesis defense/sword fighting crossover game sounds just weird enough to work. Maybe base it on the fight mechanics of Until You Fall [1], we could call it "Until You Graduate" (I will see myself out for that one) or "Thesis Offense" [2].
[1] https://store.steampowered.com/app/858260/Until_You_Fall/
[2] https://xkcd.com/1403/
Upon first reading I thought you were suggesting a "polish" AI presenter for a second...
If it doesn’t cram text at a tiny point size and introduce a slide with “you can’t see this but” then it’s likely better than the majority of scientific presentations I’ve seen.