Top Highlights

• As communication moves from the physical to the digital realm and then on to mixed reality, the information that we share through body language, tone and cadence choices is changing.
• With the help of AI and other developing technologies, these 'Presence and Awareness Cues' (PAACs) have the potential to outperform human senses in future metaverse interactions.
• Around 90% of consumers rely on PAACs in their daily online interactions, but little systemic work has been done to develop standards and safety practices in this area.
• Humans are acutely attuned to a lot of subtle communication cues during face-to-face interactions, from the slightest changes in body language to tone and cadence choices.
• It is true that even the earliest phones gave us 'superhuman capabilities.' Dial and ring tones gave us clues about whether someone was available to talk, no matter how far away they were.

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