4 Practical Ways to Avoid Zoom Fatigue
New Stanford research shows Zoom fatigue is real. Here’s how to cope better
I’ve been trying to figure out why, exactly, I’m so drained at the end of every Zoom meeting — and now we know. A new study last month from Stanford University in California has found it’s because a screen, unlike reality, doesn’t give you the chance to do anything else while you’re paying attention.
Suppose you’re a regular Zoom user or take many video calls in general through platforms like Slack and Google Hangouts. In that case, you might be familiar with what the researchers at Stanford University called “Zoom fatigue.”
It’s that sick feeling you get when your eyes get tired of staring at a computer for long periods, along with nagging physical symptoms like headaches or sore necks. If you weren’t affected by zoom fatigue before, the first time you experience it can be pretty jarring.
You could do hundreds of hours of video calls and perfectly healthy. But there’s a chance you’ll suffer from Zoom fatigue and feel like you have a real-world version of Eye of Sauron Syndrome.
What is Zoom?
It’s hardly news that the video-calling application Zoom has become a mainstay of the modern workplace now people are working…
