Demo Audience Authenticity

Discussions center on whether a tech presentation or product demo featured a genuine live audience or a simulated/fake one, with critiques of the venue, reactions, and presenter experience.

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thunkshift1 Dec 6, 2023 View on HN

They should do this live instead of a pre recorded video for it to be more awe inspiring. Googles hype machine cannot be trusted.

20after4 Apr 9, 2024 View on HN

doubtful. people were busy watching it, not live streaming it.

fatih-erikli Feb 4, 2023 View on HN

Looks like they are presented in a real venue. Is there anybody watching there offline?

xena Apr 13, 2023 View on HN

None of the audience members are in the same room. They're just words on a screen. It's not as "real" in comparison.

starkparker Mar 12, 2024 View on HN

You can see it in action: https://youtu.be/dH4PfYr9Sac?t=94May be subjective, but nobody involved appears to be having a good time.

maxko87 Jun 21, 2012 View on HN

The presenter handled it well, and considering this is a demo of an unreleased product, the audience must have expected that it's not going be perfect quite yet.

pashields Nov 12, 2011 View on HN

No slides. It was just a live demo with color commentary.

borgchick May 20, 2014 View on HN

Anyone else felt like the presentation was done by the Shamwow guy?

coder23 Jun 2, 2014 View on HN

Is that a thing; people talking over the presentation?

nostrademons Oct 16, 2023 View on HN

Is it actually an audience if nobody's viewing it?