tileburbs
/ˈtaɪlˌbɜːbz/nounVerified NewThe peripheral zone of a video call where remote participants live in small tiles while the meeting's real life happens elsewhere.
Decisions are made in the room's murmur before or after the agenda; the tiles see the broadcast version. Remote attendees commute by camera into a downtown they can watch but not walk.
Etym. — tile + burbs: the video grid as a city map, with the remote assigned to the outskirts.
Rel. — cameradark
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