Maybe I'm weird, but I find video conferencing really jarring -- id rather just have the audio. The thing to me is that since the camera is offset from the screen, you never make eye contact with the person you're talking to, you both look like you're looking at something else when you're looking at each other. That, and seeing a reflection of every face I make on screen makes me really self conscious. "Do I always look that bored?" It's so easy to get stuck in your own head watching yourself talk. It just feels like its in a jarring uncanny valley. Id rather just use the phone.
I try to look directly at the camera when speaking rather than the image of the other person. Or if you position the laptop camera far enough away it matters less.
