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Video-Physiognomic Dysphoria, a disorder that developed after the rise of “videophony” (video calling). Different solutions were tested to cure VPD, but in the end people just went back to audio-only calling.
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VPD Term Timeline in Infinite Jest
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Chapter 27
...image during the video call, leading psychologists to define a new condition called Video-Physiognomic Dysphoria (VPD).
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In response to the issue of VPD, a new technology arose called High-Definition Masking, which began as a way of making a...
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