how do you make eye contact with desktop videoconferencing?

Question

if user is staring at the screen instead of into the camera the user will appear to be looking down to the viewer on the far end

Answer 1

you can drag your window up your screen to a point very close to your camera. also, apple has developed and patented a camera that is so small it makes a composite of pictures taken from behind the actual pixels on your screen. this will solve that totally if it works

Answer 2

According to www.video-conferencing.com, this is what's recommended.
Hope it helps.

Speaking and Eye Contact
Eye to eye contact is important and video conferencing systems are quite good at transmitting facial expressions including the line of your eyes. When speaking, look towards the monitors and gesture as you would if the other parties were sitting right in front of you. The camera is usually located above the monitor and this makes it unnecessary to look directly at the camera in order to look natural as you speak. Instead, look at the monitors that will be showing you the images of the other meeting participants.

Answer 3

yeah, look at the camera, it feels odd, but it looks better...