1. A method for assessing and communicating where each participant's attention is focused in a video conference using a computing device, the method comprising: receiving each remote participant's video streams and focus of attention data, the focus of attention data to represent the remote participant's head location; presenting the at least one remote participant's video streams in separate viewing areas of the local participant's display; and modifying the viewing areas presenting the remote participants to indicate to the local participant each remote participant's focus of attention, based on the focus of attention data, without modifying the video streams of the remote participants to indicate to the local participant each remote participant's focus of attention.