Not good general advice maybe, but I had good success working remote with more like telepresence setup. I had small monitor in the corner of the office and people could walk up to it and speak to me. I could also overhear quite a bit of the chatter in the room. It was very important that people could see me on the screen.

Although I missed many of the perks of working remote I felt pretty connected socially. What I discussed with my colleagues they also found it ok.

As said this is not for everyone, but I look forward to technologies that enable people being in same place remotely.