The pandemic has ushered in a new era of working from home, with video calling and conferencing apps like Zoom leading the way. Since then, several new features have been implemented to make the experience more natural and authentic. While using wallpaper helps users hide their cluttered home and look good on the eyes, Zoom wants to take it to the next level with its new Immersive View feature.
The host of a video call can place the participants in a straight line with the virtual background. That will make it feel like everyone is sitting together in the same room. Essentially, everyone is using the same virtual platform as the participants lining up in a meeting room, classroom, or any other virtual environment of their choice.
Let’s learn how Zoom’s new Immersive View feature works, its requirements, what it looks like, and what else you can do with it.
Prerequisites for Zoom’s Immersive View
The new feature is only available on the Zoom app for Windows and macOS platforms. While there are dedicated Zoom apps for smartphones, they currently do not support immersive viewing.
Desktop users are advised to install or update the Zoom app to version 5.6.3 or later to enjoy the True View feature.
By default, Zoom has enabled this feature for all Free and Single Pro account users. However, others will have to enable it manually. We will explore how later in the tutorial.
How to enable immersive view in zoom
If you are a user:
Step 1: Sign in to your Zoom account on the web app in your favorite browser.
Step 2: Select Settings in the left sidebar and click the Meetings tab.
Step 3: You will find the Immersive View option at the bottom of the page. Turn it on.
The steps to enable True View in Zoom for groups and admin accounts are slightly different.
How to use Immersive View in Zoom
Step 1: Launch Zoom’s desktop client and click the New Meeting icon to start the meeting.
Step 2: Click the View button in the top right corner of the screen and select the Immersive view option.
Step 3: In the following pop-up window, you will see all the participants in a photo frame with various rich views to choose from below. Choose the one you like best. Each view is represented by the number of participants it is designed to sit in. You can also choose to sort them Manually or Automatically. As you may have noticed, you cannot use the sink view for more than 25 participants. That is the maximum seating capacity. We are choosing a fireplace side view that can accommodate 2 participants.
Step 4: After selecting a view, you will see the scene load in the preview above momentarily. Click the + icon to select your scene if you have one. Click the Start button when ready to get started..
Step 5: Once you’ve started the meeting in Immersive View, you can access all the other usual features in Zoom from the bottom bar as usual.
Step 6: The meeting host can move participants from one location to another by dragging and dropping them.
Note that participants arriving late or in case there are more participants than the immersive view can accommodate in predefined slots/slots will be moved closer to the top of the screen. Organizers can move their video to one of the virtual seats by removing already seated participants. Participants who arrive late or do not have a seat can move anywhere in the field.
You can resize any participant’s video feed. Just select the video and drag in one of the corners, just like you would with any other application or window.
Ending Immersive View is easy. Just click the View button again and choose another view like Gallery or Speakers.
Immersive view is automatically disabled when the host initiates screen sharing. It will be replaced with the shared screen while ending screen sharing will re-enable the immersive view.
Video calling can be fun
Zoom is quietly trying to recreate the office-like virtual meeting structure for everyone. Soon, you’ll be able to walk into a virtual meeting room right from your home office, put on your Occulus headset, and sit at a table. That’s great.
Zoom’s Immersive View feature adds a fun way to interact with friends and colleagues. We can’t wait to see Zoom and third-party apps/websites roll out new scenes. Maybe, in a future update, Zoom will also allow to change the angles? So instead of sitting in a straight line, will the participants sit/stand in circles or at different angles at different places in the scene?
The future seems far more remote and virtual for the world of technology, and we’re excited to follow this journey with our readers.
Next: Zoom isn’t the only video calling and conferencing app out there. Here are 7 alternatives that will spice up your virtual meetings in new ways.
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