Google Meet is rolling out video backgrounds that are first coming to the web.
Zoom and other services also allow video backgrounds.
But can they really liven up dull meetings?
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“I can imagine companies banning them.”
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You choose from three options at launch: a classroom, party, or forest.
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Google says more Meet video backgrounds will be coming soon.
There are a growing number of ways to liven things up on video meetings.
Zoom also offers video backgrounds.
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you’re able to even upload your own video with the service.
The company currently uses the sticker app internally as a means of spicing up the virtual meeting experience.
The company’s creators define Slapstick as their “playground for pushing the envelope and bending reality.”
With the release of Slapstick 3.0, they pioneered the first mobile post-capture AR editing experience out there.
It can do things like insert virtual backgrounds or make the speaker transparent or translucent.
“It’s memorable and makes me stand out.
One problem with using video backgrounds is that they can eat up bandwidth, Baumann pointed out.
“Existing filters are already being taxed on everyone’s internet while working from home,” he said.
Even Levine, the background skeptic, will grudgingly admit to liking some backgrounds.
“He had made that video a virtual background, of course.”
