Jitsi, on the other hand, is a collection of open source projects with much more serious privacy and security practices. Zoom is a venture-capital funded unicorn company (valued at over $1 billion) with a shady history of data collection that didn’t pay any federal income taxes this past year. The biggest difference is really about how Jitsi is operated. ![]() It has comparable video conferencing tools and capabilities to Zoom and no major bells and whistles. Unlike some of the other apps that we’re covering here, Jitsi is more similar to Zoom in terms of functionality. If you want something that feels totally different from other meeting tools, Mozilla Hubs certainly gives a change of pace. Which doesn’t have to be a bad thing! Working out a new app and a new virtual space could be good team building and shared exploration. Mozilla Hubs does demand a learning curve, so expect to be figuring out how to move and navigate in the space together. You can also share your screen with other participants. You can bring objects into the space to customize it.įor meetings, you can share photos, videos, PDFs, links, and 3D models within Mozilla Hubs. It’s ripe for exploring either on your own or with the other people in the space. Mozilla Hubs is different from other apps we’ve used because it is a virtual space that you can move around in. ![]() You can move your avatar around a Hub using your keyboard arrows. This means that your meeting will look like it’s happening in a video game. Mozilla Hubs lets you create or enter a browser-based VR room. It might also be a nice option for non-work video chatting needs. It could be useful if your team is having a meeting with breakout rooms or if you are having a more casual social meeting. Ohyay is nice for bigger groups because there are different rooms that people can jump between and explore. You can create a watch party within Ohyay for a shared viewing experience. External Relations has had meetings in a room designed to look like one of our most beloved clubs, Nowadays, complete with music piping in to set the mood.Ĭross-team collaboration with Nina and Marcus Some of the preset rooms are designed to look like a sitting room with a fireplace, a Malibu back patio, or a bunch of antique picture frames. Ohyay lets you create cute meeting rooms that participants can pop in and out of. We’ve used Ohyay to have check-ins and chats when we don’t need to be sharing our screens or working on documents together. You can create a shared document within the app instead of sharing your Zoom screen and opening Google Docs or some other shared document app.Ī bonus is that Around’s AI auto-mute functionality helps cut down on surprise car honking, engine revving or construction noises that can be distracting when you and your coworkers are trying to work.Īround is ideal for small group video conferencing and group document work. Around’s video does an auto-zoom when you are speaking, which can be a bit disconcerting at first. The smaller circle cuts out most of your background, which can be an equalizer for people that are working in their spacious home office and people who are sharing their dining room table with their kids who are doing remote school and roommates who are also working remotely. The External Relations team in Around, including our cat mascot Opus ![]() You might want a pink-hued look or more of a 90s hacker green and black look. The circles are in soothing and flattering color palettes, which turns out to be a really lovely feature. Instead of consuming your screen with video squares, Around uses little floating circles that just show your head. ![]() AroundĪround is the current favorite of the External Relations team. If you, like us, are looking to spice things up as you video call your coworkers, check out some of the tools and apps we’ve been using. So, even though we’re sick of Zoom, we still need video conferencing and remote collaboration tools. Fractured Atlas made the choice pre-pandemic to go fully remote so video conferencing is part of our future regardless of offices opening back up. Now that we know how many jobs can be done remotely, we hope that video conferencing can be used to support people who don’t want to come back to an office for mental or physical health reasons. Many workplaces will stay fully remote or will end up as a hybrid of virtual and in-person. While we’re starting to see an end in sight of a Zoom-centric world, we will still be using video conferencing for a long time to come. For years, Zoom was what I used for work, but now it has to also be what I use to talk to my family and mentor, and to watch movies with my friends. I’ve been a remote worker for years but it is only this past year that the video face boxes fill me with a deep sense of exhaustion and boredom. It’s no surprise that people who have been working remotely this past year (or for longer) are sick of Zoom.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |