Zoom's New Immersive View

 

 

Earlier this month, Zoom released a new immersive view that has many users pretty excited. 

Whether you want to create the feeling of being in a classroom, a boardroom, a conference auditorium, or your favorite place to catch up with friends, Zoom’s Immersive View assembles up to 25 participants in one fun, consistent meeting environment.

 

There are several pre-loaded backgrounds but you are also able to add your own. There is no minimum number of participants needed in order to use immersive view, you can upload your own immersive scenes, the seating plan can be changed and people's virtual representatives can be made larger or smaller. All of this is controlled by the meeting host, so participants only see what the host sees and no one can hijack the meeting. 

Immersive view is already enabled in Zoom but needs to be enabled in a meeting by clicking the four squares in the top-right corner of a meeting, where you’d normally go to switch between Gallery and Speaker views. 

 

Users need to have Zoom version 5.6.3 or higher. Additionally, MacOS users need OS version 13.3 (High Sierra) or above. Attendees not able to use Immersive View can still participate via Gallery View or Speaker View.