Microsoft announces Together Mode for Teams, which overlays group call participants onto the same virtual background, and adds meeting transcripts and more
but fight Zoom fatigue Tweets: Tom Warren / @tomwarren : Microsoft Teams' new Together Mode turns you into a virtual avatar in meetings. It's designed for pandemic-era meetings and it's part of a massive round of new features: emoji reactions, Cortana integration, and even smart displays. Details: https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/... Laurie Pottmeyer / @lauriepottmeyer : I've been testing together mode for some time and really love the new view - check it out: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/ ... - This will make presenting so much easier - like I'm actually talking to people in an auditorium - Love the constant innovation in #MicrosoftTeams. Tom Warren / @tomwarren : Microsoft Teams is also getting Cortana integration, and new “Microsoft Teams Displays” that use Cortana https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/... Fyi / @usefyi : “Microsoft-commissioned research finds that people are more stressed out over video calls than over other types of remote work.” https://www.axios.com/... @microsoft : Together mode, now rolling out in @MicrosoftTeams, places video call participants into a virtual space, such as a meeting room or coffee bar, so they look like they're in the same place together. Read about the inspiration for this new feature: https://www.microsoft.com/... Satya Nadella / @satyanadella : Today we're introducing new experiences in Teams to make our virtual interactions more natural and engaging, like Together mode - being together, despite being apart. https://www.microsoft.com/... Mary Branscombe / @marypcbuk : Together mode is one of those things you *have* to try before deciding if you like it or not, because initially it just seems silly and weird - but everything is weird right now and this is specifically a feature for the weird right now https://twitter.com/...