Mmhmm Wants To Gameify Virtual Meetings and It Looks Like Fun

Could virtual meetings be more fun? Undoubtedly. Turning your video into a video game might seem like an oddly flippant way to do it, though. The concept, introduced by irreverent video meeting platform Mmhmm, is designed to offer a new vision of how we might interact in meetings. Before you dismiss it as a silly distraction, consider the argument (from founder Phil Libin) that the tool might offer a fun way to pass time while waiting for people to join a meeting.

More significantly, there is a game concept he introduced where everyone is depicted inside a floating copter that moves up as you talk. "Quiet participants would drop to the bottom, making it obvious who should chime in or be asked to contribute." When you consider this angle, this might just be a quietly brilliant way to make virtual meetings more inclusive and fun.