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Remote Working Essential: Zoom Virtual Backgrounds

Writer's picture: Tuğba SertkayaTuğba Sertkaya

Speaking of digitalisation, we wouldn't have missed this topic.



Remote working is the order of the day thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. With remote working comes remote meetings. Employees need to attend these remote meetings to communicate with superiors as well as co-workers. Remote working necessitates the use of software like Zoom that can help virtual meetings to be conducted.



Virtual backgrounds

One of the attractive features that Zoom offers is to create a virtual background. When you are working remotely, you would be at home, or somewhere else you can say home for that particular moment. The background of your home and all that your camera captures may not look attractive. This is where using a virtual background can help. It can help ensure that you sit wherever you want at home without worrying about how the place looks.

A virtual background is nothing but an image or even a video of your choice. Zoom has a number of standard virtual background images. You can choose any of these images and they would form the background on your screen. You can choose a beach scene, a bookshelf, an office image, or any image of your choice as the virtual background, depends on your mood.


The new way

The use of videoconferencing applications like Zoom (or Microsoft Teams, or even Skype-if you are old skool enough) has become part of the new way of working. When we work today, we are online to share our ideas and our work with others. With videoconferencing comes the necessity of virtual backgrounds. People who use Zoom would like to create a virtual background so that they appear to be seated in a place that looks attractive.

This kind of an attention to detail has become part of our new way of living. In today’s life, we need to pay attention to such minute details. In our work where we use virtual backgrounds to spruce up your surroundings. In our daily life, we focus on small details to ensure perfectness in all that we do. The same attention to details is now part of our work culture.

There are small things that make a big difference to the overall picture. It is possible to ignore such small details but when they are put together the small details can create a large impact. For instance, a small spelling mistake may look too small a detail but when part of a legal contract it is a big thing. Therefore, the background should not be missed, in an important meeting where the floral bedclothes visible can change the whole vibe of the meeting.


Tips and all


Here I will give you some fun suggestions about the new generation playground, which creates a space where you can express yourself by uploading different backgrounds than offered by online meeting platform itself.



By the way, the default Teams background images are even more fancy yet not funny enough.

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