

The latest addition is going to drive teachers bonkers but is great fun: Zoom Video Filters. The meetings I attend have people more unabashedly doing other things while being present, for example, listening to the speaker but not feeling like they have to stare at their screen and be 100% “present” the entire time.įor a business meeting, that’s okay, but when you’re having a fun Zoom chat with friends or family, that really doesn’t need to look just like the last product meeting, board brainstorming or class lecture you attended, does it? Which is why Zoom keeps pushing into new areas to add a bit more fun to the video conferencing process. It’s not quite like an in-person meeting after all, so we’re learning to make the best of it. We’re also learning about what experts call “ zoom fatigue” where it turns out that sitting, staring at your webcam or computer screen for hours is surprisingly exhausting. You may want to test it out in a video meeting by yourself before you try it out in front of an audience.You’re having more video conferences than you did a year ago. Using Snap Camera may make your computer lag a little bit and give you a little bit of a jumpy video stream. You can switch back to the Snap Camera anytime you like throughout your meeting or livestream. Just go into the video options again in Zoom and click on your regular camera. Once you’ve decided you’re done (or your boss has had enough of your shenanigans), switching back to your normal face and background is easy. Within seconds, the change will be visible on your Zoom video. Just go into Snap Camera again and choose a different filter, background, or lens. If you get bored throughout your meeting, you can always change things up. Whatever you chose in the Snap Camera will now show up on your Zoom video.

Finally, click on the Snap Camera option. Then, go to your Zoom meeting and click on the tab beside the video icon at the bottom of the screen. We recommend the pickle lens, but that’s just our preference. Now that you have Snap Camera downloaded, open it and choose what type of background, filter, or lens you want to use. Once you have it downloaded, all you need to do is to sign in to Zoom. Snap Camera was created by Snapchat’s parent company, Snap Inc., to let you add cool backgrounds, filters, and lenses to any livestream or video chat, not just Zoom.

Your first step is to install Snap Camera to your computer. The process of setting up Zoom with Snapchat filters is pretty easy.

From turning yourself into a pickle, to walking in space, to trying on crazy hats, you’ll have a lot of fun with the seemingly endless new options available to you. If you’re looking to add a little spice to your seemingly endless stream of Zoom meetings, or you just like to stand out from the crowd, you can add Snapchat filters, backgrounds, and lenses to your session.
