Virtual backgrounds are one of the most popular features to hit the video conferencing world lately.
As the “work anywhere” movement continues, people want the freedom to tune into meetings without having to worry about what’s going on behind them in the video feed. Virtual backgrounds are the solution to this common problem.
Rather than just blurring your surroundings into a grey blob, you can replace your environment with a high-definition office, beach, or summer field. Recently, Microsoft Teams and Zoom have earned plenty of attention for their virtual background feature.
At the start of July, Cisco released tips on how Webex Meetings users could tap into virtual backgrounds too. If you’re a Webex fan, here’s how you can shake up your background.
Using Virtual Backgrounds on Desktop
(For WBS40.7 sites and later on Windows, or WBS40.6 sites and beyond on Mac.)
To use virtual backgrounds in Webex Meetings on a Mac, you need MacOS High Sierra version 10.13, and a processor with at least dual cores. For Windows, you’ll need a Windows 2012 or later computer, with an AMD Bulldozer processor, or Intel Sandy Bridge processor (at least).
Desktop users can change their background at any time during, or before a meeting. Before you join, click on the meeting session, and you’ll see a preview screen. Here, you can click the green “Join” button to join a meeting or change your background by clicking Change Background. The Change background tab offers both the Blur functionality, and a selection of default virtual backgrounds.
