The free group conference software has become ubiquitous during our quarantines.īut while late-night talk shows and cable news are filled with professors and celebrities showing off their carefully-curated bookshelves and fancy kitchens, we regular Joes are upgrading our boring living room and messy bedroom backdrops with Zoom's virtual backgrounds option. And the big winner of the virtual video wars is Zoom meetings. While we're staying at home during the coronavirus crisis, work meetings, family dinners and chilling with friends have moved from the real world to the virtual one. Some Twitter users have filmed themselves looking attentive and used that as their Zoom background, allowing the real-life them to slip out of the frame and have a snooze.Might as well have some fun while working from home. You can also create your own background on Canva, which has a selection of funny images. Want to be the centre of attention in your Zoom call? Distract your colleagues with these (sometimes bizarre) backgrounds from Russian Zoom.įrom carpeted walls to ‘cozy balconies’ the backgrounds will leave everyone wondering where you are. Now you know how to change your background, the next step is to find a good one.

Funny Zoom backgrounds – from celebrity houses to Hogwarts The feature works best with a green screen and uniform lighting but a good old white background against natural light should do the trick. Images must be in a GIF, JPG/JPEG or PNG format, with recommended dimensions of 1920x1080px. Many meetings are now taking place online (Picture: Getty)Īnd voila! There you have it.

Funny photos for zoom background