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I completely agree! This is a big downside of this platform. Most other platforms our clients use have some sort of way to manipulate the background. Its very distracting working from home when we can see other people in the household walking by. Will this capability be available sooner than later?
Hi all,
While we are still considering development of this feature, some users have had success using SnapCam app to integrate with their web camera during GoTo broadcasts.
- laura125 years agoActive Contributor
Virtual backgrounds and blurring are a MUST feature to be competitive. I have Chromacam but GTM doesn't seem to be able to show both ME and my virtual background at the same time. Really? Like some of the others, I dropped Zoom for lots of good reasons. That said, I am finding that GTM moves very slowly, if at all, in keeping up with the competition. Last note - VBs need to be available on ALL paid GTM platforms, not just GoToWebinar.
- kkmckiernan5 years agoNew Member
Our corporate team is requesting the development of this feature ASAP. Without Virtual backgrounds being made available, we may be forced to switch to another video conferencing platform such as Zoom which we would hate to do since we are a decades long GoTo customer. Please let me know the release timeline on this.
Thank you!
Kristen
- hhst5 years agoVisitor
While it is appreciated that someone from the LogMeIn side has finally responded (after the original post from 2 years ago in May 2018), it is disappointing to hear that LogMeIn doesn't appear to have any intentions of providing this feature. This is a standard feature in every other video conferencing platform that I have used as a both an organizer and a participant. With so many working from home at this time, this is a much-needed feature and telling users to just find a workaround solution with another app isn't helpful because the feature would not be readily available to everyone in the session. We need it for business purposes and having to tell professionals that are now having to work from home that they have to download something else to allow them to maintain a level of professional appearance while using your solutions is a poor response to an expressed need, especially when competitors have been providing this as a standard feature and even expanded it in light of recent circumstances and increased use of their products. We will be looking into other solutions if LogMeIn continues to be unresponsive to acutal needs and concerns from paying clients.
- clairebugg5 years agoNew Member
Hi,
I also feel that virtual backgronds should be a part of this platform. It would make a big difference to the use of this service for me. I'm considering leaving my subscription and going to Zoom if this can't be acheived. as I really need it for my work. Please could you email a response to me.
Thank you,
Claire Bugg
- AshC5 years agoRetired GoTo Contributor
Updated 7/28/20:
We now offer full support of background creation with webcams in GoToMeeting, though this still requires an app download to integrate successfully: https://support.goto.com/meeting/help/how-do-i-change-my-webcam-background
Let us know if it should fail for any reason and we can look into the environmental factors with you.
- bigtom5 years agoActive Contributor
I would really like to see this feature as well. This is the one thing that other services have that GTM does not and it is an attractive feature. xsplit vcam is not an option for macOS.