Method and apparatus for repositioning meeting participants within a gallery view in an online meeting user interface based on gestures made by the meeting participants

A computer-implemented apparatus for providing a gallery view in an online meeting user interface that is changeable by gestures of meeting participants, the gallery view displaying video feeds of the meeting participants on their respective participant computers, the video feeds being camera-captured views of each of the meeting participants, the apparatus comprising:

• (a) a video conferencing system including software that is configured to recognize a specific gesture of a meeting participant, wherein the specific gesture is associated with a predefined directional movement of the meeting participant's video feed within the gallery view during the online meeting, and
• wherein the predefined directional movement is requested by the meeting participant via the specific gesture, and
• wherein the specific gesture of the meeting participant is a physical body gesture of the meeting participant which is captured by the camera of the meeting participant and displayed in the meeting participant's video feed;
• and
• (b) a videoconferencing system that is configured to electronically and automatically reposition the video feed of the meeting participant who made the specific gesture within the gallery view during the online meeting in accordance with the associated predefined directional movement.