System for managing a virtual meeting

A system for managing a virtual meeting including a group of attendees, the system comprising:

• non-transitory memory storing computer-readable audio management instructions;
• and
• at least one processor communicatively coupled to the non-transitory memory to execute the video conference application to:
• generate and display, to a first attendee in the group of attendees, a virtual meeting view including multiple attendee video streams arranged according to a virtual attendee arrangement, each attendee video stream comprising a video stream of a respective attendee in the group of attendees;
• wherein the virtual attendee arrangement specifies a position of each respective attendee video stream relative to each other attendee video stream in the virtual meeting view;
• receive focal sensor data from a focal sensor, the focal sensor data indicating a spatial focus of the first attendee;
• based at least on the received focal sensor data, define a focus group of attendee video streams comprising a subset of attendee video streams of the multiple attendee video streams, the subset of the attendee video streams including (a) a key stream corresponding with the spatial focus indicated by the focal sensor data and (b) at least one adjacent attendee video stream adjacent to the key stream;
• receive second attendee audio data associated with a second attendee video stream of the multiple attendee video streams, the second attendee video stream comprising a video stream of a second attendee in the group of attendees,
• determine whether the second attendee video stream is in the focus group;
• apply a focus-related audio effect to the second attendee audio data based on whether the second attendee video stream is in the focus group;
• and
• output the second attendee audio data with the applied audio effect to the first attendee via at least one audio channel.

A method for managing a virtual meeting including a group of attendees, the method comprising:

• generating and displaying, to a first attendee in the group of attendees, a virtual meeting view including multiple attendee video streams arranged according to a virtual attendee arrangement, each attendee video stream comprising a video stream of a respective attendee in the group of attendees;
• wherein the virtual attendee arrangement specifies a video stream position of each respective attendee video stream relative to each other attendee video stream in the virtual meeting view, including a particular video stream position of a second attendee video stream of a second attendee in the group of attendees;
• receiving focus input from the first attendee;
• determining a key stream from the multiple attendee video streams based on the received focus input, wherein the second attendee video stream is offset relative to the determined key stream;
• receiving second attendee audio data associated with the second attendee video stream;
• determining differential stereo effect data based on the offset of the second attendee video stream relative to the key stream;
• and
• applying the differential stereo effect data to the second attendee audio data to provide differential audio signals on different audio channels output to the first attendee, wherein the differential audio signals on the different audio channels create a stereo sound effect corresponding with the particular video stream position.