Sidebars for virtual meetings

A method comprising:

• establishing a video conference having a plurality of participants, wherein the video conference comprises a plurality of client devices;
• receiving, from a first client device, a request for a sidebar meeting with a second client device;
• establishing the sidebar meeting for the first client device;
• responsive to establishing the sidebar meeting:
• transmitting to the first client device:
• a first set of audio and video streams corresponding to a main meeting, the first set of audio and video streams including a first audio stream and a first video stream;
• and
• a second set of audio and video streams corresponding to the sidebar meeting;
• transmitting, to the plurality of client devices, a loop snippet associated with the participant as a representation corresponding to the first client device, the loop snippet being a video loop;
• and
• transitioning from the loop snippet to a video stream of the participant.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising processor-executable instructions configured to cause one or more processors to:

• establish a video conference having a plurality of participants, wherein the video conference comprises a plurality of client devices;
• receive, from a first client device of a participant, a request for a sidebar meeting with a second client device;
• establish the sidebar meeting for the first client device;
• responsive to establishing the sidebar meeting:
• transmit to the first client device:
• a first set of audio and video streams corresponding to a main meeting, the first set of audio and video streams including a first audio stream and a first video stream;
• and
• a second set of audio and video streams corresponding to the sidebar meeting;
• transmit, to the plurality of client devices, a loop snippet associated with the participant as a representation corresponding to the first client device, the loop snippet being a video loop;
• and
• transition from the loop snippet to a video stream of the participant.