Spatial chat view

A communication system comprising one or more processors configured to perform operations of:

• displaying, for each of a plurality of participants within a messaging session, a spatial chat user interface (UI), the spatial chat UI comprising:
• a virtual background comprising a plurality of virtual rooms indicating different conversational spaces within the virtual background, the plurality of virtual rooms assigned to different meetings, wherein a portion of the virtual background corresponds to a physical space;
• one or more spatialized visual representations, each of the one or more spatialized visual representations is a representation of one of the plurality of participants overlaid on the virtual background, and each of the one or more spatialized visual representations is positioned in a spatialized fashion throughout a length and width of the virtual background, wherein an initial location of a spatialized visual representation corresponds to a physical location associated with a corresponding participant in the physical space;
• and
• a message composing component;
• determining an availability status for each of the plurality of participants, the availability status for each of the plurality of participants corresponding to a current activity level and availability to communicate of the participant within the messaging session;
• displaying, within or adjacent to each of the one or more spatialized visual representations, a visual indicator of the availability status of the participant represented by the spatialized visual representation;
• and
• displaying, adjacent to each of a subset of the one or more spatialized visual representations, one or more chat bubbles corresponding to chat messages sent by one or more of the plurality of participants represented by the subset of the one or more spatialized visual representations, wherein an older chat message by a participant of the plurality of participants is replaced by a newer chat message from the participant in real time.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions for providing a spatial chat view within a messaging platform, comprising:

• instructions for displaying, for each of a plurality of participants within a messaging session, a spatial chat user interface (UI), the spatial chat UI comprising:
• a virtual background comprising a plurality of virtual rooms indicating different conversational spaces within the virtual background, the plurality of virtual rooms assigned to different meetings, wherein a portion of the virtual background corresponds to a physical space;
• one or more spatialized visual representations, each of the one or more spatialized visual representations is a representation of one of the plurality of participants overlaid on the virtual background, and each of the one or more spatialized visual representations is positioned in a spatialized fashion throughout a length and width of the virtual background, wherein an initial location of a spatialized visual representation corresponds to a physical location associated with a corresponding participant in the physical space;
• and
• a message composing component;
• instructions for determining an availability status for each of the plurality of participants, the availability status for each of the plurality of participants corresponding to a current activity level and availability to communicate of the participant within the messaging session;
• instructions for displaying, within or adjacent to each of the one or more spatialized visual representations, a visual indicator of the availability status of the participant represented by the spatialized visual representation;
• and
• instructions for displaying, adjacent to each of a subset of the one or more spatialized visual representations, one or more chat bubbles corresponding to chat messages sent by one or more of the plurality of participants represented by the subset of the one or more spatialized visual representations, wherein an older chat message by a participant of the plurality of participants is replaced by a newer chat message from the participant in real time.

A method for providing a spatial chat view within a messaging platform, comprising:

• displaying, for each of a plurality of participants within a messaging session, a spatial chat user interface (UI), the spatial chat UI comprising:
• a virtual background comprising a plurality of virtual rooms indicating different conversational spaces within the virtual background, the plurality of virtual rooms assigned to different meetings, wherein a portion of the virtual background corresponds to a physical space;
• one or more spatialized visual representations, each of the one or more spatialized visual representations is a representation of one of the plurality of participants overlaid on the virtual background, and each of the one or more spatialized visual representations is positioned in a spatialized fashion throughout a length and width of the virtual background, the positioning of each of the one or more spatialized visual representations being located within the rooms of the virtual background based on a configuration setting for positioning the one or more spatialized visual representations, an initial location of a spatialized visual representation corresponding to a physical location associated with a corresponding participant in the physical space, the one or more spatialized visual representations being positioned and repositioned in the plurality of virtual rooms based on meetings the plurality of participants participate in and categories of the plurality of participants within an organization;
• and
• a message composing component;
• determining an availability status for each of the plurality of participants;
• displaying, within or adjacent to each of the one or more spatialized visual representations, a visual indicator of the availability status of the participant represented by the spatialized visual representation;
• and
• displaying, adjacent to each of a subset of the one or more spatialized visual representations, one or more chat bubbles corresponding to chat messages sent by one or more of the plurality of participants represented by the subset of the one or more spatialized visual representations, wherein an older chat message by a participant of the plurality of participants is replaced by a newer chat message from the participant in real time.