Virtual meeting participant response indication method and system

A method of indicating emotive responses in a virtual meeting, the method comprising:

• creating or select avatar data defining one or more avatars to represent one or more corresponding users in response to input from the one or more corresponding users;
• receiving one or more user selections of meeting data defining one or more virtual meetings, a user selection comprising an indication that the user is attending the virtual meeting;
• generating an output for display of a virtual meeting with one or more avatars representing one or more users attending the meeting using the avatar data and the meeting data corresponding to the virtual meeting;
• receiving emotive input data from one or more users indicative of an emotive response or body language of the one or more users attending the virtual meeting;
• processing the avatar data using the emotive input data;
• and
• updating the output for display of the virtual meeting to render the one or more avatars for the one or more users to display a respective emotive state dependent upon the respective emotive input data.

A non-transient storage medium storing processor executable code for execution by a processor to:

• create or select avatar data defining one or more avatars to represent one or more corresponding users in response to input from the one or more corresponding users;
• receive one or more user selections of meeting data defining one or more virtual meetings, a user selection comprising an indication that the user is attending the virtual meeting;
• generate an output for display of a virtual meeting with one or more avatars representing one or more users attending the meeting using the avatar data and the meeting data corresponding to the virtual meeting;
• receive emotive input data from one or more users indicative of an emotive response or body language of the one or more users attending the virtual meeting;
• process the avatar data using the emotive input data;
• and
• update the output for display of the virtual meeting to render the one or more avatars for the one or more users to display a respective emotive state dependent upon the respective emotive input data.