Systems and methods for adaptively improving the perceived quality of a video conference by passive users

A device comprising:

• a processor configured to:
• designate a user of a video conferencing application as a passive user;
• generate a delay between receiving content via the video conferencing application and playing the content by the video conferencing application, wherein the delay progressively increases to a particular delay value, based on designating the user of the video conferencing application as a passive user;
• and
• play the received content using the video conferencing application based on the generated delay.

A non-transitory computer-readable memory device storing instructions executable by a processor, the non-transitory computer-readable memory device comprising:

• one or more instructions to designate a user of a video conferencing application as a passive user;
• one or more instructions to generate a delay between receiving content via the video conferencing application and playing the content by the video conferencing application, wherein the delay progressively increases to a particular delay value, based on designating the user of the video conferencing application as a passive user;
• and
• one or more instructions to play the received content using the video conferencing application based on the generated delay.