Customization of a user interface displaying a rendering of multiple participants of a hybrid communication session

A system for customizing a user interface by generating at least one additional rendering that brings focus to at least one participant of a subset of participants that are depicted in a rendering displayed for a communication session of a plurality of participants, the system comprising:

• one or more processing units;
• and
• a computer-readable storage medium having encoded thereon computer-executable instructions to cause the one or more processing units to:
• cause a display of a first user interface arrangement on display devices of one or more computing devices, the user interface comprising a rendering of a first image data depicting the subset of participants that are positioned within a field of view of a camera generating the first image data;
• receive an input from the one or more computing devices, the input indicating a selection of the at least one participant of the subset of participants depicted in the first image data;
• in response to the input indicating the selection of the at least one participant of the subset of participants depicted in the first image data, generate separate video streams for each of the at least one participant of the subset of participants by extracting at least one portion of the first image data for each of the at least one participant, wherein each portion of the first image data depicts an individual of the at least one participant;
• and
• causing a transition from the first user interface arrangement to a second user interface arrangement,
• wherein the first user interface arrangement comprises the rendering of the first image data depicting the subset of participants without additional renderings of the separate video streams for each of the at least one participant, and
• wherein the second user interface arrangement comprises the rendering of the first image data depicting the subset of participants concurrently with the renderings of the separate video streams for each of the at least one participant.

A computer-readable storage medium having encoded thereon computer-executable instructions to cause one or more processing units of a system to customize a user interface by generating at least one additional rendering that brings focus to at least one participant of a subset of participants that are depicted in a rendering displayed for a communication session of a plurality of participants, the instructions cause one or more processing units of the system to:

• cause a display of a first user interface arrangement on display devices of one or more computing devices, the user interface comprising a rendering of a first image data depicting the subset of participants that are positioned within a field of view of a camera generating the first image data;
• receive an input from the one or more computing devices, the input indicating a selection of the at least one participant of the subset of participants depicted in the first image data;
• in response to the input indicating the selection of the at least one participant of the subset of participants depicted in the first image data, generate separate video streams for each of the at least one participant of the subset of participants by extracting at least one portion of the first image data for each of the at least one participant, wherein each portion of the first image data depicts an individual of the at least one participant;
• and
• causing a transition from the first user interface arrangement to a second user interface arrangement,
• wherein the first user interface arrangement comprises the rendering of the first image data depicting the subset of participants without additional renderings of the separate video streams for each of the at least one participant, and
• wherein the second user interface arrangement comprises the rendering of the first image data depicting the subset of participants concurrently with the renderings of the separate video streams for each of the at least one participant.