This app solves the biggest problem with video calls that Google and Zoom haven't been able to figure out
's videoconferencing capabilities will eventually allow people to add a virtual camera to their video calls on Zoom and Google Meet, among other services. The idea is to cater to an ever-growing acceptance of remote work in the post-coronavirus era, one in which videoconferencing will likely play a central role.
"It's not trying to replace how you normally have meetings or talk about or stream content on video, it just tries to make it better," founder Phil Libin said in aMmhmm will allow you to share your computer screen and display a presentation, a web browser, or even a live newscast behind you while also letting you remain in the picture. The company says you'll be able to maneuver your own image around the screen and can even shrink or disappear it.
You could also co-present and appear with someone else using the app on a different computer. The app will let you choose from a series of virtual backgrounds much in the same way that you can on Zoom.It'll look a lot like Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update segment, according to Libin. He also said "it's important to have a name that you can say while eating," hence the onomatopoeia-heavy moniker.
The app was developed by All Turtles, a studio that Libin founded after spending eight years as CEO at productivity app Evernote. The company has raised $4.5 million in a seed round led by Sequoia Capital, a top VC firm that has backed the likes of Apple, Google, and PayPal. Mmhmm also found angel investors in Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, and Eventbrite co-founders Julia and Kevin Hartz, according to The Verge.
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