Cevat Yerli created Room to blend video conferencing with 3D-animated scenes
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Room is rolling out today as the latest collaboration tool combining video conferencing cameras with 3D-animated backgrounds. The social 3D communications engine was created by a team led by former Crytek game developer Cevat Yerli, who was behind the Far Cry, Crysis and Warface series of video games.
The founders plan rollout of Room (spelled ROOM by the company) is designed with the new reality of working in mind to make remote teamwork easier. The browser-based, one-click tool has been in open beta for creators, and a general rollout starting now.
Yerli is the latest game developer to try his hand at metaverse-like conferencing solutions. Last week, former VR game devs Alex Schwartz and Cy Wise of Absurd:joy launched their beta version of the collaboration tool Tangle. They were partly inspired by the success of game devs who created Slack and Discord. Both of those companies started out making games, but they both pivoted to make communications tools that have become extremely popular.
It uses video capture from your webcam to take your live capture and place you in a 3D animated scene. Your video is literally an overlay in a coffee shop or an auditorium or a theater. But what’s you’re seeing in the characters is live video.
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The tool combines video capture from your webcam to take video of your face and upper body. Then it places you in a 3D-animated scene. It’s actually video of you, cut out and
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