MIT Develops Videoconferencing Software That Enables 'Hallway Chats'
Massachusetts Institute of Technology open-source software overcomes videoconferencing limitations by supporting “impromptu conversations,” said its developers. Dubbed Minglr, the software was designed to create spontaneous, information interactions similar to hallway conversations that office workers say they miss in the COVID-19-inspired…
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work-from-home environment. At a virtual meeting or conference, participants and attendees log on to Minglr and see a list of people available to talk. The system lets them select the ones they want to speak to, along with those who want to speak to them. If both parties consent, they enter a private video room where they can chat for as long as they wish, said MIT Sloan School of Management professor Thomas Malone Tuesday.