AltspaceVR

AltspaceVR is a social VR platform created by Microsoft that is capable of running on most common VR headsets as well as without a headset using the desktop application on either MacOS or Windows. Users are represented as 3D avatars from the waist up and worlds can be customized either starting with base assets or from scratch by importing a scene from Unity.

COST: Free


Asana

Asana is primarily a project management tool that allows for collaborative lists and timelines. While it is useful just for personal use, it really excels at project and team management. Users can be assigned various tasks and subtasks with options to view deadlines in different forms such as calendar or Kanban lists. Like most modern project management tools, Asana supports a wide array of integrations with other pieces of software.

COST:

  • Free tier missing some features

  • Premium at $10.99 / month

  • Business at $24 / user / month


Discord

Discord is a messaging and voice/video chat platform where users are grouped into communities referred to as servers. Discord is available on Windows, MacOS as well as most smartphones and browsers. Similar to Slack but not as business-facing, Discord is a great way to organize messages and thoughts by project and department. The built-in voice and video chat system has robust controls where users can mute or turn off the video for any participant for themselves (great if multiple users are joining a call from the same room).

COST:

  • Free with optional boosts for more features starting at $9.99 / month


Gather

Gather is a virtual event & meeting platform that aims to create experiences that feel more dynamic and personal than zoom or other similar platforms. The rooms are based off of a square grid map and while the graphics are customizable the stock assets are pixel art based and create the feeling of being in a retro video game. Users are able to move their avatar around using the arrow keys and can interact with various objects and other users. It is based off of a proximity chat system so that users are only able to see and hear the audio and video streams when they are near each other or in a space that’s been designated as communal such as a table. Gather spaces can be as complicated or simple as the host desires and pricing scales with user count.

COST:

  • Free up to 25 concurrent users

  • 25 users and over options:

    • $2 USD / user / 2h

    • $3 USD / user / day

    • $7 USD / user / month


Hubs

Hubs is a 3D virtual meeting and collaboration space created by Mozilla. It runs directly in the browser and users are able to join either in VR or not. It is listed as being able to run on a wide swath of devices but will probably need to have its graphics settings lowered for users on older machines. Environments can be either loaded from the library of existing spaces or can be created completely custom using Spoke. Hubs can either exist on Mozilla’s servers or can be deployed using services such as AWS. Hubs has a high degree of customization in terms of interactive elements, world space, and available avatars

COST:

  • Free up to 25 concurrent users

  • For more than 25 concurrent users, custom deployment on Hubs Cloud is necessary


Meshcast.io

Meshcast is a simple utility for sharing a camera and audio feed across the internet and can be used in conjunction with VDO.ninja to help create monitor feeds while lowering some of the demands on a VDO.ninja server.

COST: Free

 


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