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In this post
  • Zoom Background Downloads
  • When Zoom malfunctions
  • The “this is fine” meme
  • The virtual boyfriend
  • The tropical holiday
  • The make believe background
  • The “famous friends” background
  • The ‘realistic’ video background
  • The presidential background
  • The imitation game background
  • Joe’s box from 'You'
  • The toilet paper hoarder
  • The ‘I’m a sim’ background
  • The ‘I love myself’ background
  • The ‘interrupting me’ background
  • The ‘I promise I’m listening’ background
Published on March 25, 2020

The Best Zoom Background Ideas to Spice Up Your Remote Meetings

Claudia Reiners Claudia Reiners
The Best Zoom Background Ideas to Spice Up Your Remote Meetings
In this post Show
  • Zoom Background Downloads
  • When Zoom malfunctions
  • The “this is fine” meme
  • The virtual boyfriend
  • The tropical holiday
  • The make believe background
  • The “famous friends” background
  • The ‘realistic’ video background
  • The presidential background
  • The imitation game background
  • Joe’s box from 'You'
  • The toilet paper hoarder
  • The ‘I’m a sim’ background
  • The ‘I love myself’ background
  • The ‘interrupting me’ background
  • The ‘I promise I’m listening’ background

Due to COVID-19 the time for remote working has officially begun.

For our team, it’s week two of working from home, so we’re all starting to slowly slip into madness. But our saving grace has been the wonderful world of Zoom meetings, where you can easily communicate with multiple members of your team on a semi face-to-face basis through video conferencing.

The beauty of Zoom meetings is that you can dial in from anywhere you have an internet connection and a working computer or phone with the Zoom app, it’s magic! Another magical feature of this beautiful software is the ability to change your virtual background.

And boy, oh boy, has our team been taking full advantage of it during the coronavirus pandemic.

Here is a series of hilarious, innovative, unusual, creative, and just downright extremely productive Zoom background ideas that you can use to spice up your next Zoom meeting.

 


Zoom Background Downloads

  • Tropical background
  • This is a fine meme background loop
  • Donald Trump background
  • Attractive man background
  • Toilet paper hoarder background
  • Joe’s box from You background
  • The Sims background

 

  • Moving car loop background
  • Queen background
  • The Shining background
  • Prisoner of Azkaban background
  • GOT chair background
  • Monochromatic Zoom background
  • Moving dinosaur background

When Zoom malfunctions

Want to know what’s even better than visiting the Andromeda galaxy? Becoming the Andromeda galaxy. Creativity is best served when the virtual background feature malfunctions:


The “this is fine” meme

Are you looking for an image that can help you to truly express your feelings about the current pandemic? The ‘this is fine’ meme is a great background to help you subtly convey your emotions:

This is a fine meme background loop download


The virtual boyfriend

Has the loneliness of being single during social isolation begun to sink in? A great way to combat those feelings is by giving yourself a handsomely attractive virtual partner:

Attractive man background download


The tropical holiday

Had to cancel your relaxing tropical holiday? Well, don’t fret! Take the extra step and put on a costume that best reflects where you’d rather be during your Zoom call:

Tropical background download


The make believe background

Unable to get to the zoo? Bring the zoo to you by feeding some extinct mammoths:

 


The “famous friends” background


The ‘realistic’ video background

Want to make your background as realistic as possible? The Zoom virtual background feature also gives you the option to upload a video as your virtual background:

Moving dinosaur background download


The presidential background

Want to show your team exactly who’s boss? Our CEO took his Zoom meeting from the oval office today:


The imitation game background

You know what they say, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. So why not take a picture of one of your co-workers and use that as your Zoom background:


Joe’s box from 'You'

Have you been spending all of your time during isolation watching an endless amount of Netflix shows? Trap yourself in Joe’s box so you can’t distinguish Netflix from reality:

Joe’s box from You background download


The toilet paper hoarder

Become the most popular (or unpopular) person in the office by showing off your impressive toilet paper hoarding collection – extra points for actually sitting on your toilet seat during a Zoom meeting:

Toilet paper hoarder background download


The ‘I’m a sim’ background

When the stove bursts into flames because a chair was in the way of your path so you couldn’t get there in time to switch it off:

The Sims background download


The ‘I love myself’ background

Do you think that you’re the bomb dot com? Make yourself seen like this guy by photoshopping your face over and over again as your Zoom background:


The ‘interrupting me’ background

This guy went the extra mile and made his background himself interrupting himself:


The ‘I promise I’m listening’ background

Want to fool your boss into thinking you’re actually paying attention? Film yourself sitting at your desk, set that as your background, and go make yourself a coffee, they’ll never know:

@zacfirst

How to look like you’re paying attention in your online class!!!! ##fyp ##foryou ##onlineclass @nancy_drew_does_coke ##newyork ##PlayWithLife ##zoom

♬ A.M. - Lonr.

These are just some of the innovative ideas from our team, but there’s a range of other humorous and creative ideas you can use as well, these include:

  • Dressing up in a range of costumes and setting your background accordingly. For example: dress up as a pilot and set your background as a cockpit, put on snow gear and set your background like the mountains, dress up as a gorilla and place yourself in a jungle.
  • Using your Zoom meetings to play your team a musical instrument.
  • Setting your background up as an office space to help you feel like you’re actually being productive, rather than searching for other humorous Zoom background ideas.

You can find these backgrounds on free stock image sites or on google images and you can change them in real-time.

 

This is a great way to hopefully bring some positivity and a bit of fun to your team during this stressful time. Whether you’re using Zoom for university, personal training, or for work, it’s a great way to get that much-needed social interaction that you may be yearning for.

It might also be a good opportunity for you and your team to upskill. Check out some online courses that you can take from the comfort of your own home.

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Claudia Reiners
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