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Using Virtual Background in a Zoom Room Follow

Overview

The Virtual Background feature allows you to display an image or video as your background during a meeting in a Zoom Room. This feature requires a green screen to allow Zoom to detect the difference between you and your background.

This article covers:

Prerequisites

Enabling Virtual Background

To enable Virtual Background for Zoom Rooms:

  1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal as an admin.
  2. Navigate to the Zoom Rooms page and click Account Settings.
  3. Toggle the Virtual Background with Greenscreen option.
  4. Click Upload Background to add more background choices to the default library.

Note: You can use location hierarchy if you only want to enable this feature for specific Zoom Rooms.

Enabling Virtual Background during a meeting

If you have already have Virtual Background enabled in the web portal, you can turn it on during a meeting.

  1. While in a a meeting, tap the settings gear icon on your Zoom Room controller.
  2. Tap Virtual Background and then tap the background you would like. 
    You may have to enter the Zoom Room Passcode to make changes to this setting. 
  3. (Optional) Tap Recalibrate to automatically adjust the virtual background.