COMMUNICATION

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Group Chat

Chanty. “A simple and fast team chat app that helps teams in all business segments communicate effectively and get the most out of collaboration.” (https://www.chanty.com/)

Glip. “Team messaging, file sharing, and video that you’ll fall in love with.” (https://glip.com)

Fleep. “A flexible messenger that integrates with email and lets you store and share files easily.” (https://fleep.io)

Front. “The shared in-box for teams. All your emails, apps, and teammates in one collaborative workspace.” (https://frontapp.com)

Mattermost. “a flexible, open source messaging platform that enables secure team collaboration.” (https://mattermost.com/)

Saba. “Collaboration and social tools to help employees work with real-time information and continuous conversations, no matter where they are located.” (https://www.saba.com/products/engagement/workplace-collaboration)

Slack. Team conversations in open or private channels. (https://slack.com)

Teampus. “The local social network for temporary, log free shares.” (https://teampus.com)

Twist. “Keeps your conversations on-topic and in one place.” (https://twist.com/)

Video Conferencing

Amazon Chime. “Frustration-free online meetings with exceptional audio and video quality.”(https://aws.amazon.com/chime)

Appear.in. An easy, instant way to have a shared-screen video call. Someone creates a link to a room and sends it to others. No registration needed. (https://appear.in)

BlueJeans. “Video, audio, and web conferencing that works with the collaboration tools you use every day.”https://www.bluejeans.com)

Catch. Send quick video messages that expire after twenty-four hours. (https://betalist.com/startups/catch)

Collabify. Online meetings made easy. No registration. No log in. No worries. Just one click. (https://collabify.app)

Cyclops. One-click video conferencing with no download, no login, for up to eight people. (https://www.cyclops.io)

Daily.co. 1-click video calls, with more. (https://www.daily.co)

Discord. “All-in-one voice and text chat for gamers that’s free, secure, and works on both your desktop and phone.” (https://discordapp.com)

8×8. A unified communication system, VoIP and a wealth of resources for business, big and small, to learn more about the benefits of cloud communications and how these tools can help make remote work more effective. (https://www.8×8.com/)

Eyes on. “Eyeson offers you perfectly crisp video calls, even during large group calls and on your mobile.” (https://www.eyeson.com/)

Freebird. “Quickly jump in and out of voice channels instead of scheduling calls. It’s so fast you’ll feel like you’re working side by side.” (https://heyfreebird.com/)

Gather. “A personalised web meeting platform shaped around your specific business needs.” (https://www.timetogather.co.uk/)

GoToMeeting. “Online Meeting Software with HD Video Conferencing.” (https://www.gotomeeting.com)

Hangouts Meet. Real-time meetings by Google. Using your browser, share your video, desktop, and presentations with teammates and customers. (https://meet.google.com)

Jitsi Meet. “No downloads required. Jitsi Meet works directly within your browser. Simply share your conference URL with others to get started.” (https://meet.jit.si)

Join.me. Free screen sharing, online meetings, and web conferencing. (https://www.join.me)

Kandao. “Kandao 360° all-in-one conferencing camera gives you a true face-to-face meeting experience by delivering 1080P HD video with crystal clear audio.” (https://www.kandaovr.com/kandao-meeting/)

Lifesize. “Video conferencing in stunning 4K. Meet, collaborate, connect and inspire.” (https://www.lifesize.com/)

Loom. Google Chrome extension that allows you to record and share your screen and webcam. (https://www.useloom.com)

Mashme.io. “A cloud-based video collaboration platform.” (https://www.mashme.io)

Meeting Owl. Intelligent 360-degree all-in-one video conferencing device. (https://www.owllabs.com/meeting-owl)

Odro. One-click online video meetings. (http://www.odro.co.uk)

Facebook's Portla

Portal from Facebook. “Portal feels less like a video call and more like you’re in the same room — even when you’re miles apart.” (https://portal.facebook.com)

Screencastify. “The #1 screen recorder for Chrome.” (https://www.screencastify.com)

Shindig. Large-scale video chat events that allow you to present to an online audience of up to one thousand people. You can also take questions from the audience, provide audience with chat, and stream to YouTube or Facebook Live. (https://www.shindig.com)

Swivel. “Audio chat for remote teams with office-like acoustic interactions.” (https://swivel.is/)

VideoFacilitator

VideoFacilitator. “high levels of participant mobility, as well as intuitive and nonintrusive facilitator controls.”(https://www.videofacilitator.com/help/feature-overview)

YAC. Talk with your team, no meetings or scheduling needed. Listen on your own time & stay in sync. (https://www.yac.chat/)

Zoom. Enterprise video conferencing and web conferencing. (https://zoom.us)

Virtual Office

Bisner. “We empower coworking spaces around the globe to communicate and interact better with their community.”(https://www.bisner.com)

Complice. “Find people to work with. If there’s nobody else in a room, you can still go in it and invite your friends to join.” (https://complice.co/rooms)

Hubs by Mozilla. Share a virtual room with friends. Watch videos, play with 3D objects, or just hang out. (https://hubs.mozilla.com/)

Myworkhive. “A social enterprise for parents, carers and anyone looking for a more flexible career that fits their life. (https://www.myworkhive.com/)

MyDigitalOffice

My Digital Office. “A complete online digital workplace, with desks, rooms, and even an office phone. You get all of the benefits of having a brick-and-mortar office, without needing one.” (https://www.mydigitaloffice.io/)

Notion. “Write, plan, collaborate, and get organized. Notion is all you need — in one tool.” (https://www.notion.so/)

Pragli. “View the conversations in your office. Feel connected with your teammates with live avatars, periodic photos, or both.” (https://pragli.com/)

PukkaTeam. “Bring your remote team together, get real team presence with automated selfie photos, and see their status throughout the day.” (https://pukkateam.com)

qube. “A virtual office that enables you to work remotely. See who’s chatting with coworkers, out of the office, or stepped out for lunch.” (https://seeq12.github.io/qube/)

Remo. “Online office space for remote teams.” (https://remo.co/)

RemoteHQ. “Real-time collaboration for distributed teams” (https://www.producthunt.com/posts/remotehq)

Sococo. Sococo offers a virtual office with a customizable floor plan. All logged-in workers’ avatars are visible, so everyone knows who is working. Includes options for group discussion rooms with video and screen sharing, a virtual water cooler chatting area, and a Do Not Disturb Room. (See my interview with some of the Sococo team at https://www.collaborationsuperpowers.com/60-be-a-high-functioning-connected-team-in-a-sococo-virtual-office.) (https://www.sococo.com)

Tandem. Re-discover the flow of working together in‑person. See, talk to, and collaborate with your team in one click.

(https://tandem.chat/)

TeamStatus. “Empower you and your teammates to bring work and life into harmony—to be able to stay connected and collaborative no matter where in the world you’re located.” (https://teamstatus.net/#/)

VirBELA. “The Future of Work. One world, achieving together. VirBELA enables next-generation, remote collaboration.” (https://www.virbela.com/)

Walkabout Workplace

Walkabout Workplace. “An award-winning online workplace connecting remote teams—seamlessly.” (https://www.walkaboutco.com)

Wurkr. “A video platform that replicates your physical office – online! You can communicate and work with your distributed or remote colleagues visibly and in real-time wherever they may be.! (https://wurkr.io/)

Virtual Reality

3D Immersive Collaboration

3D Immersive Collaboration. “Your virtual place for real training, education, collaboration, and more.” (https://www.3dicc.com)

Qube. “An innovative virtual world from Pentacle The Virtual Business School.” (http://qube.cc)

rumii. “Virtual reality software for remote teams.” (See my interview with Doghead Simulations at https://www.collaborationsuperpowers.com/151-virtual-reality-for-remote-teams-with-doghead-simulations.) (http://www.dogheadsimulations.com)

Second Life. “The pioneering virtual world that’s been enjoyed by millions of people and seen billions of dollars transacted among users in its economy.” (http://secondlife.com)

Voice Conferencing

Discord. “All-in-one voice and text chat for gamers that’s free, secure, and works on both your desktop and phone.” (https://discordapp.com)

VAIL. “Voice + email.” (http://danariely.com/resources/vail-voice-email)

Voxer. “Walkie talkie app for high-performance teams. Your team has secure, real-time communication in one powerful push-to-talk.” (https://voxer.com)

Telepresence

AV1. “The telepresence robot for children and young adults suffering from long-term illness.” (https://www.noisolation.com/global/av1)

Beam. With the Beam you can call in (just like with Skype) and drive yourself around using the arrow keys on your keyboard.

Kubi. Beam into the Kubi and move yourself from side to side and up and down. Great for meetings where there’s only one remote attendee. You can sit at the table with others and turn yourself to see who is speaking or look at the whiteboard.

Ohmni. “Be there in one click. From anywhere in the world.” (https://ohmnilabs.com)

Personify. “Teleport yourself, holographically. For augmented/virtual mixed reality.” (See my interview with some of the Personify team at https://www.collaborationsuperpowers.com/31-embody-your-team-online-with-personify.) (https://www.personify.com)

Temi. “The personal robot.” (https://www.robotemi.com)

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