SpatialChat Reviews & Product Details

That it solves the problem of online networking events in a clean, easy-to-use manner. The fact that it is browser-based and requires almost zero setup is a big benefit.

As it is browser-based, it can be very heavy on CPU, so draining battery-based devices.

As each attendee controls where they are, it is as close to an in-person networking event as I have found. Once attendees realise they can control the movement, it really improves the event experience.

I LOVE the proximity feature! Students can only hear other students speaking when they are close to one another.

It isn't easy to end the session; I've found a workaround by setting a timer. Since our class is on Zoom, students cannot hear me speaking on Zoom if I'm in SpatialChat. It would be a cool feature to have if passwords were set for various rooms within Spatial chat. It would prevent students from eavesdropping on other groups.

I am solving the problem that Zoom has with its breakout rooms. Students are unable to switch breakout rooms once they are assigned. With SpatialChat, students can wander from group to group. It feels like an actual classroom in a virtual setting.

The rooms and the practicality of it, the options to use cameras and microphones at the same time, and how you can easily change rooms whenever you want. It's also a very good fact you don't have to create accounts to use it.

Sometimes when we are close to the rooms we can listen to the others from there, but when we stay in the middle of the room it doesn't happen. Sometimes My students had to close the other sites that were using their microphones to use it.

I had many difficulties with communication, because of the pandemic I'm teaching using the computer, and it's horrible to find good platforms to students communicate

Thanks to the user-friendly interface, the event participants could easily switch between the rooms. The ability to change the background and customize the chat rooms are very successful in getting the user into the game.

Nothing actually. It was a great experience to meet new people in these days when we are afraid to meet face to face.

Networking, branding, a real summit experience...

As others here have said, it's fun watching people "settle in" and learn how to use the space: they are usually delighted! It does take a few minutes though, so you'll want to plan a suitable opening activity. Personally, I enjoy carefully choosing the background to be ideal for what I'm planning. For example, in a recent event we used a background with six tables, each with a different coloured carpet underneath. That meant we could say, "To discuss Topic A, move to the blue table," and so on. As the event continued, we noticed a pattern of people moving their avatars to "sit at tables" when they intended to engage in conversation, and to leave them in-between the tables when they were looking around for activity partners, or just mingling. It was delightful, though not surprising, to see the impact of the background metaphor. And then, we changed the background image on the fly. Suddenly, the group felt whisked into space, with no tables or fixed points to orientate around. What a difference!

"Share screen" is a bit awkward, especially when several groups are working in parallel in different parts of the space

Events where it's important for the participants to be able to move under their own steam, to choose their own small conversation groups etc, such as collaborative innovation workshops, "soft skills" training, informal meetups, social events Once benefit for organisers, especially trainers, is to be able to gently listen in to the breakout conversations without disrupting them - for example, to check whether people are doing the prescribed activity or just chatting

It is an excellent platform for virtual education or meeting environment. It's like being together in a real space. People can talk to each other just if they are close together, and that is fantastic for doing exercises and small meetings in the same place.

It could get a bit chaotic since people can talk to each other, and it is challenging to make sure everybody is on the same page at the same time. The administrator can't summon people or notice if someone is talking and not paying attention.

We are a corporate training company and for some of our programs, Spatial Chat is just perfect. We can split the group, ask them to discuss something, and then continue with the full audience, all in the same place.

Easy to use and more casual interaction friendly than zoom. The customization options are also very helpful.

Can't think of anything; very good product.

Used it for a cohort training initiative that lasted 10 months and it worked great.

The background and the many possibilities to interact with others.

Nothing specially. But I would like to see 3D backgrounds in which you could interact, for example, a virtual street market with booths.

Networking during online events. The benefit is accurate for this purpose, but always can be improved.

The spatial chat is excellent for a lot of group dynamics. They work hard to make a great tool, with new significant improvements at a really fast pace. I regularly use it for university classes, informal gatherings, and networking for peers. I recommend it every time I can, and a great tool to experiment with new ways of interaction and facilitation.

The tool is excellent and intuitive; I only dislike you don't have a way to make the radius of volume decay smaller and select how much you want to hear. Also, a great addition will be the use of spatial binaural audio. I have already talked with the team, and they are very receptive to my concerns.

I solved the problem of group working and informal chit-chat that is lost from the physical classes.

SpatialChat is a beautiful experiment of how an online class can happen. You can't compare to other alternatives. SpatiolChat allows students to talk among themselves in the class. Another feature that I like is multiple share screens. No other conference software allowed me to do so. For coding courses, it's an invaluable feature. I would say that SpatialChat is the first tool that enhanced my classes better than my real world classroom teaching. I felt a better teacher using SpatialChat than in some classrooms.

The only feature that I miss in SpatialChat is a dedicated app for mobile devices. The website works on mobile devices, but it could do better if it had a specific app to work with multiple Android and Apple devices.

SpatialChat allowed my students to express themselves with the multimedia assets. I can have an actual interactive class without being the only speaker in real-time.