Since the outbreak of COVID-19, there’s been a tendency for individuals to live and work from their homes far more, seeing far fewer of their friends in the process. Indeed, some individuals have seen very few souls in the flesh for some time – preferring to call on the phone, or to use a video conferencing software to talk to multiple friends at once. In this article, you’ll learn how to keep the video conferencing fun in the latter half of 2020, as some form of social distancing and quarantine looks likely to continue across different states.
Online Games
If you’re missing the company of your buddies, there’s nothing better than getting yourselves together for an online game of your choosing. There’s an endless list of online games that you can access – either for free, or for a nominal fee – that’ll get you all playing in the same lobby.
If you can run a Skype or Zoom conversation in the background, so you’re all able to chat while you’re playing, you’ll be able to have a long and informal catch-up with many of your friends at the same time as you enjoy gaming online with them. You can use a games console or a PC to help you connect to games – it’s entirely up to you.
Online Quiz
Getting involved in a quiz is one of life’s small pleasures – especially if one of your friends has curated the questions and answers, throwing some funny ones in along with the serious questions. It’s easier that you might have thought to make an online quiz – either you can screenshare on PowerPoint as you video call, or you can use a special website to do so.
One of the best remote quiz options, for when you can’t get all your friends together online at the same time, is the PhotoShoot picture quiz. Simple use a number of the photographs that you’ve collected over the years, and upload them in order to pose some questions to your friends. Whether you choose personal photos, or pictures from your travels, you’re able to upload any picture to the quiz to make it as diverse as possible.
Regular Meetings
Finally, if you’re excited to get in touch with your friends or your family more often than a one-off call, maybe you should begin to instate a regular call – perhaps once a week, or one a fortnight – over which you share your news and introduce new games over time. It’s wonderful to have something to look forward to when you’re seeing fewer people due to localized lockdown.
Simply use your video conferencing software and your online calendar to ensure that everyone receives an invitation to the chat at the same time each week – as well as a reminder that they’re due on the phone in the coming days or hours. If you can ask your friends or family to prepare something to share with the group – or you all talk about a film or a book – you’ll be able to change the theme you talk over each week.
There you have it – just three ideas to help you remote socialize in 2020, getting in touch with loved ones across vast distances.
