Other new features in Skype 8.67 include the addition of Large Grid Mode, enabling users to see everyone's video stream simultaneously an option to add someone to an ongoing Skype call using their phone number, as well as via Skype more predefined backgrounds and categories and more. Microsoft researcher and VR pioneer Jaron Lanier worked on this feature, Microsoft is using AI segmentation technology to make this happen. Here are Microsoft's instructions on switching viewing modes in Skype.
Initially, Microsoft launched Together Mode with an auditorium view but it since has added other options like coffee shops.
Microsoft officials have said they believe Together Mode will help alleviate virtual-meeting fatigue and make meetings feel more real. Together Mode is a viewing option that makes it appear as if all meeting participants are located in the same physically shared space instead of via a traditional grid view. In the latest Skype version (Skype 8.67), Together Mode is one of a handful of new features available to various versions of Skype. Microsoft has added the 'Together Mode' option that debuted in Teams to Skype.
