My team of ~10 had a pretty good time with a D&D one-shot session using https://app.roll20.net/ . Bonus was that enough of us enjoyed it that we could pick up where we left off and hold successive events. Caveat -- the DM (and at least a couple more people) were familiar with the website, and were able to help newbies set up fresh characters.
Ask HN: Team fun event ideas during WFH?
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#82Our team uses https://backyard.co - it's free, has tons of really fun party games, and comes with built-in video chat. My favorites with large groups are Fake Artist, Word Scramble and Codewords
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#83Two teams of ten or at least more than 5 and play Among Us. We do as a team and it’s awesome!
you can't really talk during the rounds, so not much bonding potential
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#84Two teams of ten or at least more than 5 and play Among Us. We do as a team and it’s awesome!
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#85Related note: do it during work hours, if possible. Not all of us want to be expected to take an evening to devote to work events. Even if I genuinely like my co-workers, there are times that I want to set aside where I don't have to think about work.
Work "fun" events that happen outside of work hours are totally bogus.
Yep.
People don't put up enough resistance to our workplaces invading our personal lives.
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#86I was randomly chosen to come up with an event for my team, a couple of weeks ago. Our team had recently doubled in size, and I have never met some of them face to face. So I decided to come up with a 1 1/2 slot, where a team member could present something about themselves. Be it a hobby, interest, holiday, interesting story, game you played e.t.c. people were given the option to join and watch only, or present. a Ab…
Was it optional? I find it incredibly invasive to force someone to present something for the sake of presenting. At best people choose something boring and bland as an excusem And similarly invasive to force people to sit through such presentations.
Yes, I mention people had the option to present or not. Only 1/3 of my team signed up, but that was fine. Only the people who were interested presented, but the whole team actually joined to watch which was completely up to them also.
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#87My friends launched Marco[0] last year for teams do fun stuff virtually. Was at first skeptical of doing something like a gin tasting on Zoom, but all of the events I've done are really fun. They vet the events, manage delivering food and booze for you, etc.
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#88Buy everyone on the team a Google Cardboard VR viewer. https://arvr.google.com/cardboard/ As the "teacher", take them on a virtual expedition/field trip. https://edu.google.com/products/vr-ar/expeditions/
But hurry, "Expeditions and Tour Creator are shutting down on June 30th, 2021"
Google, shutting things down? Woah!
Re: Ask HN: Team fun event ideas during WFH?
#89Buy everyone on the team a Google Cardboard VR viewer. https://arvr.google.com/cardboard/ As the "teacher", take them on a virtual expedition/field trip. https://edu.google.com/products/vr-ar/expeditions/
But hurry, "Expeditions and Tour Creator are shutting down on June 30th, 2021"
Sounds like they're just merging it with an existing project:
> To make Expeditions VR tours available to everyone, we're migrating the majority of them to Google Arts & Culture's free site and application. There you'll also find a vast collection of cultural artifacts and stories from around the world which will enable everyone to continue exploring. However, as Arts & Culture expands the Google Expeditions app will no longer be available for download and Tour Creator will no longer be accessible as of June 30, 2021.
Re: Ask HN: Team fun event ideas during WFH?
#90Buy everyone on the team a Google Cardboard VR viewer. https://arvr.google.com/cardboard/ As the "teacher", take them on a virtual expedition/field trip. https://edu.google.com/products/vr-ar/expeditions/
But hurry, "Expeditions and Tour Creator are shutting down on June 30th, 2021"
I wish Oculus (well, maybe not Oculus, but they are the only ones with a standalone headset currently) would build something like this. Google had good tools for making the content (although it'd have to be adapted to be 6DOF), but the problem was that you had to either have every kid bring a phone and be on the school Wi-Fi or have a box of Android devices to keep up with (which probably weren't under MDM or anything). If you could have quest for $299 and have interactive educational content there (which the textbook manufacturers were making with Google, so they'd probably be in), there'd be a big market I think.