We believe that virtual backgrounds, despite their racial bias, are a great tool to communicate ideas. Indeed, they can be seen like a canvas which immerse their participant in different scenarios and are easily seen by other participants during the call.

 

Therefore, we created a small collection of virtual backgrounds for you to download and use on your used teleconferencing platform.  

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Through these virtual backgrounds we introduce our conceptual tool: circular identity. 

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A circular identity refers to an unaltered identity as it lies beyond biased algorithms on online communication platforms. We argue that it is an unachievable concept today with the limited non-representative datasets that train the biggest AIs on the market. However, we are confident that raising awareness to this issue is the first step to, one day, achieve a democratisation or circular identities, a refection of inclusivity and encouragement of the self online.

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Click on any of the virtual backgrounds below and open the link that appears at the bottom of your screen to download them. Use them during your next online meeting!