The Membership Council is excited to announce the launch of our new virtual interaction platform, the JLOEB House, hosted on gather.town. The JLOEB House is meant to be a permanent virtual space for our online operations and interactions, much like one would treat an office space.

Everyone in the space gets an “avatar”, a character you control within the space. The space itself looks like the floorplan of a large house, with several meeting rooms, a kitchen, a garden, and a conference room. Your avatar can interact with other avatar in the space via audio and video. You can also interact with various objects placed in the space, including things like video, images, websites, and Zoom meetings. We also have private spaces set up that contain conversation to the area within the space, which can be used for planned meetings or confidential discussions.

Currently, our use of the JLOEB House is in “beta” – that is, we are testing things and seeing what works, what people like, and how we can serve your needs best with the tools we have. Watch this page for updates, and find more information on how to use the space below!

Using Gather.Town: An Introduction to the JLOEB House

See the video recording of our November 5th training on the basics of interacting in the JLOEB House. Also see the PowerPoint deck for more information.