🎧 Headphones recommended
| walk: | ↑ ↓ ← → | Z X | slide |
| or: | W A S D | Q E | turn |
| H — open this help panel | |||
Touchscreen control
Two-finger tap anywhere — open help
Tap a video card — send a direct message
Drag your own camera preview to reposition it
View & actions
| H | Open this help panel |
| Space | Message the room |
| B | BRB (Be Right Back) — mutes mic and marks you as away |
| P | Periscope view |
| 3 | Toggle 1st / 3rd person view |
| ` | Doom mode (mouse-look) |
What is hubbub?
The basics
Hubbub is spatial videochat. Your video is on a card that moves around the room, so you can find people and talk to them.
People far away are quieter — there can be many conversations at once.
Use keyboard arrow keys to move and turn (on mobile, drag on screen).
It's a party. Don't forget to fill out your nametag!
Advanced
- Mute or unmute yourself.
- Disable or enable your camera.
- ☰ Extra options, or report a problem.
Use the People toolbar to see the guest list. Tap a guest's name to send a direct message, or tap the GO button to join them.
Tap a user's video card to send a direct message.
Drag your own camera preview to reposition it anywhere on screen.
Troubleshooting
Camera & microphone
Hubbub needs camera/microphone permission for others to see and hear you.
Once permissions are ok, reload the browser page.
To fix permissions
- Safari (Mac) — Safari menu → Settings for hubbub.site → Camera & Microphone → Allow
- Safari (iPhone / iPad) — System Settings app → Apps → Safari → Camera / Microphone → Ask
- Chrome (Android) — address bar → lock icon → Permissions → Camera & Microphone → Allow
- Chrome / Edge (desktop) — address bar → camera icon → Allow
- Firefox (desktop) — address bar → shield/lock icon → clear blocked permissions
If others can't hear you:
- Check your system's microphone input level
- Check if an external device (like a Bluetooth headset) is selected for input
Hosting a room: basics
You're the host of any room you create. Hosts can choose room themes, behaviors, and an optional room password.
Use the gear icon ⚙ to manage the room, or copy the guest link.
For a normal meetup, create a default room. The guest link is copied to your clipboard — paste it into an email or text message. That's it!
To re-use a room, bookmark the room page when you arrive — it's the host link for room management. You can use the host link from another browser or computer.
Don't share the host link unless you want a co-host.
Hosting a room: advanced
⚙ Settings
Room tab
Links — Generate and copy your host link; bookmark it to reuse the room later. Share the guest link with invitees; regenerating it invalidates the old one. You can optionally require a room password.
Audio — Mute everyone instantly. Announce volume at far end sets how loud announcers and screen share sound at the far end of the room (1.0 = full volume).
Options — Choose avatar shape (oval or rectangle) and enable backies (avatar reverse-side artwork). Ceiling height scales how high the room feels. Minimum occupancy for sizing sets how small the room can shrink. Save, restore, or reset all room settings as a bundle.
Themes — Pick a room design. Optionally upload a custom goodbye image shown when users leave; leave blank to use the site default.
Attendees tab
Per-guest controls. Expand a guest's row to adjust whether they can announce to the room, broadcast widescreen, share screen, or post to the corkboard.
Objects tab
Corkboard
A shared bulletin board visible to all guests. Guests post by standing next to the board and clicking on it. Items stay pinned until removed. Guests can post whenever the host is present. Posts appear in the management tab for the host to reposition or remove.
Posters
Upload jpg, png, webp, or gif images as standing posters in the room. Add them one at a time or from a folder. Guests walk up to view; click a poster to read in-app or open it in a new tab. Hosts adjust poster position and size here.
Poster sessions
To host a poster session, have attendees send you their posters as jpg, png, webp, or (non-animated) gif images.
On the room management panel's Objects tab, add images one at a time or from a folder. Once added, you can move and resize them from the same tab.
When users walk up to a poster, they can click it to read in-app, or open it in a new browser tab.
Note: Use the host room control Minimum occupancy for sizing to create more wall space. Use the Ceiling height control to create more vertical space.
Scheduling an event
Under construction.
Hosting a named room
If you use Hubbub meetups for a club, group, or organization, you may want a named room. This gets you a link people can remember, like "hubbub.site/room/MyHubbubRoom".
During Hubbub early access, these are arranged by request — use the Contact form to request a named room.