The best time to escape the room wins (making the activity extendable to entire companies.) Pictionary Entering a similar environment, teams come together in a virtual room where the group will work through riddles and seek clues to solve the mystery and unlock the room. Virtual Escape room continues with that trend for teams spread out across the world. Prior to the pandemic, escape rooms had become a common activity for small groups of family and friends. Establishing the necessary bonds and comradery often necessary for high-performing teams got harder. Employees invested in their home offices, adding gear and accessories needed to support an effective work from home experience.īut in many cases, it still left a void with employees, teams, and their leaders. Virtual backgrounds became popular (and were occasionally used to lighten the mood during the uncertain times earlier in the pandemic).