Capturing and presenting audience response at scale

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by the video conference provider, a plurality of responses during a time period, the plurality of responses each provided by one of a plurality of participants in a video conference hosted by a video conference provider;

sampling, by the video conference provider, the plurality of responses to identify a plurality of response characteristics;

generating, by the video conference provider, a plurality of subgroups of responses, each corresponding to a portion of the plurality of responses;

generating, by the video conference provider, a response layer corresponding to each of the plurality of subgroups;

generating, by the video conference provider, a consolidated response based at least in part on the plurality of response characteristics, wherein generating the consolidated response comprises combining the response layers; and

causing, by the video conference provider, the consolidated response to be output to at least one of the plurality of participants.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising muting, by the video conference provider, each of the plurality of responses from an audio feed of the video conference.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of responses comprises a plurality of audio responses and the plurality of response characteristics includes a frequency and a magnitude of the response.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein generating the consolidated response comprises averaging, by the video conference provider, the frequency and the magnitude across the plurality of audio responses.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the consolidated responses comprises determining, by the video conference provider, a previously-stored response associated with the plurality of response characteristics.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein each response layer is associated with a spatial characteristic.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining, by the video conference provider, a score associated with at least some of the response characteristics.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein generating the consolidated response further comprises utilizing the score to prioritize certain of the plurality of responses.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the score is associated with an interest level and a time.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of responses is pre-recorded.

11. A system comprising:

a communications interface;

a non-transitory computer-readable medium; and

one or more processors communicatively coupled to the communications interface and the non-transitory computer-readable medium, the one or more processors configured to execute processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to:

receive a plurality of responses during a time period, the plurality of responses each provided by one of a plurality of participants in a video conference hosted by a video conference provider;

sample the plurality of responses to identify a plurality of response characteristics;

generate a plurality of subgroups of responses, each corresponding to a portion of the plurality of responses;

generate a response layer corresponding to each of the plurality of subgroups;

generate a consolidated response based at least in part on the plurality of response characteristics, wherein generating the consolidated response comprises combining the response layers; and

cause the consolidated response to be output to at least one of the plurality of participants.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute further processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to mute each of the plurality of responses from an audio feed of the video conference.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute further processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to determine a score associated with at least some of the response characteristics.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute further processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to generate the consolidated response utilizing the score to prioritize certain of the plurality of responses.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the score is associated with an interest level and a time.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising processor-executable instructions configured to cause one or more processors to:

receive a plurality of responses during a time period, the plurality of responses each provided by one of a plurality of participants in a video conference hosted by a video conference provider;

sample the plurality of responses to identify a plurality of response characteristics;

generate a plurality of subgroups of responses, each corresponding to a portion of the plurality of responses;

generate a response layer corresponding to each of the plurality of subgroups;

generate a consolidated response based at least in part on the plurality of response characteristics, wherein generating the consolidated response comprises combining the response layers; and

cause the consolidated response to be output to at least one of the plurality of participants.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , further comprising processor-executable instructions configured to cause one or more processors to mute each of the plurality of responses from an audio feed of the video conference.