Tip 3 - Be fun and get personal. This doesn't cam with strangers mean giving away personal details, but you can share your life experiences and stories with strangers as long as you are both going with the flow. There is really no way you will manage to know the strangers better unless you both go beyond their hobbies so do not be afraid to get a little personal in your random chats. Source: about 1 year ago

Tools like Gather Town to encourage more ad hoc group interaction. One team I led used this tool daily for nearly a year, and the frequency and quality of our interactions were on par with an in-person office. - Source: dev.to / 10 months ago

Well, after some more googling I found a good candidate: gather.town if anyone is interested. Source: about 1 year ago

Our Guides will host live sessions throughout the April 28-30th weekend in our custom http://gather.town space to spark connections and learning among global participants. You'll form diverse teams, uncover shared goals, and explore a wide range of issues through the lens of Complexity! Source: about 1 year ago

I'm really digging gather.town for this. Our team has it set up & the ad-hoc "meetings" have gone up tremendously. You can choose to engage or not but it seems to be way more informal than slack for a quick sync, which is a gigantic strength imo. Source: about 1 year ago

As mentioned above by @yowzas648 you should check out https://gather.town We started using it this week with my team and it is game changing, it does exactly what you just described. Source: over 1 year ago