A virtual space view is provided in an online meeting user interface associated with a videoconferencing system that is changeable by gestures of meeting participants. The virtual space view displays avatars or video feeds of the meeting participants on their respective participant computers. The videoconferencing system captures video feeds of all meeting participants, including meeting participants being displayed as avatars. Software of the videoconferencing system recognizes a specific gesture of a meeting participant. The specific gesture is associated with a predefined directional movement of the meeting participant's avatar or video feed within the virtual space view during the online meeting, and the predefined directional movement is requested by the meeting participant via the specific gesture. The specific gesture of the meeting participant is a physical body gesture of the meeting participant which is captured in the video feed of the meeting participant. The videoconferencing system automatically repositions the video feed of the meeting participant who made the specific gesture within the virtual space view during the online meeting in accordance with the associated predefined directional movement.