Add conference stage layouts for plenary and panel discussions.

Speakers get a full-screen spotlight with overlapping audience avatars; hosts can configure panels in the green room and switch layouts live.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>

app/Http/Controllers/Meet/ConferenceController.php

@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ class ConferenceController extends Controller
             'live_captions' => ['sometimes', 'boolean'],
             'green_room' => ['sometimes', 'boolean'],
             'practice_mode' => ['sometimes', 'boolean'],
+            'panel_discussions' => ['sometimes', 'boolean'],
         ]);
 
         $presenterRefs = collect($validated['presenter_refs'] ?? [])
@@ -114,6 +115,9 @@ class ConferenceController extends Controller
             'live_captions' => $request->boolean('live_captions'),
             'green_room' => $request->boolean('green_room', true),
             'practice_mode' => $request->boolean('practice_mode'),
+            'panel_discussions' => $request->boolean('panel_discussions'),
+            'stage_layout' => 'plenary',
+            'panels' => [],
             'stage_mode' => true,
             'presenter_refs' => $presenterRefs,
         ];
@@ -201,6 +205,7 @@ class ConferenceController extends Controller
             'presenter_refs' => ['nullable', 'array'],
             'presenter_refs.*' => ['string', 'max:64'],
             'invite_emails' => ['nullable', 'string', 'max:2000'],
+            'panel_discussions' => ['sometimes', 'boolean'],
         ]);
 
         $allowedRefs = Member::owned($this->ownerRef($request))
@@ -217,6 +222,13 @@ class ConferenceController extends Controller
 
         $this->conferences->syncPresenterRefs($room, $presenterRefs);
 
+        if ($request->has('panel_discussions')) {
+            $settings = array_merge($room->settings ?? [], [
+                'panel_discussions' => $request->boolean('panel_discussions'),
+            ]);
+            $room->update(['settings' => $settings]);
+        }
+
         $inviteCount = 0;
         if ($emails = trim((string) ($validated['invite_emails'] ?? ''))) {
             $invites = collect(preg_split('/[\s,;]+/', $emails))

app/Http/Controllers/Meet/MeetingFeaturesController.php

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use App\Services\Meet\FileSharingService;
 use App\Services\Meet\LiveStreamService;
 use App\Services\Meet\PollService;
 use App\Services\Meet\QaService;
+use App\Services\Meet\StageLayoutService;
 use App\Services\Meet\TownHallService;
 use App\Services\Meet\WhiteboardService;
 use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ class MeetingFeaturesController extends Controller
         protected WhiteboardService $whiteboards,
         protected LiveStreamService $liveStreams,
         protected TownHallService $townHall,
+        protected StageLayoutService $stageLayout,
     ) {}
 
     // --- Q&A ---
@@ -320,6 +322,29 @@ class MeetingFeaturesController extends Controller
         ]);
     }
 
+    public function updateStage(Request $request, Session $session): JsonResponse
+    {
+        $this->hostOnly($request, $session);
+        $room = $session->room;
+        abort_unless($this->stageLayout->usesStageLayout($room), 422);
+
+        $validated = $request->validate([
+            'panel_discussions' => ['sometimes', 'boolean'],
+            'stage_layout' => ['sometimes', 'string', 'in:plenary,panel'],
+            'active_panel_id' => ['nullable', 'string', 'max:64'],
+            'spotlight_speaker_ref' => ['nullable', 'string', 'max:64'],
+            'panels' => ['sometimes', 'array', 'max:12'],
+            'panels.*.id' => ['nullable', 'string', 'max:64'],
+            'panels.*.name' => ['required_with:panels', 'string', 'max:100'],
+            'panels.*.speaker_refs' => ['nullable', 'array'],
+            'panels.*.speaker_refs.*' => ['string', 'max:64'],
+        ]);
+
+        $room = $this->stageLayout->update($room, $validated);
+
+        return response()->json($this->stageLayout->config($room));
+    }
+
     protected function participant(Request $request, Session $session): Participant
     {
         $uuid = $request->session()->get("meet.participant.{$session->uuid}");

app/Http/Controllers/Meet/MeetingRoomController.php

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use App\Services\Meet\RecordingService;
 use App\Services\Meet\SecurityPolicyService;
 use App\Services\Meet\SessionService;
 use App\Services\Meet\SpaceService;
+use App\Services\Meet\StageLayoutService;
 use App\Services\Meet\TranscriptService;
 use App\Services\Meet\WebinarService;
 use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ class MeetingRoomController extends Controller
         $webinars = app(WebinarService::class);
         $spaces = app(SpaceService::class);
         $isAudioOnly = $room->isAudioOnly();
+        $stageLayout = app(StageLayoutService::class);
 
         return view('meet.room.show', [
             'session' => $session,
@@ -86,6 +88,8 @@ class MeetingRoomController extends Controller
                 ? $spaces->canPublish($room, $participant)
                 : $webinars->canPublish($room, $participant),
             'isAttendee' => $participant->isAttendee() || $spaces->isListener($room, $participant),
+            'usesStageLayout' => $stageLayout->usesStageLayout($room),
+            'stageConfig' => $stageLayout->config($room),
         ]);
     }
 
@@ -241,7 +245,7 @@ class MeetingRoomController extends Controller
             ->limit(20)
             ->get();
 
-        return response()->json([
+        return response()->json(array_merge([
             'participants' => $session->participants->map(
                 fn ($p) => ParticipantPresenter::toArray($p, $avatars, $session->room->host_user_ref)
             ),
@@ -287,7 +291,7 @@ class MeetingRoomController extends Controller
                 'original_name' => $f->original_name,
                 'file_size' => $f->file_size,
             ]),
-        ]);
+        ], app(StageLayoutService::class)->config($session->room)));
     }
 
     public function startRecording(Request $request, Session $session): JsonResponse