I was once laid off in a group of about 50, and we were all invited to a conference room meeting to be laid off in-person by some higher up director, and a group of our managers. This was long before remote work was popular, and we were all on site, though.

Second time was smaller (maybe 10 people) and fully remote, and I had a surprise meeting with my direct manager over video chat.

I personally don't care so much about how the message is delivered, and more about severance, but it's interesting to see how different people handle the situation differently. Makes you wonder what alternatives they considered that they decided a pre-recorded message was best.