Welcome to SpatialChat!
Here, we kind of simulate offline conferences. This article provides information on the main aspects of interactions in SpatialChat.
How to use SpatialChat?
Your Device
Hello! My name is...
Space
Entering a room
Room
Moving between rooms
Moving inside the room
Circle/bubble
Bottom panel and buttons on it
Share
Chat
Turning the camera or microphone on and off
The Megaphone!
Leave Space
Search for participants in the space
How to use SpatialChat?
Learn more about the platform with this video guide:
Your Device
If you tidy yourself up to attend an offline conference, we need to prepare your device to attend a virtual event.
Hello! My name is...
Just like at an offline event, you need a badge. In SpatialChat, this is a profile picture and description. Here's how to set them:
How to upload your profile picture
Space
Space is a virtual area you create. It can contain a different number of rooms.
Being an Admin, you can customize your Space according to your needs.
The Space name and Space ID can be changed. ID is the name of your Space in the Space URL.
How to change the Space name and Space ID
Team
You can group different Spaces into a Team. Where only authorized Members and Guests can access.
Find your Teams on your SpatialChat user account dashboard.
Entering a room
When you enter any room, you will see only a small part of the whole room. You can choose a scale of the screen after entering the room, clicking on the right bottom button, and choosing the best option. You may also use the scroll wheel or do it by tapping your device's screen to change zoom settings.
Room
The Room is a part of the Space. You can have several rooms in the Space according to your plan.
There are different types of rooms in the Space (Breakout, Stage). You can check detailed information in the following article. Further, we will talk about the Breakout room mostly.
Moving between rooms
When you press the "Join Space" button, you will be taken to one of the rooms.
One picture, instead of a thousand words:
If suddenly you do not see a list of rooms, take a look at this article:
Moving inside the room
Just click on your circle and drag it to any other location. Your background will move among your avatar as you navigate through the room, even if it's zoomed to the maximum (250%). So no more searching yourself around the corners of the screen.
You can find your bubble by clicking on your name on the right panel.
Circle/bubble
A circle or bubble shows your position in space. With your camera on, it will show your video stream. With your camera off, it will show your profile picture if you uploaded it before signing in. If not, it will show the first letter of your name.
Bottom panel and buttons on it
Share
Anyone can add an image, gif, video, text&link, iframe, whiteboard, Google Docs, or share their screen (if there are no restrictions in the room).
Any content that the user has shared will disappear after that user leaves the room. For example, if the user will move to another room or close the browser tab.
Pen on map
Also you can enjoy freehand drawing anywhere in the background. Click the pen icon on the bar at the bottom of the screen, choose the color in the palette and start drawing.
Chat
By clicking on this button, you can send emojis or any text, or send a direct message. There can also be some links.
Turning the camera or microphone on and off
The Megaphone!
As you already know, SpatialChat rooms feature dynamic volume. So the volume at which you and other guests hear each other changes according to your circles’ distance from each other, just like in a real room.
But sometimes, you need the whole room to hear you equally well. That’s where the Megaphone comes in handy.
Just like the iconic street meetings and parades of the golden age, the Megaphone allows a user to be heard at the same volume all across the room.
Leave Space
This button will take you to the Welcome Page. For example, to upload a profile picture or change the description.
You may also find this function here:
Search for participants in the space
If you are looking for a specific participant, this button can help you.
Start typing the name of the person you are looking for and then click on him in the list. You will be moved to this attendee.
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