VR with a Click: welcome to the metaNest

Not all devices will let you access VRmetaNest so take a look below to determine if you might be able to make things work (if they aren’t)

Network

Like everything, the faster the better .. slower connections may take longer to load

Software and Hardware

General note: slower, older models & devices with less than 8Gb RAM may struggle to load and run VRmetaNest (just like Decentraland .. but at least we run on mobiles unlike them!)

• You need a Chromium class browser (Google Chrome or Chromium, or Brave, or Vivaldi, or others that are based on Chromium browser).
  • Here is a list: https://alternativeto.net/category/browsers/chromium-based/
• Remember to activate “Hardware Acceleration” for Chrome/Chrome class browsers, as follows:

• A desktop, a notebook, or a Chromebook (better than mobile devices – and easier to cruise around the VRmetaNest!
• A mobile device such as Android or iPad
• iPhones: only the very latest may work… this an Apple & WebGL thing… out of our control so talk to Tim Apple (Cook 🙂 – not us!! 
• VR headsets such as Oculus work but are optional. (Google Cardboard not currently supported)

Learn to move around once you enter VRmetaNest

1. Move the avatar. Remember that you will always have the first person view, so you will NOT be able to see yourself
2. If you want to move yourself, one of the three ways:

• • use either the arrow keys on your keyboard
  • use the AWSD keys, where A = move left, W = move AWAY from where you are, S = move TOWARDS you, D = move right
  • Click on the mouse and keep it pressed and move the mouse around
  • If you want to move the room, use Q and E keys to move the space to the left and right
  • clicking on the big ? spinning over the blue Info Zone will let you teleport back there

Holding the Shift key will help you cruise a little bit more quickly.

To save sanity and preserve dignity 🙂 Voice and Camera capabilities will be disabled for most users.

And yes, you can walk through a lot of objects .. feel free, no harm no fowl 🙂

Click on things!

Click on stuff.. sometimes nothing happens but you might just be able to 

• zoom in and get an up-close look
• open a link to a new tab or in a frame
• open a link to a video
• teleport somewhere

Always worth a try: you can’t break anything in the metaNest

Accessing the VRmetaNest : just click on the Link in the menu above

• you do NOT need to have a dedicated account; you do NOT need to login – but if you login as a guest you can access some extra features.
• If you want to use the Chat Feature, you DO need to login (Google, etc.) 
• Microphone and webcam use are not enabled most of the the time
• you do not need to download any software
• like any webpage, the VR metaNest is open 24/7
• There ARE restrictions, currently, of 75 active users with avatars in the place at one time and room for another 15 or so spectators
  • so when you leave the space please logout just to make sure there is room for the next user

Once you enter the vrNest you can edit your avatar and set a name as follows:

You will be prompted to enter a name when you enter the space.  Type your name, click Connect. Once you enter you can edit your avatar. See the next step below for details. 

(note: if you have logged in you will see additional options: some are disabled but others, like chat translation for automated chat to speak with anybody who is also logged in / has set their chat as shown below)

Click on a button that looks like this on the top right hand corner:

This will bring up a box that looks like this where you just click on Custom Avatar.

There are lots of choices here – you can do as you please or just stick with the defaults.. it is your choice. To design just follow the dialogs and have fun with it.

1. On the top bar, you can switch between an Android and a Human Avatar
2. As you can see, the “Human” Avatar is activated here (in white on black background)
3. You can choose the skin tone, eye colour, all the way through the hair colour and lots of fashion choices to tweak the appearance
4. There is no save button, exiting this box will save your avatar and you will be ready to cruise the vrNest.

NOTE: our partners at FrameVR are working on this element: it may only work one directionally at times)

Even though the mic and camera are disabled for most birdies – most of the time – vrNest has a crazy cool translation chat ability.

Set it up by clicking that same icon on the top right and then “Chat Settings” as shown below.
Set both the Voice Input Language &Text Chat Translation Language to your local language 
and in the Chat Box (see the top left corner of your screen to select it)
And Finally, at the bottom of the chatbox itself (hit the down=arrow to open it) also select translate and ensure the language set matches the 2 above.

And whatever you send will be translated to the language of the other users in the chat.

This is an amazing feature for our international vrNest users and we can’t wait for it to be perfected! 
So use it as you please – but don’t complain if it isn’t always working 🙂

We’re not promising to keep this on forever BUT until we turn it off, selecting Fly Mode and adjusting your viewing position lets you fly. 

Yep. Fly. It’s a super power (and not only does it get you up into the clouds it even lets you walk through walls!)

If you fly around, other viewers will see you up there. And when you turn it off you will land back where you started.

🙂