Video call integration
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If you've decided to allow users in your virtual scene to interact with each other via video call, perhaps creating an experience that resembles an office for meetings or just a meeting place for friends, you can do this by placing an interactive 'table' element in the scene, as well as benches or chairs.
Not all tables allow this functionality, so remember that you can identify interactive objects (tables and others) by their sky blue background and ⚡️ icon.
In fact, in the image above, the interactive tables are the ones that allow integrated video calls between users sitting at them!
Once you've positioned the table, bench or chair in your scene, here are the options to set:
If you want to use an integrated video call in the environment, enable the 'Use video call' option and also the 'Embed call' option. This way, when you sit at a table or bench, a window will open in the bottom right corner with a set of controls for managing the video call with other users sitting with you.
If you do not select 'Embed call', the video call will open in a separate window.
If you want to use a link to an external video call, such as Google Meet or Zoom, select 'Has external URL' and enter the call link in 'URL'. In this case, do not select either of the built-in video call options. This option can be useful if you are using chairs and want to allow all users who are spread around the room on different chairs to join the same call. Or if you want users sitting at any table to join the same call, rather than having a different call for each table.
In both cases, once the user has joined the video call by sitting down and pressing E, they can stand up (again, by pressing E) and continue exploring the environment without disconnecting from the video call.
The business opportunities associated with using the video call feature are numerous: you can manage meetings, presentations and discussions with clients or collaborators simultaneously and without geographical limitations!
