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  • Welcome to Breakroom
  • GETTING STARTED
    • Helpful terms
    • UI tour
    • Keyboard shortcuts
    • Customizing your avatar
      • Choosing a starter avatar
      • Editing avatars in the Outfit window
      • Using the Sine Wave Shop
    • Controlling your avatar
    • Controlling your camera
    • Communicating with other users
    • Using the conference system
      • Troubleshooting audio and video issues
    • Using Breakroom for Training
    • Settings
    • Language and accessibility
    • Reporting issues
  • EXPLORING BREAKROOM
    • Region navigation tools
    • Bookmarks and teleport invites
    • Using the Explore window
    • Using the Meetings window
    • Networking with other users
      • People
      • Groups
    • Snapshots
  • BUILDING NEW WORLDS
    • Breakroom Dashboard tour
    • Creating and managing Regions
    • Default Landing and Orientation Regions
    • Region settings
    • Region template descriptions
  • CREATING CUSTOM EXPERIENCES
    • Branding tools
    • UI customization options
    • Filtering the Sine Wave Shop
    • Selecting default avatars
      • Default avatar collections
    • Using the Region Editor
      • Editing and moving objects
      • Editing terrain and sky
      • The Region Editor ADVANCED window
    • Exploring the Breakroom Toolkit
      • Breakroom Video Player
      • Breakroom Web Browser
      • Breakroom Image Viewer
      • Breakroom Info Kiosk
      • Breakroom Teleport Portal
      • Breakroom Web Collab
      • Breakroom Note Board
      • Breakroom Games
      • Breakroom Reactives
      • Breakroom Orientation Quest
      • Breakroom Tour Cameras
      • Conference rooms and booths
      • Add-on seats
      • Breakroom Start Here UI
      • Breakroom Basic Emojis
      • Breakroom 360° Video Player
    • Managing your Media Library
  • OPENING THE DOORS
    • Seats and concurrency
    • Creating and managing user accounts
      • World-level user permissions
      • Region-level user permissions
      • Single sign-on
      • Eventbrite integration
    • World Stream
      • Purchasing and managing World Credits
      • Pre-allocation campaigns
      • World Stream viewer toolbars
      • World Stream keyboard shortcuts
      • Troubleshooting World Stream issues on Chrome
      • Troubleshooting World Stream issues on macOS
    • Desktop viewers
    • Privacy Policies, EULAs, and data collection
    • Analytics
    • Toggling World availability
  • RUNNING YOUR EVENT
    • Understanding the conference system
      • Voice zones, zone types, and conference permissions
      • Voice chat and spatial audio
    • Customizing the conference system components
      • Adding breakout areas
      • Creating custom voice zones
      • Setting up Presenter and Audience zones
      • Designating triage zones
      • Troubleshooting duplicate zone errors
      • The RoomFurniture component
    • Setting up Breakroom for Training courses
    • Moderator tools
      • Broadcast messages
      • Crowd management
      • Audience questions
      • Raised hands
      • Presentation controls
      • Hidden UI toggle
      • Participation
      • Audio streams
  • TIPS FOR SUCCESS
    • Region Editor best practices
    • Onboarding new users
  • ADVANCED TUTORIALS
    • Uploading your own Region
      • Installing Unity and the Breakroom SDK
      • Reducing poly counts on CAD files
      • Uploading a Region from Unity to Breakroom
      • Creating and uploading custom chairs
      • Testing items on the preview server
      • Pushing items to the live server
      • Installing the conference system components
    • Uploading your own virtual objects
    • Uploading your own virtual clothing
    • Creating and copying avatar shapes
    • Installing the Quest System
    • Registration and grid APIs
    • Video streaming
    • Sinespace scripting documentation
  • HELP
    • Where to find support
    • Tutorial video playlists
      • Platform basics
      • Dashboard
      • Moderator tools
      • Breakroom Games
      • Creator Core
      • Breakroom for Training - Students
      • Breakroom for Training - Instructors
      • Breakroom for Training - Dashboard and Backend
    • Account management
    • System requirements
    • Troubleshooting network ports and firewalls
  • RELEASE NOTES
    • Breakroom SDK
    • Breakroom Viewer
    • Breakroom Dashboard
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On this page
  • Overview
  • Basic movement commands
  • Conference system navigation panels
  • The General Navigation panel
  • The Breakroom Rooms panel
  • The Areas of Interest panel
  • The mini map
  • Region search
  • Teleport portals
  • The Explore window
  • Bookmarks
  • Teleport invites
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  1. EXPLORING BREAKROOM

Region navigation tools

The Metaverse is meant to be explored—so don't just stand there! Here we'll review some basic movement commands before showing you new ways to explore your Breakroom World.

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Last updated 11 months ago

Overview

This section is designed to serve as a quick overview of the in-world navigation tools. You'll learn how to read the Region mini map, how to teleport between important areas using the conference system navigation panels, and how to use search, teleport portals, and the Explore window to visit new Regions.

Basic movement commands

Button or command
Function

WASD or arrow keys

Pressing the WASD or arrow keys will cause your avatar to walk or turn in the specified direction.

Shift + WASD or arrow keys

Holding down the Shift key while moving will cause your avatar to run.

Space bar

Pressing the space bar will cause your avatar to jump.

C key

Pressing the C key will cause your avatar to crouch.

F key

Pressing the F key will cause your avatar to start or stop flying.

While flying > WASD or arrow keys

While your avatar is flying, you can move them through space using the WASD or arrow keys.

While flying > R and C keys

While your avatar is flying, press the R key (or Pg Up key) to fly higher, and the C key (or Pg Down key) to fly lower.

Conference system navigation panels

The General Navigation panel

Button

Target location

Auditorium

Teleports your avatar to the auditorium.

Entrance

Teleports your avatar to the Region entrance or to a designated information booth.

Networking

Teleports your avatar to the designated lounge or networking area.

Floor

Teleports your avatar to the main "floor" of the event (e.g. vendor booths, game area).

The General Navigation panel's appearance can vary. Based on the contents of a particular Region, you may not see all of the teleport buttons pictured above. You may also see different icons for each area type (e.g., a cocktail glass instead of a coffee cup).

The Breakroom Rooms panel

The Areas of Interest panel

The mini map

On the mini map, you will see landing areas marked with a pink dot. The location of your avatar is marked with a blue dot, while other avatars are represented by green dots.

Region search

Teleport portals

The Explore window

Bookmarks

  1. Locate the bookmark you want to use, and click on it. In the action menu that appears, click the Teleport button.

Teleport invites

World Owners and World Administrators can via the . You may not have access to every function described in this section.

As a refresher, here's a rundown of Breakroom's avatar movement controls. You can find more detailed information about in our section.

If the is enabled, you can move your avatar to a specific spot by pointing your mouse cursor at the ground and clicking the left mouse button. You can also change your in the .

As noted in our , the system includes several panels designed to help you travel between important areas within an event Region. You can find these panels arranged along the top and sides of your screen. Click any button to teleport your avatar to that area.

The General Navigation panel contains teleport links to key event areas. If are available in a particular area, your avatar will be seated automatically upon arrival.

The Breakout Rooms panel allows you to teleport your avatar directly to a numbered .

This panel is visible on the right side of the screen when activated, and can be set up to offer direct teleport links to any voice zone that is not listed in either the or .

The in the top right corner of the screen displays a top-down view of your current Region. You can use the magnifying glass buttons to zoom in and out. Clicking on the mini map itself will open the .

The search field located in the can be used to search for Regions by name. Clicking on a Region in the search results will open the . You can then teleport to that Region by clicking the "Enter the region" button.

can be set up to enable travel between different Regions. If you see a Breakroom Teleport Portal, you can activate it by walking your avatar "into" it. A pop-up will appear containing a list of accessible Regions, and you can click on any destination tile to learn more about that Region. If you wish to teleport there, click the Teleport button.

The allows you to browse through a list of . You can learn more about a Region by clicking its listing card, and teleport there by clicking the Enter button.

If someone sends you a through Breakroom's system, you can use it to travel to a new area or Region by following these steps.

If you haven't yet accepted the bookmark, click the Envelope button in the to open the Mail window. Click on the relevant email, and then click the Accept It or Buy It button for the bookmark attachment.

Open your Inventory by clicking the Inventory button in the . Click on the Bookmark category to expand it.

If another user invites you to to their location, a pop-up will appear asking for your consent. You can click the Refuse button to decline the invitation, or click the Teleport button to accept.

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Dashboard
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Getting Started
conference system quick-start guide
Breakroom Teleport Portals
teleport
General Navigation panel
Breakout Rooms panel
Explore window
Featured Regions
Settings window
Region Information window
Region Information window
bookmark
mini map
top toolbar
top toolbar
bottom toolbar
in-world email
"click to walk" feature
default walking speed
seats
breakout area
Pictured: The General Navigation panel.
Pictured: The Breakout Rooms panel.
Pictured: The Areas of Interest panel.
Pictured: The mini map.
Pictured: The search field.
Pictured: A Breakroom Teleport Portal.
Pictured: The Explore window.
Highlighted: Several bookmarks and the location of the Teleport button.
A closeup of the General Navigation panel. The UI for this panel is described below.
A closeup of the Breakout Rooms panel.
A closeup of the Areas of Interest panel.
A closeup of the mini map.
A closeup of the top toolbar search field, with a single result returned for a Region search.
A closeup of a Breakroom Teleport Portal set up in the Delphi Region.
A closeup of the Explore window, with twelve different Region listing cards.
A closeup of a user Inventory opened to the Bookmarks category. The action menu for a bookmark has been opened, and a blue arrow points to the Teleport button.