Pricing starts at $10 per user plus fees based on the requested services.

Absolutely. If you can like a LinkedIn post, you can host a virtual event. It’s that easy! 

We take care of all the technical details so you don’t have to.

And, day of, we’ll guide you and your attendees on how to navigate your avatar.

Our app only works via a desktop. You need a laptop or computer with Windows 7 SP1+ or newer version or a Mac OS X 10.11 or newer version. Translation: You need a computer that is less than 10 years old. 

A microphone and headset will also give you the best experience possible, but it’s not essential.

Hello! Let’s dive right in, create graphics like one would for the web. The smaller the file size and dimensions, the quicker the web page will load. The same rules apply to pictures displayed inside the Purple World (a 3D immersive application). The great news is that graphics that may appear low resolution on a web browser look a lot better in the 3D space. They are viewed from various distances as users interact and walk in the world, so they are not experienced in the same way they would be on a web page.

Tip: If the designer can walk through the private campus before beginning design, they will gain a better understanding that smaller files look as good as large ones.** Images displayed on a web browser that appear lower quality or pixelated tend to look smoother and higher quality when displayed on the private campus. The benefit to smaller dimensions and file size is a better performance of the application and all engaged users. 

**4000 x 1000px looks as good as 1000 X 100px

Please note: each user will need to be assigned the appropriate permissions/role to interact with the image panels and webs boards, which can vary on private campuses

Web Boards

Web boards may be used in a few different ways. Our primary focus for this article is how to prepare static graphics. Web boards may also be used to display a web page(s), play a video, screen share, or share a view using one’s web camera.

Upload file types:  Single graphic image files: .bmp, .gif, .jpg, or .png
        (transparency is not preserved on a web board)

Upload multi-page
file types:  pdf or .ppt

Video file types:  WebM format 1080P, or .MP4

Browse Web:  URL

Additional Features:  Screen share, Webcam share

Various web boards around campus will have different dimensions. To find the exact dimensions navigate to https://browsersize.com/. Look at the top right for the screen size and use those dimensions as a starting point.

Creating a Graphic for a Web Board

For a graphic to fill the entire board, the file should be set up to match the dimensions found using the browser size tool. Create the graphic in an image processing application such as photoshop, flatten all layers, and then save the file.  Save for Web as a bmp, .gif, .jpg, or .png. Ensure the file size is under 30MB.

Web Board

Creating Graphics for Image Panels

Example default globe on the left and a .png graphic loaded on the right

The dimensions for an Image Panel wall graphic can vary. The default globe image is shown in the areas where wall graphics may be uploaded, square and rectangular shapes. However, a designer is not limited to the shape of the image panel. If a graphic with transparency is uploaded, the wall will show through where the graphic is transparent.

The square and rectangle shapes provide guidance for a designer. This helps keep the look and feel consistent in a particular space.

Here are some dimensions that will help a designer get started:

Square:          Max width or max height 300px

Rectangle:  Max width or max height 600px

Upload files: Single graphic image files: .bmp, .gif (not animated), .jpg, or
 .png (preserves transparency)

Max upload size:  2MB

The height is not a hard fixed height, and neither is the width. The final image(s) will be proportionally resized to fit the wall image panel area. What needs to be determined upfront is the final look that one is trying to achieve in a scene and plan accordingly for design consistency.

Remember, each scene is like a web page. The more graphics there are, the longer it will take
to load. 

Example wall with default globe images

Example wall in the Expo Hall lobby area with uploaded graphics

Image panels are also clickable links.

A unique feature is that the image panels can be made clickable and will launch an external browser. This is a great way to get users to respond to a call to action. Check the box and enter the URL in the space shown below.

Expo Hall Graphics

Recommendations for “Banner” outside the Expo Hall in the Lobby area

File format:  .png files with transparent backgrounds

Max file size:  2MB or smaller when possible

Dimensions:  max-width 700px

Note:  Images automatically resize to fit within the given banner space.
       The blue cloudy background image will remain or appear as a border.

Example of .png file with transparent background

Recommendations for Expo Hall overhead Logo space, Logo, and  Icon space (podium)

Right-click on the right side of the logo space to change the Hex Color of the Booth

Upload logos with a transparent background over the background color for the best
looking results.

File Format:  .png files with transparent backgrounds

Max file size:  2MB or smaller when possible

Dimensions: Noted below for each booth style. Images automatically resize to fit the overhead logo space and icon space. Recommended sizes below are max-width

Example of a blue hex color and a white .png file “logo” with transparency

Recommendations for web board 

Web Board Graphics browser sizes have been noted below for the expo hall booths

See instructions on page 1

Single • Single style A ◦ 1 overhead logo space: max width 600px ◦ 1 icon space (podium): max width 100px ◦ 1 web board: 900x613px ◦ 1 web board placeholder image: 900x613px
• Single style B ◦ 1 overhead logo space: max width 600px ◦ 1 icon space (podium): max width 100px ◦ 1 web board: 900x613px ◦ 1 web board placeholder image: 900x613px

Double • Double style ◦ 1 overhead banner logo space: max   width 600px ◦ 1 podium logo space: max width 300px ◦ 1 podium icon space: max width 100px ◦ 4 image boards: 355x282px ◦ 1 web board: 900x591px ◦ 1 web board placeholder image: 900x591px

Quad • Quad style ◦ 1 ceiling logo banner space (logo x4):  max width 600px ◦ 2 overhead banner logo spaces max width 600px ◦ 2 vertical banners: max width 300px ◦ 1 podium logo space max width 300px ◦ 2 podium icon spaces max width 100px ◦ 6 image boards: max width 300px  and 700px  ◦ 5 web boards 900x577px   (4 are 900x577px) (1 is 900x621px)  ◦ 5 web board placeholder images: 900x577px ◦ 2 private volume tables ▪ 4 seats each

Close Non-Essential Programs
The first thing you should try, which will not have any effect on the Purple World’s graphical settings is to shut down any non-essential programs. Depending on your computer specifications (and the resource requirements of the other applications), running other programs while the Purple World is running could drastically affect your computer’s performance.

Make sure you are running on the Fastest Quality setting (configurable when you choose a resolution). This will increase the Purple World’s speed, at the cost of the smoothness of models in the virtual space.

(This window is not available for Mac users) 

Reduce your Target Framerate 
This affects how many frames per second (FPS) will be rendered. Reducing this will make characters move with much less fluidity, but the Purple World itself will run much faster.

• Click the Cog menu in the upper right of your screen 
• Select Preferences 
• Click the 10 or 20 button 

Mac Users:
We have found that non-apple external monitors can cause performance issues, try unplugging these devices.

Laptop Users:
You may want to set your power settings to High Performance

If you are having difficulties with your sound in the Purple World, click the cog menu in the top right corner and open the Mic Settings menu.

On Windows, you can change your Speakers by clicking the “Windows Sound Settings”.  On Mac, please see below for further instructions.

Mac/OSX

Go to System Preferences

 

Go to the “Sound” subsection

Here you can choose your audio output and input

PC/Windows

Windows 10

Windows 7 & 8

Right-click on the Speaker icon on the bottom right of your screen, and then choose “Playback devices” to go straight to your speaker setup, or “Recording devices” to go to your Mic setup

    

A window will popup. For setting up the speaker defaults, make sure you are on the “Playback” tab on the top left of the window. Once on the “Playback” menu, right-click on your headset and then click on “Set as Default Device”

Once you set it as the default device, the icon should switch from a telephone icon to a checkmark icon like in the screenshot below.

For the Mic settings, make sure you are on the “Recording” tab and then right-click on the microphone you would like to use, preferably from a headset, and then choose “Set as Default Device”

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You may need to relaunch the Purple World for it to recognize the new sound settings.

Reinitialize Voice

Taking a poll

If you want to ask your audience for an opinion, you can use the Poll Everywhere tool to get a quick response and present your results in the Purple World.

For help using Poll Everywhere, please reference their help page

Open your web browser (Chrome, Firefox, Explorer, etc.)

Create your poll with Poll Everywhere.

Activate your poll and find the shareable link.

Copy the link by highlighting it and pressing ctrl + C [Windows] or cmd + C [Mac]

In the Purple World, open the tab in the top left corner that displays your username

Select “Broadcast Message”. You might have different options depending on the type of permissions your account has set.

Click on the chat bar on the bottom left corner of the screen. Paste in your Poll Everywhere link with Ctrl + V [Windows] or cmd + V [Mac]

Send the broadcast by hitting your enter key. A new window will pop up for all users where they can enter their name so you can see who answered what. If you want to keep it anonymous, you can have them hit the “Skip” button.

Showing your poll results

In your web browser, find the poll results webpage. Click on the Link icon next to “Live results” to copy the URL

In the Purple World, find a presentation board you would like to use, click on the board to bring up the URL bar, and finally paste the results webpage into the URL bar and press enter

creating a Graphic for a Web Board

For a graphic to fill the entire board, the file should be set up to match the dimensions found using the browser size tool. Create the graphic in an image processing application such as photoshop, flatten all layers, and then save the file.  Save for Web as a bmp, .gif, .jpg, or .png. Ensure the file size is under 30MB.

Web Board