VIII Directions of Accessing the Poster Session via Gather Town

Instructions for Creating an Avatar and Navigating Gather Town’s Virtual Environment

Avatar Creation

1. Use the link in the chat to start the process of creating your avatar to be used in the virtual poster session.

2. You will then be prompted to name and customize your avatar.

a. Enter your full name and alter the appearance of your avatar to your liking

3. Once you have completed the customization process you can proceed to join the session

4. You will then see your camera and microphone settings, when you are satisfied with those, click join the gathering

Navigating and Interacting Instructions

5. To move around you can use the arrow keys on the keyboard, the direction of the arrow key correlates to the direction you will go on your screen. Please proceed with the Tutorial, so that all questions will be answered on how to proceed and your camera and microphone can be tested.

6. To interact with items, you will need to walk up to them and press the X key on your keyboard to see it.

7. To view a poster number go into the Poster Number Square and press X.

8. When you are done viewing the item you interacted with, you will exit the interaction menu by clicking the X icon in the top right-hand corner of the interaction menu.

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