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OFFF VIRTUAL WORLD TUTORIAL
MANUAL USER
FUTURA SPACE (2.0) is playable on both PC and Mac browsers (in order of preference; Edge, Opera, Firefox and Chrome). Not mobile or Ipads.
If you are using a home-office setup or a domestic laptop, make sure you are not running heavy programs such as image or video editors and please reduce the number of open windows and tabs. If you are using a PC gaming hardware this will not be necessary.
As a gaming platform, it is highly recommended but not mandatory, to use a mouse in order to improve the user experience. Also, having a good graphics card will likely improve WebGL performance on your computer.
WARNING:
USING WINDOWS LAPTOP? YOU MAY NEED OPERA GX
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Enter https://futura.space/offfbarcelona (Access will be available from May 1st. to May 8th, and will run everyday starting at 12:00 to 21:00 CEST)
2. Press the Fullscreen button.
3. Select language:
Tap in the lower right button and select the language you want to use; Spanish, Catalan or English. 4. Please “Log In” or “Register”:
- Register: if it’s your first time this step is mandatory. - Log in: tap here if you already have a profile registered..
5. Register:
Select a username
Select a password
Type your email for password recovery Accept terms and conditions.
Tap “Register”.
Warning
Once you register you will not be able to change your username
We do not keep or save your password and email. This information goes directly to a Microsoft server. (Read their Terms of Service)
6. Log In: If you already have a profile created
Type your username
Type your password Tap “Log In”.
7. Choose Server: based on the number of users connected.
All servers are the same, nothing changes. We divide them in servers of 250 users to secure a proper experience without depending on a gamer hardware. If your friends are on a different server you can change servers anytime. If you experience any latency, we suggest you switch to a server with fewer connected users. Any other issues, please check the FAQS report.
8. Profile: fill your profile.
Public Profile On the left you'll find a face icon. Tap it to fill in the data you want to share on your public profile. This info will be visible to other users that taps on your avatar.
Avatar Customizer Tap the hanger icon to customize your fluid-gender avatar. Choose your outfit, accessories, facial features and skin tone to create your virtual being. Tap “Enter” once you are satisfied with your profile.
9. Tutorial:
If this is the first time you are accessing the platform, a pop-up window will open asking if you want to play the tutorial. In this tutorial you’ll learn how to move your avatar, rotate the camera and interact with other avatars in just one minute. Tap ‘Yes’ to play or ‘No’ to enter OFFF metaverse.
10. My Tickets: Once the profile has been edited you will appear outside of DHUB.
In order to access the interior and enjoy the conferences, you must enter your ticket/s in the 'My Tickets' button located in the upper right corner.
‘Enter your ticket number in 'Enter ticket ...'
Press 'Validate ticket'. If the ticket is valid you will be able to access the DHUB. In the event that you have more than one ticket, you must repeat the process for each of them.
‘Buy a Ticket’ In the event that you don’t have a ticket, press 'Buy a Ticket' to purchase one.
11. Networking: when you press on any other avatar, you will see three options:
Profile button: Tap here to see the players public profile.
Private chat: Tap here to chat privately with this player.
Add Contact button: Tap here and add this player to your contacts list.
12. Platform Interface In the upper left corner, you have three functionalities: Player button. Tap here if you want to go back to your avatar profile and change any data or customization.
Chat button. Press here to open or close the general chat. This chat is public to all players. Everyone can read what you type in. To speak privately with someone you must:
1. add them as a contact or 2. click on their avatar.
Contacts button. Press here to see your contacts list or to add new ones. To add new contacts you can 1. type in their username or 2. click on their avatar. The friends you have on your contact list will appear in green when they are connected.
In the upper right corner, you have three functionalities:
- Change server button. Tap here to change server.
- Instructions button. Tap here to follow up with the instructions.
- My Tickets: Press here to validate your tickets.
In the lower right corner, you have four functionalities:
- Help chat button: write to us in case you need assistance. - Screenshot button: tap here to take a picture of your avatar. - Report a Bug button. Click here to report a software bug. A bug is an error, flaw or fault in a computer program or system that causes it to produce an incorrect or unexpected result, or to behave in unintended ways. - Rate Us button. Press here to fill out a short survey about our platform. In this way you will help us optimize and improve the user experience. FAQS 13. How do I run WebGL? To access WebGL content you need to have a browser that supports it. WebGL is supported by Opera, along with Google (Chrome), Microsoft (Edge) and Mozilla (Firefox). Make sure you have enabled WebGL on your browser and this is up to date. Also, having a good graphics card will likely improve WebGL performance on your computer. To know if your browser runs WebGL check out the above video example running as a live demo. Another great demo to check out is Hello Racer.
14. How do I enable WebGL on my browser?
Follow the visual steps: here
If you have a display driver older than 2010 you may need to update your display drivers. Please also check to ensure you are not using any extension that may be disabling WebGL.
Opera - Select Opera → Preferences... or go to about:config to open the browser settings. Expand the Advanced options and select Browser. Go to the System section and ensure that Use hardware acceleration when available is enabled.
Chrome - Navigate to chrome://settings/system and check to ensure that Use hardware acceleration when available is enabled. If hardware acceleration is currently enabled, inspect the status of WebGL under the Graphics Feature Status section at chrome://gpu/.
Edge - Select Microsoft Edge → Preferences... or go to edge://settings/system to open the browser settings. Check to ensure User hardware acceleration when available is enabled in the System settings. If hardware acceleration is currently enabled, inspect the status of WebGL under the Graphics Feature Status section at edge://gpu/.
Firefox - Go to about:config and search for webgl.disabled in the search bar to ensure its value is false. If the value for webgl.disabled is false, next you should inspect the status of WebGL at about:support. Go to the Graphics table and check if there is a graphics card manufacture, model, and drive in the Driver Renderer section. If there is, then WebGL is enabled, but if there is an error message indicating there is a block, then your graphics driver is blacklisted.
15. How do I update my browser?
16. How do I enable WebGL on my iPad or SmartPhone?
Our platform is only operational for use on computers (PC and MAC).
17. How do I fix a ‘Buffer Error’?
If you don’t have powerful hardware, close windows, tabs or any other programs that you may not be using so that your computer can run the platform and restart your login by refreshing or by pressing F5.
18. My screen suddenly went ‘Black’, how do I fix it?
If you don’t have powerful hardware, close windows, tabs or any other programs that you may not be using so that your computer can run the platform and restart your login by refreshing or by pressing F5.
19. Videos play slow, how do I fix it?
Close windows, tabs or any other programs that you may not be using so that your computer can run the platform and restart your login by refreshing or by pressing F5.
If it keeps playing slow try on Microsoft Edge browser.
20. The platform generally runs slow , how do I fix it?
Close windows, tabs or any other programs that you may not be using so that your computer can run the platform and restart your login by refreshing or by pressing F5.
If it keeps running slow try on Microsoft Edge browser or switch to a server with fewer connected users.
