Overview
Gather.town offers a virtual space for conference attendees to interact with each other. You use the arrow keys to move your avatar around the space, and are then audio/video-conferenced with people who are near you in the general space, or are anywhere in the same private space as you. You can also interact with objects in the space.
Our space consists of a main hall, lecture hall, various side rooms, poster and demo rooms, and lounges, together with exterior grounds and a beach. Some of the side rooms are named to make it easier to arrange to meet somewhere.
Gather.town will be open for one hour each morning before the conference starts for coffee and chat, and will host the Thursday poster session and the Friday European networking and social events.
Our gather.town URL is: https://gather.town/app/j2Ozbwz01WxI9YKH/CMB-S4
MAP
The map covers the interior spaces. Don't forget to explore the grounds and beach too!
Signing In
Using the Firefox or Chrome browser, navigate to https://gather.town/app/j2Ozbwz01WxI9YKH/CMB-S4
Enter the password sent in the conference organization email and click "Submit".
Enter your name (first and last please), edit your avatar to your liking, and click "Next".
Select your camera and microphone (giving your browser permission if asked) and click "Join the gathering".
IntEracting
Your avatar appears with a highlight circle around it.
The arrow keys move your avatar through the virtual space.
Whenever you get close enough to another avatar your audio/video feeds are conferenced.
If you enter a private space your feed will be connected with everyone in that space.
To find someone, click on the Participants icon in the very bottom left corner of the screen.
Selecting a participant from the list then allows you to friend, message, locate, or follow them.
Locating them will generate a trail for you to follow to reach them.
Private Spaces
Private spaces allow everyone in that space to connect, even if they are further apart than usual.
Whenever you enter a private space a message will appear at the foot of your screen.
Tables with chairs around them, beach umbrellas with loungers, and most conference rooms are private spaces.
In the poster rooms, the area in front of each poster is a private space.
POster & demo sessions
After the conference zoom sessions end on Thursday we will be holding a virtual poster and demo session.
As you approach a poster you will see a preview; click x and you will be able to view the entire poster; enter the private space in front of the poster and you will join the presenter's conference.
More details on the posters and demos can be found on the poster/demo page.
Whiteboards
There are interactive whiteboards in several of the rooms. To use a whiteboard, stand close to it and press "x". To have a private conversation around a whiteboard, the participants must all be standing in the green circles which form a private sub-space.
Pressing "x" will open an interactive whiteboard. Use the options in the left and bottom toolbars to draw/write on the whiteboard.
When you are done please clean the whiteboard using the eraser for the next user before closing the screen (using the button in the top right corner of your screen) to rejoin the space.