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Broadcast Linking
Broadcast Linking
What Does Linking Do?
What Does Linking Do?
Linking to YouTube or Twitch (etc.) allows comments received while livestreaming to be displayed on the VR-side display, and those comments can be analyzed and turned into in-game objects!
This provides an even more immersive and integrated game experience!
Linking to YouTube
Linking to YouTube
Linking to YouTube requires the following:
YouTube Data API key
Video ID
Please see below for information on acquiring the required API key and video ID.
- Creating a New Project
Access Google Cloud Platform, and create a new project.
Click [Create Project].
The screen will change, so add the name of your choosing to your project and click [Create] on the bottom-left.
2. Adding YouTube Data API
2. Adding YouTube Data API
From the left-side menu, click [APIs & Services], and then click [Library].
Click the item labeled [YouTube Data API v3].
Click [Enable] to enable [YouTube Data API].
3. Creating API Keys
3. Creating API Keys
From the left-side menu, click [Credentials].
Click [Create Credentials] at the top, and move on to key creation.
Select [API Key] at the very top.
Your API key will be displayed onscreen!
That's it, you're finished.
4. Acquiring Video ID
4. Acquiring Video ID
Use this to show that you're currently broadcasting.
Copy the part of the URL after [watch?v=].
[CAUTION]
When doing this, be sure to delete [?] and/or [&] and everything after these symbols.
These parameters specify how a video is played, and will prevent your video from being properly linked if included in the video ID.
Linking to Twitch
Linking to Twitch
Linking to Twitch requires the following:
OAuth key
Channel ID
- Acquiring OAuth Key
Access the [Twitch Chat OAuth Password Generator], and click [Connect].
Twitch will request permission, so be sure to allow it.
Next, you will see a screen like the one below.
The red underlined part is your OAuth key.
[CAUTION]
Here it is formatted as [oauth:~~], but in the game please be sure to input the "[oauth]" part as well.
2. Acquiring Channel ID
2. Acquiring Channel ID
After this, your channel ID will be added to your URL.
The red underlined part ("mercurystudio" in this example) is your channel ID.
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