Play Scenes

To play a scene, double-click the scene thumbnail within the scene browser. If the scene contains any assets that do not exist on the server, then they will need be synced to the server before playback can begin. Syncing can take a few minutes for large assets, however this is a one-time operation and subsequent playbacks will not require syncing. To stop the session, click the back button in the navigation bar to go back to the scene browser.

Scene Playback

The main scene playback panel contains the following controls:

• Restart: Restart the main video. Stop all ambient audio and restart any auto-play items. Deactivate any active triggers. Reset lighting to initial value. Reset 360 view direction and pitch to the initial values.
• Play/Pause: Toggle between playing/pausing main video and ambient audio. Video/Audio from any active triggers will not be affected and will continue playing.
• Mute: Toggle muting of main video and ambient audio. Audio from any active triggers will not be affected.
• Master Volume: Adjust the master volume, which includes the main video, ambient audio, and any active audio/video triggers. This change is not permanent, so playing the scene again will restore the master volume to the initial value. To permanently change the master volume, you must save changes from the page menu.
• Lighting: Display popup for adjusting the ambient lights during the session. The lighting controls are identical to the controls within the scene editor. Changes made to lighting during the session are not permanent, so playing the scene again will restore the lighting to the initial values. To permanently change the lighting, you must save changes from the page menu.
• Show Hidden Triggers: Toggle displaying an outline around hidden triggers (i.e. triggers with no icon).
• 360 View Direction: For 360 videos, this will control the direction of the view. Click and drag the compass left/right to change the direction. This change is not permanent, so playing the scene again will restore the view direction to the initial value. To permanently change the view direction, you must save changes from the page menu.
• 360 View Pitch: For 360 videos, this will control the pitch of the view. Click and drag the indicator up/down to change the pitch.

Ambient Audio

The Ambient Audio panel displays a list of all the ambient audio items in the scene. Audio that is currently playing will be highlighted. Clicking an item will toggle between playing/pausing the audio.

Triggers

The Triggers panel displays a list of all triggers in the scene. Triggers that have been activated will be highlighted. Clicking a trigger item will toggle between activating/deactivating the trigger. If a newly activated trigger overlaps any existing activated triggers, the existing activated trigger will automatically be deactivated. For participants, triggers can be deactivated by tapping the trigger icon or tapping the area immediately outside the popup image/video.

For 360 videos, triggers that are moved offscreen will be disabled and cannot be activated. Offscreen triggers will change color to indicate they are disabled as seen below:

Performance Markers

The Performance Markers panel displays a list of all performance markers in the scene. Clicking a marker will display a popup which allows applying the selected value to the log.

Checklist

The Checklist panel displays a list of all tasks in the scene. Clicking a task will display a popup which allows marking the task for completion with the selected value saved to the log. Completed tasks will be displayed in green and the title bar of the panel will display the number of completed tasks and the total number of tasks.

Views

If the scene contains multiple views, a Views panel will be displayed along the left side of the play screen. The current view will be highlighted and selecting a view will pause the current view and activate the selected view. When switching between views, audio/video will resume where they left off. You can either click the Restart button to restart the active view or click the Reset button in the Views panel title bar to restart all views and activate the Home view.

Debrief

To stop the session and immediately display the debrief screen in the theater, click the PRISM logo in the navigation bar and select Debrief.

Save Changes

Changes made to the scene during a session can be optionally saved for subsequent sessions. To do so, click the PRISM logo in the navigation bar and select Save Changes while the scene is playing to save the following changes:

• Master Volume
• 360 View Direction
• Lighting