ITFS VR Hub

The ITFS VR-Hub is a virtual collaboration platform that runs in your browser with no installation or app store required. Hubs is for all ITFS visitors and simply anyone who wants to connect with others remotely! It’s a great way to getting to know the festival community and network in a shared virtual space.

Because it runs in the browser, Hubs is very cross-platform compatible. It works on mobile, desktop, and VR devices, and runs on most modern browsers. For more information check out the supported devices & browsers section provided by Mozilla Hubs.

Our ITFS VR-Hub is open and accessible 24 hours a day from 3 May 2021.

The ITFS VR-Hub offers an additional programme for users from all around the world, including an avatar building workshop, panels, music sessions and even exclusive feature films. Have a look at the programme here.

The ITFS Hub can be accessed using the following link: https://link.work-in-vr.org/UUhQYBS

Before entering the ITFS VR-Hub room you are in the room’s lobby. You can see and hear what’s going on in the room but you can only interact with the others using text chat. The process of entering a room is a bit different depending on your device:

On desktop / mobile? Click “Enter Room” and follow the prompts to select a username/avatar and set up your mic. On the final prompt select “Enter on Screen”, or “Enter on Phone” if on mobile.

On a VR headset? Take a look at the instructions in the Hubs documentation.

You can choose your avatar as you enter the room. Once in the room, you can change the look of your Avatar by clicking ‘More’ in the bottom right, then ‘Change Name and Avatar’. You can choose from standard Avatars or create a completely custom one.

For sure! We love seeing custom avatars. You can either re-skin the default avatars or upload your own 3D model (.glb). ITFS even has an avatar competition where a prize is awarded to the most creative hand-built avatar! For more information on creating your custom avatar, check out the Creating Custom Avatars section provided by Mozilla Hubs or join us for our avatar workshop.

On desktop use your WASD or arrow keys to move around. You can also press your right mouse button to teleport to a different location. Rotate your view using the Q and E keys, or hold down your left mouse button and drag.

For VR and mobile controls see an extended list of Hubs controls here.

To hover, you can type /fly in the text chat box, or press G on desktop, or press down on the joystick in Quest.

From 5PM CET (starting 3 May 2021), our VR Hub hosts will welcome you for a guided tour around the space and will help you to get to know the space.

If you’re experiencing technical difficulties, don’t hesitate to send an email to hubtechnik@festival-gmbh.de.

There’s a maximum of 50 in-room participants.

Once a room is full, all additional users (participant #51 and beyond) can still participate by watching from the lobby. Users in the lobby can see and hear what’s happening in the room and interact via text chat; however, they are not represented as avatars in the room and their mic is not active. There is no hard limit on lobby capacity, however, performance may decrease once there are over one hundred people in the lobby.

Creating and customising an avatar on hubs is simple, just follow the instructions given here if you are a beginner or have a look here if you’ve got some animation experience or check out the instructions on Ready Player Me.

Got questions? Great! Come and check out our workshop on how to build and customise an avatar by the VR expert Ronald Wong Ho Hip (Johannesburg, South Africa) on 6 May 2021 at 2 PM (CET), over in our Trixi workshop space.

Taking part is easy as 1-2-3:

1. Make your own avatar and take a selfie in the ITFS VR Hub
2. Download the avatar.glb on your computer
3. E-mail the following information to the festival-mail avatar@festival-gmbh.de by 6 May 2021, 10AM CET

• • Selfie
  • GLB-file
  • Contact details, including your name, e-mail address and phone number