Experience Types Add-On – Work Hours – By Game
The purpose of this Rule is to allow your arcade to act more like a traditional arcade where someone pays to play a game until a certain criteria is reached. For example, they play until they “die”, or play just a single round. Once the criteria is reached (set within the Game Categories section explained here), the session ends. Then click on the “Add/Edit Operation Settings” button under your experiences: To remove a line item in this section, click on the red “x” to the right of it.
Synthesis VR Setup – Add More Stations To Your Location
Follow the instructions here for installing the Access Point: https://synthesisvr.com/knowledge-base/synthesis-vr-installation/ Once your Access Point(s) are installed, head to Administration >> Arcade Setup >>Billing Be sure to select the proper subscription in the Essential section that is found in the “Add” tab. If subscribing more stations to a trial, be sure to select the SynthesisVR Trail subscription option. Once you select the subscription you want, be sure to select the correct stations and make sure the total on the right is correct (if adding to a trail, make sure it shows $0.00). Scroll down to the bottom and click on the Subscribe Now button. Once your station(s) have been subscribed, you’ll need to head to the VR Devices section found here. You’ll need to click on the Edit button to open up the station information and add (or remove) the Experience Types you want to have this station be part of. This is also where you can assign a 3D Environment and Edit the Station Name (Title). Your new station is now ready to launch sessions for the assigned experiences!
Game Categories – Organize Your Content
Synthesis VR game categories allow you to choose which games are available for customers to choose from. They also can act as filters as you will see below. By default SynthesisVR will include all downloaded games as available game options during sessions. Once a game category is setup and assigned, only those games will be available. To create a game category navigate to Administration>> Business Setup >> Games, Categories, Licenses. Followed by clicking on the Categories tab: To create a new category, click on the large New Category button. This will bring up a new game category window. To add games to the Game Category, you can either double click on the games displayed in the left column or drag them from the left column to the right space. Note that the list on the left can be searched using the search field at the top (and additionally, this list only displays games discovered to be installed on your stations). If you are building a Game Category of all your games, you can simply click on the “Assign all your installed games”: To organize the order your games displayed in you simply need to click and drag the games within the right hand list. Alternatively, if you want them in alphabetical order you can click on the “Sort Alphabetically” button. Once done, click on the Save button at the bottom. At this time, you have only created a game category and it is not connected to anything else. To have it shown to customers, you need to assign the Game Category to one or more of your Work Rules. You can refer to this article for Work Rules within Operation Settings: https://synthesisvr.com/knowledge-base/work-rules-by-duration/ Note that you can also reach the Work Rule by clicking on it where it shows it is Assigned in the Categories section: When you are in the Work Rule, head to the Games tab and simply click on the Assign Game Categories + button to add more Game Categories or click on the red x to remove game Categories. Using the drop down on each Game Category allows you to choose which one will show. Note that the order the Game Categories show in this section is the order they will display for the customer in the headset. Enforced vs Optional If you create an Available Games – Enforced Game Category, then when you assign the Game Category will show in every session that the Game Category is assigned to. If you create a Restricted Access – Enforced Game Category, then when you assign this Game Category to a Work Rule, all games in this Game Category will be hidden in any other Game Categories are assigned to that Work Rule. This is most helpful if you want to create different Work Rules with the same Game Categories as your other Work Rules, but don’t want to go through and create different Game Categories to remove individual games and you can just add this Restricted Game Category to the Work Rule. If you create an Available Games – Optional Game Category and assign it to a Work Rule, than you are able, on a station by station basis, decide to include that category or not in the session. Note that at the start of a session, the Available Games – Optional categories will be selected by default and must be UNCHECKED to have them not show. If you create a Restricted Access – Optional Game Category and assign it to a Work Rule then you are able, again on a station by station basis, decide to essentially hide the games in this Game Category from a specific station. Note that at the start of a session, the Restricted Access – Optional categories will be unselected by default and must be CHECKED to hide games in this category. In the below image, the “Easy” Game Category is set to Available Games – Optional and the Medium is set to Restricted Access – Optional. Again, each station can have different options chosen at the start of a session. You can also assign games directly from the game itself. From the Your Games tab in the Games, Categories, Licenses section click on any game and go to the Categories tab: From there you can Enable or Disable a Game Category that a game is assigned to. Once finished, click on the Save button at the bottom. Note that a Game Category must have at least one game assigned to it prior to using this method. You can use the drop down number on the right of an Enabled Game Category to assign where in the list the game should show up.
Setting up and Customizing Waivers
SynthesisVR supports custom waiver forms which can also be used as customer registration forms as well. By using SynthesisVR waiver forms you save money from subscribing to 3rd party waiver forms and with inbuilt customer registration you can track all your customers. How to customize waiver form: Head to Administration >> PRO >> Online & Email Settings >> Web Templates The following templates have to be modified: waiver_text waiver_parents_text Both of these are HTML formatted and would need to be edited accordingly. Please reach out to us for help with this if needed. To add your logo in the waiver form edit this template: logo The logo needs to be a publicly accessible image. Please let us know if you need hosting help. How to access the waiver for your customers: Click Dashboard on your admin panel You will see a Waiver Form button. Clicking this will open a pop up. You can copy this link on a tablet or any smart device and use it for client registration as well Note that if you need to have the waiver access outside of your arcade, please check this link: https://synthesisvr.com/knowledge-base/online-waivers/
Per Station Arguments (with Rec Room example)
Per Station Arguments (with Rec Room as an Example) Head over to Administration >> Arcade Setup >> VR Stations Click on the edit for the station you want to enter: In the “Settings”tab of the VR Station, click on the Own Station Parameters+ button and a new line item will show up. On the left, you’ll enter the name of the parameter you want to add and on the right will be what that parameter will be. As an example, for Rec Room you might want to assign a profile name for each station. Note that this could be a portion of a final parameter if you want. Click on Save when done. Head over to Administration >> Business Setup (tab) >> Games, Categories, Licenses Locate the game you want to edit the launch arguments for and click on it. Be sure you are in the Settings tab and find the Game Arguments section,you’ll be inputting launch arguments in there. In this example, we want In the arguments, for the items you want to change, you will insert svr:<parameter name># (removing the < and >). So, here are some examples of what we might see: When you’re done, click save. In the examples above, the portion in that starts with “svr:” and ends in “#” will be replaced by the corresponding information from the VR Stations section. If the parameter does not exist, then the whole item, including the “svr:” and “#” parts will be passed to the game. If you wanted, you could also create a game variation to launch with different parameters, for example different rooms in Rec Room. To do that, click on the Game Variation button and edit any information you want changed, with the minimum being changing the name of the Variation. (note that in the above, we have added a room name for Rec Room, but you will have had to have created this room and named it in advance before you can use it in an argument). Click on Save when done. To add this new Variation to your game categories, head over to Administration >> Games, Categories, Licenses >> Categories Either edit or create a new Game Category and at the top of the list of games in the search field, type in the name of the new Variation you created. From there you can add it by double clicking it on the left. Save the category by clicking on the Save button when done. Once the Game Category is attached to your Work Rules, you and your customers will be able to launch that game using the parameters you set.
Adding / Updating Credit Card On File
In order to subscribe to Synthesis VR and license games, you will need to put a credit card on file. Also if you need to update the credit card on file you can do so with the following steps. Head to the SynthesisVR Billing Tab (in the Arcade Setup tab in the Advanced View of Administration) Once there, click on the Update Credit-Card On File Fill out the required information in the popup and click on Save Your CC when done.
Synthesis VR Setup – Installation
Introduction Synthesis VR is a software platform for location-based virtual reality (LBVR) device management and content licensing. Our platform achieves this goal with a “Synthesis” of multiple pieces of software. Synthesis VR Software Stack Step 1: Requirements Step 2: Log in to the Synthesis VR Web Terminal Step 3: Download and Install the Local Manager Application On Your Master Computer Step 4: Download the Synthesis VR Installer Step 5: Install The Synthesis VR Proxy On The Master Computer Important Notes Step 6: Choose your VR Platform – Standalone Headsets or PCVR? If you are using Standalone Headsets (Meta Quest / HTC VIVE Focus 3 / Pico) Please Go To Step 7 and Disregard Step 8 If you will be using PCVR with a Windows Gaming PC OR Setting up a Dedicated Game Server for “Game Server Automation” Please Disregard Step 7 and go to step 8 Step 7: Install Synthesis VR on a Standalone Headset (Meta Quest, HTC VIVE Focus, PICO) Step 8: Install Synthesis VR Access Point (PCVR)(Windows) *Please Note: If you will not be running PCVR with gaming computers, but instead will be utilizing standalone android headsets, go back to Step 7 This Access Point App will need to be installed on all gaming stations.