How to launch an environment correctly

In the different areas of the VR library, you have different environments to choose from. The majority of these environments have additional configuration options and events available to use after the environment has been launched!

1. The first thing you need to do would be to pair your device to the platform. Once is paired, you can see information in the pairing box such as connection, battery, volume, and the "X" symbol to unpair the device. 
   
   
2. After being paired, you will see the Visor: This provides information about what the patient is viewing on the device. If you have activated the high-quality viewer in the configurations of your platform, you will see a reproduction of the environment equal to that seen by the patient. Here you will also be able to control the audio volume that you hear.
   
   
   
   Here you have the Main actions: 
   
   • Restart: This button restarts the environment that is playing at the current moment in the visor.
   • Play / Pause: This allows you to start and pause the environment playback during the session. 
   • Center view: If the patient is not seeing the environment from the correct starting point of view, then use this button to correct the position of the avatar/environment. Before clicking "Center View" tell your patient to look straight ahead in a comfortable position.
   
   
3. Right under the Visor, you will see the Elements of interaction with the device. These buttons will allow you to communicate with the patient directly on the device, allowing you to maintain the immersion within the scene at the same time that you communicate with the patient. You can send messages to the device, by writing a message, and sending it to the patient's device. And Ask for subjective anxiety sending a subjective anxiety question, the patient will be able to choose on a scale from 1 to 10 their level of discomfort. Both elements are registered at the end of session reports.
   
   
   
4. The Configuration variables determine which elements will be present in the scene, regulating the exposure the patient faces. These variables can be changed before launching the environment (pressing play), or only after pressing Restart on the visor.  
   
   Not all environments will have configuration variables, the presence or absence of configuration variables, as well as their use, will be explained in the environment user manual.
   
   
   
   
5. The Event variables section contains the variables that interact with the scene during the playback time.
   • Events tab: Contains a list of events specific to the environment being used. It may be the case that some environments do not have events. You will find this information in the user manual for the environment. 
     
     

     * To be able to launch an event, the scene must be playing. You will find a 'Play' button under the viewfinder of the platform, this button will play the scene once the patient has the scene loaded in the headset.
     

     

   • Audio guides tab: Contains the relax sound events, which allow you to play an audio to help reduce the activation of the patient during the scene playback. 
   • Interoceptive tab: Contains sound effects that allow you to increase the proprioception of the patient by being able to reproduce a sound of breathing and heart rate, at the same time that you can change both the breathing rate and the speed of the heart rate. 
     
     
     
     
6. Under the Events you have the Environment manual: The manuals have information about the environment you have chosen to use during the session. They include:
   • Sample video: This shows a preview of the environment.
   • Description: Provides both descriptive and clinical information about the environment.
   • Configuration variables: A list of variables that affect the elements that will appear, as well as the level of exposure that will be present in the environment.
   • Event variables: A list of variables that allow you to advance in the reproduction of the environment, passing from one point to another, as well as activating or deactivating specific events that can increase or reduce exposure.
     
     
     
     
7. You can change the scene and end a session with the two buttons in the upper right area of the web platform.
   • Next environment: This allows you to reproduce another scene during the session, in case we want to expose the patient to several exposure environments, or an exposure environment followed by a relaxation environment to reduce activation and compare their behavior.
   • Finish session: As its name indicates, it ends the current session and shows us the report generated throughout the entire session with the information collected in the timeline of the control page.