VR Viewing Tips

UAlberta Museums VR exhibition tours are easy to use and accessible to everyone. They have been tested on all common devices, browsers, and operating systems and you do not need any VR equipment in order to enjoy!

Discover:

There are many ways to move through VR tours.

1) Embedded icons will move you between VR scenes in the exhibition.

2) Select a specific scene from the navigation list (can be found either at the top, left or right-side of the screen) - sometimes these menus can be collapsed. 

There are also different ways to navigate within scenes.

1) Through the arrows in the control panel at the bottom of the screen.

2) Through a click-and-hold of your cursor.

Hint: We recommend viewing the tour in "Fullscreen" mode or using the Mobile Friendly tour. Once you are finished in the VR tour, just hit escape on your keyboard.

Cropped image showing boxes at the top of the screen running horizontally where you can click to move between VR scenes
Scene navigation bar is located at the top for this VR tour. 
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Scene navigation menu is located along the left for this VR tour. 
Screenshot of the VR tour for "Shifting Geographies" with the bottom centre control panel circled
Some VR tours have a bottom navigation to help you move within a scene.
Listen:

An audio tour might be available in different scenes if you click on the audio buttons within each scene. UAlberta Museums curators and staff will give you the highlights of the exhibition as you take a virtual look around.

If an audio tour is available, audio buttons are will appear in scenes where there is audio to listen to. To get started, click on the icon to start. Audio tour transcripts are also available within the tour and on the webpage.

Hint: In some cases, you might need to hit to audio icon twice - be patient and way for the tour to start! If problems persist, try the tour in a Google Chrome browser. 

screen on VR tour with yellow icon with music notes circled to indicate this is where to click for the audio tour.
If audio is available, you will see these symbols. 
Explore:

Every work of art / object allows you to learn something new.

By clicking on the icons you will be able to either:

  • read more about the work of art or object
  • see an up-close or detail photo
  • learn more about the object on our new UAlberta Museums Search Site
  • see objects on a map
Screenshot with two yellow bubbles circled in red
Clicking on these icons will share more information about the objects nearby. 

 

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These icons indicate there is a map (left) and introduction text (right).