Overview

The Fade Scene resource allows the author to fade the scene in or out. Fading in will slowly reveal the scene to the learner, whereas fading out will cause the scene to go completely dark. Fading in is an excellent way to introduce a new scene or area to the learner, whereas fading out is great at concluding events. Used in conjunction, the fade in and outs can be used together to transition between different scenes.

Required Fields

Events

Open, Activate, Complete.

Example in the Headset

When authoring a Spawn Asset Resource, we suggest fading the scene out and in to mitigate the motion sickness that can result. In this example, we are spawning some workshop tools in the environment and will fade the scene out prior to spawning and then fade the scene back in after.

• Suggested Best Practice: Create a frame for a Screen Message Resource to let the learner know what will happen in the scene:

• At the bottom of the Screen Message Resource, click the Event Link Shortcut (the blue + icon) to create a child frame that is conditional on the Screen Message closing (choose the Close event)

• Drag and drop a Fade Scene Resource into the Resource pane

• Choose “Fade Out” under Effect:

• At the bottom of the Fade Out, click the Event Link Shortcut to create a child frame that is conditional on the Fade Out completing (choose the Complete event)

• Drag and drop a Spawn Assets Resource into the Resource pane

• Choose the assets to spawn:

• At the bottom of the Spawn Assets Resource, click the Event Link Shortcut to create a child frame that is conditional on the Spawn Assets completing (choose the Complete event)

• Drag and drop a Fade Scene Resource into the Resource pane

• Choose “Fade In” under Effect:

• Save

This is what it would look like in the Headset:

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