Best practices: creating immersive 360-degree training content

Best practices from our immersive content team, helping you get the most from each interactive video experience.

To get the most from your immersive 360-degree video and ensure the best experience, it helps to stick to some best practices. This article details some of our own findings on how to get the most out of every immersive video experience.

Start with our immersive 360-degree video checklist:

• Watch our sample 360 videos on the Virti platform

• Write down the one thing you’d like to change about your employee training

• Ask three people if they agree with your assessment

• Write down how you think you could solve one of your problems using 360 video

• Write down the feelings you want to evoke during the experience

Here are our best practices

The user is the camera

• The 360 camera represents the viewer's point of view. Ensure interactions and placements are natural and believable.

• Avoid placing the camera in unrealistic locations, such as the middle of a table.

Watch the time

• VR experiences often feel longer than they are. Focus on conveying key points rather than the duration.

Focus on the users' emotions

• Decide the emotional impact you want your video to have, whether it's confidence, preparedness, empathy, or another feeling.

Optimize the shoot

• Keep the camera still to prevent motion sickness. Avoid mounting it on your head.

• Objects in VR can appear closer than they are, so always test shots. A good rule of thumb is to test what looks OK on a flat screen and then take a step back.

• Ensure professional quality by managing lighting, and sound. If necessary, use an external microphone. It is always best to record in rooms with carpet and furniture to dampen the sound.

Engage the user

• Avoid placing the camera in a corner where the user feels ignored. Make sure the action acknowledges the viewer's there.

• To help actors engage with the camera, add googly eyes to it. This technique reduces jitters and encourages eye contact with the lens.

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