In Arkio there are several ways to navigate your environment and work with your model.
Moving around - the most natural way to get around is just moving your body and head in the direction you want and having a closer look at the model. This is a fun way to explore and adjust your designs at god or human scale. While moving around your passthrough image might show as safety measure for boundaryless mode. You can move a bit slower or switch to full-passthrough mode on your wristband to avoid this effect.
Teleport - You can teleport by pressing the dominant hand thumbstick/touchpad forward. This teleports you to the target and changes your scale to human scale (1:1). Teleporting into the sky will put you back to your previous “god” scale position
It's possible to teleport through vertical planes in Arkio to allow you to teleport inside buildings this can be a bit tricky in complex 3D models but the grips give you finer control to make . We're also looking into adding a dedicated fly mode in Arkio in the coming updates for users who are looking for an alternative way to walk around.
Panning - To pan the model you must hold the grip button of one controller. Moving the controller correspondingly moves the world. Briefly grabbing and switching between two hands like a “ski pole” movement is a great way of moving yourself through the world. Momentum is preserved while panning so if you let go whilst moving you will slowly drift to a halt.
Scaling - To scale the world you hold both grip buttons down together and move your hands together or apart. You should physically feel your scale change and see the current scale above the white center line. The scaling will automatically snap when nearing an architectural scales (1:10, 1:50, 1:100, 1:500, 1:1000).
Rotating - To rotate the model you hold the grip button on both controllers at the same time. You will see a white line connecting the controllers with a scale indicator. Rotating the controllers horizontally rotates the world around them accordingly.
Non-VR navigation
Arkio non-VR navigation is similar to other 3D tools. You can use the mouse scroll wheel and touch gestures to zoom/pan around. and click/touch and drag on the Arkio table and UI to activate tools and work with the file.
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