Glossary
Activation Distance
The distance in tiles at which you can interact with an interactable object. Inside this radius, objects can be interacted with with the 'x' key. Includes diagonals.
Control Panel
The Control Panel can be found at the center bottom of your screen
Decorative Object
An image or asset uploaded or selected from default objects that is purely decorative and cannot be directly interacted with. Examples include tables and chairs.
Grapes, Gather Menu
The Gather menu appears when you click the Gather "grapes" icon in the upper left corner of the screen. From the Gather icon, you can go to your personal dashboard, generate links to invite people to your space, open the Help Center, and report bugs or send feedback.
Grid Mode
Grid Mode expands the participant video carousel at the top of the screen so you can see people's videos in a larger size. Grid Mode displays up to 9 people at a time.
Interactive Object
An object that contains some form or interactive functionality. Types include: posters, embedded videos, embedded documents/websites, embedded external call links, and note objects
Messaging Panel, Chat Panel
The Messaging Panel can be found in the bottom left corner of your screen above the Participants List
Object Active End Time
This field sets the time when the object disappears from the map.
Object Active Start Time
This field sets the time when the object appears on the map.
Participants Panel
The Participants List can be found in the bottom left corner of your screen
Payment Dashboard
This is where you can make reservations and moderate your Space. Each Premium Dashboard is tied to a specific Space. Click here to learn how to find your Premium Dashboard.
Room
An individual map with it's own background within a Space. In, of itself, does not have a directly associated URL.
Settings
The settings menu has settings for both the user and the space.
Space
A self-contained virtualized world created on Gather. Has an associated URL. Can contain one or more rooms.
users, participants, guests, visitors
Users include hosts, guests, visitors, and anyone who is currently online inside of your Gather Space.