Gates

This section dives into the powerful world of Gates! You'll learn about the two distinct Gate types we offer, discover the intuitive process of editing them, and explore the exciting possibilities for displaying diverse media. We'll also provide a comprehensive walkthrough of every setting and field within the Gate editor, ensuring you understand exactly how to customize each element to your specific needs.

Gate Types

We offer two distinct types of Gates: 1 static Gates and 2 dynamic Gates. While both are designed to display content, they differ in functionality and use cases. Here’s a quick comparison to highlight the key differences:

Feature	Static Gates	Dynamic Gates
Location	Predefined within the Space's structure	Can be placed anywhere within the Space
Size	Optimized for 936 x 1024 dimensions	Designed for a 2:1 aspect ratio but resizable
Ramps	Adding a link automatically creates a visual ramp leading to the Gate	No visual ramp change based on links

Gate Buttons

A Gate provides an additional Space to showcase your content. You can use Gates to link to other Spaces, display images, embed websites, and much more. As such, they are likely to be one of the first features you'll want to utilize.

First, you'll need to open the Edit Gate UI. Here's a quick overview of the icons you'll see outside of the Gate UI:

Edit Gate 1

Clicking this Edit Gate icon will open the Edit Gate UI, allowing you to modify the Gate's content and settings. Alternatively, hovering your mouse next to the icon will display a simplified, one-line editing interface.

Delete Gate Content 2

For static Gates, this Trash icon is located on the right side of the Gate. Clicking it will remove the content currently displayed on that Gate. 2

Like Gates 3

Clicking this Like icon allows you to express your appreciation for a Gate. Currently, this feature is only available for static Gates.

Placing dynamic Gates

Action Button

Locate the Action Button in the bottom right corner. Clicking this button will open a submenu with further options. Select Gate from this submenu. 1 You will now have a dynamic Gate "in your hand," ready to be placed anywhere within the Space.2 By clicking on the right side of the mouse you will cancel the dynamic Gate placement.

Once created, three icons will appear on the left side of the dynamic Gate which are described in the section Gates.

Reopening dynamic Gates

There exists two options to reopen the Edit Gate UI for dynamic Gates. The first option is to use the Content list 1 and the second is to open the Edit Space UI and use the floating Buttons on the Gate2.

Possible Content

You can upload the same wide range of content to Gates as you can to the Main Asset. Here's a summary of the supported file formats:

Category	Supported formats	is displayed in Gate
Gaussian Splats	PLY, SPZ, SPLAT	static ✅ dynamic ❌
Mesh based	GLB	static ✅ dynamic ❌
Videos	mp4, mov	static ✅ dynamic ✅
Images	png, jpg, gif	static ✅ dynamic ✅
Documents	pdf, pptx	static ✅ dynamic ✅
HTML	Custom HTML code	static ✅ dynamic ✅
Linking Spaces	Any existing Space (also for subdomains available)	static ✅ dynamic ✅
Weblinks	Any valid website*	static ✅ dynamic ✅

*Please note that some websites prevent embedding. We appreciate your understanding that not all websites can be displayed inside Gates.

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To embed social media posts, please navigate to the Social Media Content section.