Controlling the playback of an experience

When you load an Experience, it begins to play automatically. Users with host permissions can pause, jump to a specific time, or cancel the Experience. How you control the playback of Experience depends on how the it was created.

On desktop and VR devices, when an Experience is loaded, a blue dot appears underneath the Experiences icon in the menu. If the Experience controls the playback of media, a blue dot also appears underneath the Shared Screen icon.

Active Experiences icon

To access the Active Experience panel, complete the following steps:

1. Open your menu or tablet, and then select Experiences .
2. On the Experiences page, in the lower left corner, select Active Experience.

If the Active Experience panel includes playback controls, as shown in the following image, then you can use those to control playback of the Experience.

Active Experience panel with playback controls

If the Active Experience panel doesn't include playback controls, as shown in the following image, see Controlling video playback for instructions on how to control playback of the Experience.

Active Experience panel when playback is controlled by a video