Hopin StreamYard for VR/AR Virtual Events

Hopin’s StreamYard is a live streaming studio application that utilizes your browser. StreamYard allows you to Interview guests, share your screen, and much more without having to load any additional software.

Jump to:

Create a Broadcast in StreamYard

StreamYard Private Events

Public StreamYard Events in 3D with Twitch

Go to Twitch

Go to Your 3D Space

Create a Broadcast in StreamYard

Creating a broadcast in StreamYard is easy. Just click the Create a broadcast button in the StreamYard window and you’ll be broadcasting in seconds.

StreamYard Private Events

To create a private event while using StreamYard, you will need an additional service such as Wowza and Custom RTMP. NOTE: You will need to upgrade your StreamYard account to a paid plan in order to use this feature.

To create a private StreamYard event:

  1. In the Broadcast to pop-up menu, click the Add destination button
  2. On the sub-menu that appears, select Custom RTMP.
  3. To finish this setup, follow the Wowza guide here Wowza and Custom RTMP

Public StreamYard Events in 3D with Twitch

Users can link their public StreamYard events to 3D environments such as MootUp through Twitch. To begin this process, you will need a Twitch account and then authorize StreamYard (see below).

After authorizing StreamYard, do the following:

  1. In the Broadcast to pop-up menu, enter a title into the Title data field. NOTE: If you are broadcasting to a select audience, using a Twitch account name and title that do not contain searchable keywords will make your feed less discoverable.
  2. Click the Create broadcast button.

  1. You will be prompted to check your camera and mic before beginning your event. Change any settings if necessary and then click Enter studio.

  1. Below your camera window, click the Add to stream button.
  2. Click the Go live button.

Go to Twitch

  1. Open your Twitch window and click your profile icon in the top right corner.
  2. From the menu that appears, select Channel. You will see your live stream.

  1. Click the share icon () near the bottom of the page.
  2. Click the Copy URL icon.

Go to Your 3D Space

  1. In your 3D MootUp window, click the pencil icon () in the top right toolbar.
  2. From the drop-down menu that appears, select Add content.

  1. In the dialog box that appears, paste the Twitch URL into the data field provided.
  2. Click the Import button.

  1. Your StreamYard broadcast feed will appear as a video screen in your MootUp 3D environment.

How useful was this article?

Click on a star to rate it!

We are sorry that this article was not useful for you!

Let us improve this article!

Tell us how we can improve this article?