Audio elements: let your scenarios speak

A lot of what trainees need to notice is something they hear, not something they see. The alarm that starts a minute before anyone reacts. The radio call that changes the plan. The patient whose breathing sounds wrong. Until now, sound in a Warp VR scenario had to be part of the video itself. With Audio elements, you can add it separately, exactly where and when you need it.

Add sound to any scene

Upload an audio file and place it in a scene, just like you place a hotspot or a question. Use it for a voice-over that guides trainees through a procedure, a sound effect that adds pressure to a decision, or background noise that makes a factory floor or emergency room feel real.

You can upload MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC and OGG files of up to 30 minutes. Trim them in the media library, so you only use the part you need.

Auto-play or tap to listen

Every Audio element has two modes:

• Auto-play. The audio starts by itself when it appears in the scene. Ideal for narration, ambient sound or an announcement that should catch trainees off guard.
• Icon. Trainees see an icon in the scene and tap it to listen. Add a label and an image so they know what they're about to hear. Ideal for a voicemail, a radio message or a recording trainees can choose to play.

Turn on looping for sound that should keep going, like machine noise or a ringing phone, and set the volume per element so voice and background stay in balance.

Place it in time

Audio elements sit on the scene timeline, like every other element. Let the alarm go off at exactly the moment the trainee reaches the door, or let a colleague's voice come in just as a decision appears.

Audio in tooltips, questions and slides

Audio isn't limited to its own element. You can also use an audio file as the media of a tooltip, question, hotspot or direction element, and on media panel slides. A few ideas:

• A hotspot on a patient's chest that plays the heart sound when tapped
• A question that starts with a customer's voicemail, followed by the choice of how to respond
• A media panel slide with a spoken explanation of a procedure

Available today, on all plans

Audio elements are available now in Warp Studio and in the Warp VR apps, on every plan. Make sure your trainees use the latest version of the Warp VR app.

Open a scene, add an Audio element and give your scenario a voice.