The world interface

The office fills the screen, and a small set of controls sits around it. This page describes each part, what it does and who sees it. What appears depends on how you entered: members see their company areas, guests see the office only, and trial visitors see a tour of the template.

The rail (left)#

The top bar#

• Search — the bar that reads Search rooms, people or commands… opens search. Press Ctrl + K (or ⌘ + K on a Mac) from anywhere. See Map and search.
• Date, time and your status — select your status to change it to Available, Do not disturb or Away. See Presence.

If your connection drops, a banner appears at the top: You are offline. Reconnecting… when your device is offline, Reconnecting while HyoNova reconnects to the live office, and Connection lost with a Reconnect button when it could not.

The bottom control bar#

Next to the bar, a small status line shows where your voice goes, such as Nobody can hear you right now or Private call — the office cannot hear you. See Proximity and voice.

The lower corner#

• The minimap shows the current floor, the rooms and where you are. Press M to show or hide it.
• Center on me, Reset view and the camera view button. See Navigation.
• Explore map opens the full map.

The caption at the bottom shows the office name, how you are connected (Live, Guest visit or Demo) and, in a live office, how many people are here now.

Prompts in the office#

When you walk up to something you can use, HyoNova shows a small bubble or a prompt with the E key:

A few prompts are for members and appear by place:

• Your work — while you sit at a desk. It opens your Work area.
• Company overview — in the lobby or reception. It opens the company Home page.
• Project room — in a room linked to a project, while you are standing. It opens the project's progress, milestones and your tasks in it. See Work in the world.
• In a meeting room, a card shows the room name, its seats and Meet here. See Rooms.

Clicking a person's nameplate opens their contact bubble. See Presence.

Notifications#

Notifications at the bottom of the rail lists what needs you in the office and in your work:

• Knock requests — someone asks to enter a room you can manage, shown as name asks to enter · room, with Accept and Deny. Owners, admins and managers receive them.
• Guest requests — a guest whose link needs approval asks to enter the office, with Approve and Decline. See Guests.
• Your active meeting — with Open to bring the meeting back.
• Work — your latest work notifications: assignments, mentions, comments, completed and ready tasks, and due-soon and overdue reminders, with the number unread. Select one to open it — a task opens as a sheet over the office — and use Mark all as read to clear them. See Work in the world.

When there are no knocks, guest requests or meetings, the sheet says Nothing new. Knocks, calls and invitations appear here. above any Work notifications. The number on the bell counts knocks and guest requests only.

Incoming calls do not wait in this list: they appear as a banner with Accept call and Decline. See Calls.

The same Work notifications are in the company workspace, behind the bell in the top bar. See Work overview.

Reactions#

Select React and choose 👋 ❤️ 👏 🎉 👍 or ☕. The emoji floats above your character for a few seconds.

Settings#

Settings (the gear in the rail, More › Settings, or Esc when nothing is open) holds your personal preferences for the office. Changes save automatically on this device.

Choosing العربية switches the whole interface to Arabic, right to left.

Choose what stays on screen#

In Appearance › On-screen controls, choose a Layout: Minimal, Balanced, Full or Custom. With Custom you turn each part on or off: Navigation rail, Search bar, Minimap, Meeting room hints and Button labels. Turn on Fade controls after 3 seconds without activity to keep the office clear while you are not using the controls. Reset layout returns to the default. If you hide the rail, a small button stays at the edge to bring it back.

Status#