It only takes a few minutes to get your office up and running
If you haven't yet, make sure to sign up for your free virtual office. Visit Katmai to get started – or use this link to go directly to the signup page.
Begin the signup process by simply entering in your email address and agreeing to the terms and conditions.
You’ll receive an email notification verifying your address just a moment. Check your email for a verification link. (This will come from no-reply@katmaitech.com – be sure to check your spam folder if it does not appear right away.)
Once you click through, you’re in! Time to start exploring your new space.
Take a look around
Before you build your own space, get comfortable with exploring Katmai. When you sign up for the first time, you'll see an example office has automatically been created in your dashboard. This allows you to browse around before creating a new space.
As you enter the space, you’ll see a prompt to enter your display name and get a look at how you’ll appear on screen. This is also an opportunity to adjust your graphics settings so you can maximize your experience. When you’re ready, click Enter Space.
You’ll find yourself in a virtual office – complete with walls, doors, conference rooms, even presentation displays.
How to navigate the virtual office
Moving around is simple: use your arrow keys, or if you prefer, WASD commands.
You can also click where you want to travel to using your mouse, or use the joystick tool on the lower center part of the screen.
You can take in the environment by simply left-clicking your mouse and dragging the cursor around.
And, just for fun, you can jump by pressing the space bar. (Go ahead. You know you want to try it out. We’ll wait.)
How to control your video and audio
In the top right you'll see your avatar with your live video feed, which we call the Confidence Monitor.
Easily turn off your video and sound feed with these keyboard shortcuts:
- Toggle your Confidence Monitor self-view on and off by pressing the C button.
- Mute yourself by pressing M.
- Turn your video on and off with V.
- Set yourself as away with Z. This turns off your camera feed and mutes your audio, and lets your coworkers know that you're away.
Make the virtual office yours
Once you’ve had a chance to scope out the example office, you can either continue with the example office, or build another space. Head back to your dashboard to get started.
If you'd enjoyed the Example Office, go ahead and rename it.
If you prefer to build a new space, then click the Add a New Space button in the top right of the dashboard.
Choose your architecture
Now comes the fun part. What sort of space do you want to create? Warm, natural light, clean white spaces, bright, blue skylights – don’t be afraid to look around.
Click on each space to preview how many co-working areas, offices, and conference rooms each preset includes.
Choose your view
Have you ever wanted an office in London? New York City? What about Hawaii or the Swiss Alps? We dare you not to lose minutes debating the perfect location for your new space. (It’s okay, you can change it later!) Click on the thumbnail for preview images for each location.
If you build it, they will come (but you do have to invite them)
Once you’ve created a space, don’t keep it to yourself! Start inviting teammates to join you there.
On your dashboard, click Manage in the top right to open the drop down menu and then select Users.
Click Add Users in the upper right hand corner to start inviting friends.
You can invite individual users by:
- Entering their email address
- Assigning their role
- Selecting which space to invite them to
Pro Tip: This last step is pretty important - don't forget to assign the spaces you want to invite them to. Otherwise it's like inviting someone to your building but not letting them in beyond the lobby!
Invite one, invite all
If you’re ready to start uploading an entire group of team members, you can upload a CSV file with their email addresses and roles! We even provide a CSV template for you right here.
Each team member will be sent an invite for your new space. Log in and wait to see them begin to appear – make sure to jump for joy (hit the Space bar) when you spot them!