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⭐️  Advanced User Permissions

Grant specific admin roles to build and manage your world smoothly.

⭐️  Add an Admin
❌  Remove an Admin
🏅  Advanced User Permissions

The 5 Administration Roles:

⚖️  The Moderator
🛠️  The Editor
⚜️  The Designer
🎬  The Producer
💼  The Manager


⭐️  Add an Admin

As a World Owner or Manager, you can assign multiple administrator roles to help create and moderate your world.

Add Admin via Email

To add someone as an admin via email, follow these simple steps:

  • Login to your world
  • Click the World Settings icon in the toolbar
  • Click Admins
  • On the Admins page, enter the user's email in the email address field under 'Add Admin by Email'
  • The user will receive an email notification that they've been granted admin permission in the world. 

A video depicting how to add an admin via email address.

Add Admin from inside World

To add someone as an admin when they are inside the world, follow these simple steps:

  • Login to your world

  • Click the Social Hub icon on the toolbar to open the Social Hub drawer

  • Click Current Users

  • On the Current Users page, find or search for the user you want made an admin, and click the ☆ icon next to their name

  • Click Go to Admins Page in the notification at the bottom of the screen or click Admins in the World Settings drawer

  • Next to their name, check the box under the appropriate admin role (by default Moderator and Editor are pre-selected for all new admins)

  • To adjust a user's role, uncheck their current role and check a different one

To see your current admin list:

  • Login to your world

  • Click the World Settings icon on the toolbar to open the World Settings drawer

  • Under Users click Admins

❌  Remove an Admin

If you want to remove a users admin status from your world, the World Owner can revert them back to a regular user by following these simple steps:

  • Login to your world.

  • Click the World Settings icon on the toolbar to open the World Settings drawer

  • On the Admins page, click the ➖ icon to the right of the admin's role

A video showing how to update and delete an admin from your world.

✪ Enable the Admin Identifier

Make it easier to have your guests find an admin inside the world. When you enable the admin identifier, any admin that is in the world will have a star icon next to their name above their avatar. To enable the admin identifier, follow these steps:

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  • Login to your world

  • Click the World Settings icon on the toolbar to open the World Settings drawer

  • Under Users, click Admins

  • Toggle 'On' the 'Show Admin Identifier'

Video to show how to turn on the admin identifier.

🏅  Advanced User Permissions

Permissions add a whole new level of world management customization by letting you assign specialized roles to people you trust and want to collaborate with. World Admins can use these roles in a variety of ways... from giving broadcaster mode to speakers, to lending a helping hand assigning permission to others.

Choose From 5 Unique Administration Roles:

⚖️  Moderator 🛠️  Editor ⚜️  Designer 🎬  Producer 💼  Manager


Assign permissions to users based on the
specific part you'd like them to play in your world or event experience. Designate Moderators for your community meetup, a Producer for your conference, a Designer for your virtual office, and more.

⚖️  The Moderator Role

Grants the ability to ban users and update authentication settings

✔️  A Moderator has the ability to do the following:

❌  A Moderator cannot do the following:

  • Modify objects in the world (e.g., move, delete, add media)

  • Add new objects or media to the world

  • See the subscription or billing options

  • Change the scene for your world

  • Make someone else an admin and assign permissions

* Only Producers, Managers and World Owners can set the world password


🛠️  The Editor Role

Grants the ability to add and update assets

✔️  An Editor has the ability to do the following:

❌  An Editor cannot do the following:

  • See the advanced actions on the current users list

  • Place a user on broadcast mode

  • Ban users from your world

  • Turn on authentication and password protection

  • See the subscription or billing options

  • Change the scene for your world

  • Make someone else an admin and assign permissions

* Except Marketplace scenes and assets


⚜️  The Designer Role

Grants the ability to add and update scenes, plus use Editor abilities

✔️  A Designer has the ability to do the following:

❌  A Designer cannot do the following:

  • Any Moderator abilities

  • See the subscription or billing options

  • Make someone else an admin and assign permissions

  • Save the world as a scene

  • Submit the scene to the Marketplace

* Designer roles cannot change the server location of the world

** Only Producers, Managers and World Owners can make an event public on the Discover Public Events page


🎬  The Producer Role

Grants the ability to assign Moderator, Editor and Designer permissions plus use Moderator and Designer abilities

✔️  A Producer has the ability to do the following:

  • All Moderator and Designer abilities

  • Make someone else an admin, assigning them Moderator, Editor, or Designer permissions

  • Ability to turn Broadcast mode on and off from your self and user video feeds

  • Ability to set the world password*

  • Utilize webhooks for notifications**

  • Upload and update a guest list

  • Modify user controls (eg., disable hide video, allow mute all, world capacity)

  • Make an event in world visible on the Discover Public Events page

❌  A Producer cannot do the following:

  • See the subscription or billing options

  • Save the world as a scene

  • Submit the scene to the Marketplace

* Managers and World Owners are able to bypass the password and enter the world at any time

** Only Managers and World Owners can allow World Notifications to be turned on


💼  The Manager Role

Grants the ability to edit World Settings (except Billing) plus use all other permissions

✔️  A Manager has the ability to do the following:

* Warning: This also allows Managers to drop this scene in a world the World Owner does not own

❌  A Manager cannot do the following:

  • Modify the subscription or billing options