Twitch For Dummies, 2nd Edition

Chapter 9

All the World’s Your Stage

IN THIS CHAPTER

Looking closer at your studio setting

Diving into mobile streaming

Streaming in virtual reality

After you’ve been streaming for some time — that “some time” being determined by you — you may want or need to give things a different look to make your stream more personal, more — you know — you. Upgrades, no matter what they are — a visible improvement, a behind-the-scenes equipment update, or a whole new approach to your content — should improve the quality of your stream.

The look you’ve created for yourself is awesome, I have no doubt. I mean, it’s your look after all. No one else has what you’ve got. With the curtain going up for each of your streams, your digital stage has now become familiar to both you and your stream. Now would be a good time, though, to take a more critical look at how you do things. Where exactly are you streaming from? What does your actual set look like, and what exactly does it say about you? Am I happy with the content I’m creating, or are there other avenues I want to consider? Is it time to think about streaming outside of the comfort zone of my studio? Look around you just before your next stream ...