Feature Friday: Interactive Demos

Build hotspots, branching, and interactive technical training videos.

• About this Session

Learn how to build interactive demo experiences in Synthesia — from clickable hotspot callouts to branching walkthroughs that let learners choose their own path. This session shows you how to design, structure, and connect interactive scenes from scratch, with a live build of a full multi-scene interactive video.

Here's what you'll learn:

• Interactive hotspots: How to create clickable hotspot overlays with text callouts, group shapes, and link them to branching scenes.

• Branching and silent scenes: How to structure a menu-driven video using silent scenes, timeout returns, and scene logic — so learners can explore non-linearly without the avatar repeating.

• Screen recordings in interactive videos: How to integrate screen recordings into hotspot panels for software walkthroughs and technical demos.

Review this session and apply these techniques when creating your next interactive training or demo video with Synthesia!