Thank you for an amazing launch week! We read every report you sent, and this update is built from them.
New
- 3D spatial voice. Voices now come from where people are standing. Someone behind you sounds like they're behind you, and walls soften voices on the other side. Proximity voice is always on.
- Voice volume up to 200%. Both the overall voice slider and each player's own volume slider now go up to 200%, for people with quiet mics.
- Clickable chat bubbles. Point your laser at a chat bubble over someone's head (or aim and press E on desktop) to jump straight to Chat with the keyboard open.
- Brightness slider. Settings > Graphics now starts with a Brightness slider, in VR and on desktop.
- Dedicated mic button (VR). The top button on your wheel hand turns your mic on and off, so you no longer have to open the wheel to talk.
- Laser on Right Hand. A new Comfort setting: laser on one hand, radial wheel and mic button on the other.
- Rebind WASD (desktop). Move Forward, Back, Left and Right can now be changed in Settings > Controls.
- Your mic is remembered across maps, the hub, other worlds and restarts.
- Language picker, always in reach. A globe in the top-right corner of the menu lets you change language on any page.
- Reset to default in Settings puts audio, mic, graphics, comfort, colours and controls back to how they started.
- Drop a portal to a specific instance. Each running instance in Worlds has its own Drop portal button.
- Worlds: busiest first. The list opens with the worlds that have the most people in them.
- A new resident in the hub. Look up.
Improved
- Talk to anyone in the hub. Fixed players who joined the hub later sometimes not hearing you, or you not hearing them.
- Voice reconnects by itself if your connection drops, instead of you having to leave and come back.
- Talking glow is green, so it's easier to see who's speaking.
- Hide in Nearby works again. Hiding a player hides their avatar and mutes them.
- Streamer mode hides your own name too. You show as "Player", and the Nearby list hides everyone's real names. Turn it off and names come back straight away.
- Portal timer. Leaving and rejoining a portal queue no longer resets its timer. Each new person adds 20 seconds.
- Dropping portals works with the laser on either hand.
- No more black screen when the person hosting a portal's world leaves while you're traveling. You're taken home instead.
- Steadier HUD. The FPS counter and mic icon no longer shake in VR.
- The VR keyboard types into every text box, including the "Additional details" box when reporting a player.
- Chat bubbles fit more text on one line before wrapping.
- Desktop menus. Esc and Tab now switch cleanly between the menu and the radial wheel.
- Mirror: the "Disabled" button is bigger and easier to see.
- Your head plate comes with you to the hub and other players' worlds.
- VRoid avatars now move their mouth when they talk, and blink.
- A smoother hub when it's busy, with less rubber-banding.
- Build number now shows in Settings > Debug (0.1.6), so bug reports can say which version you're on.
For creators
- Creator Kit 0.4.22. Avatars rigged outside Unreal (your own bone names) are no longer flagged as "blocked". Build maps them automatically. The FAQ also covers fixing avatars exported from Blender at the wrong scale.
See you in the hub,
The VR Realms team