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PATCH NOTES week of 1/16/16: Cross-space messaging, new activities, and more

New feature: Cross-space messaging

  • Users can now message friends even if they are in a different space
  • If a user messages a friend asking them to join them, the friend will be able to click an attached link and visit

    New feature: Here Panel

  • Users can now access the Here panel from their list of menus
  • A list of all users in a user’s current space are visible from the Here panel
  • Moderators and Hosts can take administrative actions like resetting the displays and enclosures in the space or kicking all users out

    New activities: Molecule Viewer and Team Health Check

  • Two new activities are now available to host and join
  • Molecule Viewer lets you explore three dimensional models of various proteins
  • Team Health Check is an interactive tool for agile teams to conduct retrospectives

    Various improvements

  • Vive and Touch will now control avatar hands instead of controller models
  • You can now run the client with VR mode disabled, even if you have a Vive or Rift plugged in, by holding down the F7 key when starting Altspace or using the command line flag “-disableVR”
  • Users are no longer automatically muted unless they are on GearVR without headphones
  • If you click ‘interested’ on an event, you will receive an email 15 minutes before the event starts
  • Updated avatar textures to improve performance on Gear VR
    Various voice audio improvements
    Improved interactable responsiveness
    Visual improvements to the web portal (account.altvr.com)
    Vive and Touch controllers now work properly in the SculptTogether activity
    Stability improvements for the Antihedral activity

    Bug fixes

  • Fixed an issue with the exit icon
  • Fixed an issue where Leap Motion was not working well with Vive controllers
  • Fixed an issue where Mirrors weren’t working for Vive users
  • Fixed an issue where Tomes were not appearing in Dungeons & Dragons
  • Fixed an issue where some avatars were appearing completely black
  • Fixed an issue where interactables would not work if you turned on Vive controllers after loading AltspaceVR
  • Restored trees in the New User Info space
  • Fixed various bugs with Oculus Touch
  • Users can now switch to gamepad and remote from touch and vice versa
  • Fixed an issue where some Gear VR users were sinking into the floor