Here's what's new:
- New "Expresso" system gives you more control over your avatar's expressions. Use simple hand movements to choose various emotes - crying, laughing, mad, sad, etc.
- To use Expresso, press and hold the Menu button (Vive) or the Y/B button (Oculus), then move your hand into the options you want. Generally, Expresso commands are two directions. E.g., right right = "laugh". Left left = "sad". We recommend you find a mirror and experiment until you can do it smoothly!
- PUSH TO TALK USERS TAKE NOTE - the "push to talk" button has been migrated into the Expresso menu. With PTT (push to talk) enabled in settings, use down down to enable your mic. Your mic will be active as long as you hold your hand in the zone. If your mic is set to "on", it does the reverse (your mic will be muted as long as you hold your hand in the zone).
- Down left will open your watch menu in "detached" mode in front of you.
- Expresso down right will toggle whether the "chat bubbles" that accompany emotes show up over your head. You can use this toggle for more subtle expressions, since only your facial expression will change. Note that chat bubbles will always show up for Chat messages.
- Expresso is also designed to be used by users who don't use a mic at all! Expresso up (e.g., up, left or up, right) has context-specific chat options that appear as speech bubbles over your head.
As with many of our features, Expresso is an experiment! Let us know what you like, what you don't like, and give us suggestions for how it should evolve. Our goal is to add expressiveness to your avatar over time, so we're keen to hear feedback.
Here's what else is new:
- Featured Event door has moved! It's now shared with The Lounge. The Lounge becomes an event space when an event is live.
- Event host - event host can choose to make guests into a host, so they can help run the event. Do this by finding the player in the People menu.
- Event host - event host can now silence everyone
- Event host - can prevent guests from teleporting onto stage
- The Lounge - tuned sound of microphone/sound system. It's now less "tinny" and hopefully less annoying!
- New event venue - performance hall! Note that this is only accessible for Featured Events right now.
- New "Event" button in watch menu (only active if you're in an event)
- Watch - there's now an option to require a tap on the watch face to open the menu. This is for situations where the watch automatically popping up is distracting or unwanted.
- Watch - there's now an option to disable all notifications.
- Paintball - fixed bug where flags could disappear in CTF
- Quests - fixed bug where you could get stuck in a black void in Quest (we hope)
- Quest for the Golden Trophy - fixed bug where enemies could become immune to attacks (we hope)
- Paddleball - fixed bug where ball could spawn under the ground
- Disc Golf - updated help clipboards to reflect recent UI changes
- Swipe turn - re-tuned gesture values on Vive. Please try and let us know if it's better? If it still feels weird, try recalibrating your controller via SteamVR.
- Touch teleport (Vive only) - re-tuned gesture values on Vive.