This beta release of Vinyl Reality adds an early version of the new Streaming Studio environment, which is specifically designed for streaming, by making it more visually interesting for people watching a video stream or recording made with Vinyl Reality, from outside of VR on a 2D screen.
Users can customize the environment by playing their own videos on the screens surrounding the DJ booth. More customization features will be added to the environment in upcoming updates.
To find out more about how to load your own videos, check out the online documentation on this topic.
I’d love to hear all of your feedback on this new environment, so be sure to share your thoughts in the beta testing forums, or on the Vinyl Reality Discord server!
Planned environments for the full release
In preparation for the full release of Vinyl Reality, I decided to rethink the environments included with the application, seeing what works and, more importantly, what I think could be improved.
For the final version of the app I'm planning to include 3 different types of environments, each serving a unique purpose:
- Minimal: Very simple and brightly lit environment, optimized for the best performance. Best suited for practicing and audio recording.
- Streaming: Designed to be as visually interesting as possible for spectators (on a 2D screen), with audio reactive lights, animations and visual effects. Designed to run smoothly on machines meeting the minimum specs. Will allow for some customization.
- Experience: Designed to be as realistic, immersive, visually interesting and awe-inspiring as possible from the perspective of the VR user. Will require a system with recommended specs to run smoothly.
The third type (experience) will probably only be added after the application leaves Early Access, because it will take a considerable amount of time and resources to create.
I plan to remove or redesign all of the current environments (Recording Studio, Attic and Club), but still make the current versions available as a separate download, so they can be loaded as a custom environment.
Full release notes
- Environments: Added an early version of Streaming Studio environment with customizable audio reactive video screens
- Streaming: Cross-platform Oculus avatar’s hand poses now update correctly for all platforms (except WMR)
- Streaming: Controller models are now hidden from spectator and mixed reality (LIV) cameras
- Bug: Fixed track cover artwork not loading when quality setting was set to low or medium
- Audio Analysis: Improved energy detection algorithm