Release2 Feb 2024'Song Pack 3' Now Available in PowerBeatsVR!Dear PowerBeatsVR Community, We're thrilled to announce that 'Song Pack 3' is now live on PowerBeatsVR! 🎉 🎵 What's New in 'Song Pack 3': · Dive into 12 new electrifying tracks, each designed to push your VR workout to the next level. · Experience diverse genres, from high-energy rock anthems to captivating electronic beats, perfect for all fitness levels. · Each track offers three unique chal…
Dear community, we’ve just laid the technical groundwork for upcoming new features with this update, so you can enjoy more cool new stuff in the future and an even better performance right now. Stay tuned for more info! We’ve also addressed some of the most pressing requests regarding the recent switch from generator version 1.0 to 2.0. Here are the changes regarding the generator: · Optimized…
Dear community, We’ve just released another update that fixes those playlist issues you’ve reported over the last few weeks and further improves the UI. Thank you very much for that feedback! We’ve also added 14 more fantastic new environments to the existing 8 in the "Custom Environments" DLC . If you already have this DLC, you will automatically get these new environments for free. So, have f…
It’s time to bring your body out of winter hibernation and fire up your muscles! To celebrate our official Meta Quest release , we are challenging everyone with a new contest that runs from February 20th to February 26th. There are also some cool prizes to win… 🏆 Enter now before it's too late: Click here for more details . Have fun and see you in the contest!
Dear community! We have some exciting news: PowerBeatsVR has been released on the official Meta Quest store a few days ago. Along with that release came a new update, which we've now also released on PCVR! :) The new update features a heavily polished version with better onboarding, tutorials, improved usability, new languages, and an enhanced generator for your own music. With more to come in…
Dear community! We have exciting news: PowerBeatsVR just got another major update that features · a new live workout creator that makes building your own workouts a breeze · and custom environments (as our first DLC) for countless training surroundings. Besides that, we’ve implemented a live squat counter, optimized the performance and some existing workouts, and improved the built-in screensho…
Dear players! Another new update from us here at PowerBeatsVR central, addressing two of the most important feature requests you made on our feedback websites: No double balls, and no streams modifiers. And some other improvements as well: Modifiers: - Added "No Double Ball" modifier: Converts double hits into single, boxing-style hits - Added "No Streams" modifier: Converts streams into balls…
Dear players! We've just released an update that fixes most issues you've reported since our big overhaul a few weeks ago. Besides that, we've made some further usability improvements regarding the re-centering and custom music feature. You can see all the changes here: Bugfixes: · Fixed occasional crashes when adding multiple songs to a playlist at once · Fixed bug not playing the whole custom…
Dear players! It has been a while since our last update on Steam, but now it's finally here: You can now enjoy all improvements that we've made during the Oculus Quest port here on Steam as well. You can see the complete list of changes further below. Sorry for the delay. We are now back on track! From now on, both platforms share the same codebase and are almost identical - except for slightly…
Dear players, This is just a short update about how things are going with the development of PowerBeatsVR: We've finally finished the Oculus Quest port and started adapting the PCVR version to the latest changes. You should expect that update in November. Unfortunately, porting took longer and required more resources than planned. That's why there haven't been any updates lately. However, if yo…
Dear PowerBeatsVR players, our Summer Games 2021 have just started and you can compete for a place in our Hall of Fame from 26th till 27th June 2021. We will announce two different songs (and modifiers), one for Saturday and one for Sunday. The highest score of each song will be counted. And here comes the first song: Bustin Loose - Advanced Modifier: "Small Balls" You will have the chance to r…
Dear players! After our full launch in November and our minor bugfix update in December, we are still very much at work on improving PowerBeatsVR. We’ve received a lot of great feedback from you, our users, via Steam and Discord. A number of cool features and smaller improvements have been suggested, and we are grateful that so many of you like our game and are interested in its future. So, we’…
Dear PowerBeatsVR players, we have great news: PowerBeatsVR joins the Virtual Athletics League Winter Games 2021 and you can compete for a 500 EUR prize pool. Qualifying: March 6th, 2021 Finals: March 7th, 2021 What are the VAL Winter Games? The Virtual Athletics League Winter Games represent a month full of esports tournaments and giveaways, having started on February 19th and going till March…
Dear players, first of all, thanks again for the amazing launch last month. Your response and feedback were absolutely overwhelming! We’ve collected all your ideas, requests, and bug reports and discussed every single one extensively. The most pressing issues are now bundled into a minor update as we wanted to address them as soon as possible without waiting for a big themed update. And those a…
Dear players! It’s done! We are super excited to announce that PowerBeatsVR has just made its full release with its largest update ever including a second music pack , a new environment , playlist support with shuffle, endurance, and endless mode , and much more ! You can see the complete list of changes and new features further below. But first, we would like to take the opportunity to thank y…
Dear players! We are thrilled to announce that PowerBeatsVR is leaving Early Access on November 18 with a massive set of new features, including a second music pack with 12 songs, a new ‘Sky’ environment, playlist support with shuffle, endurance, and endless mode, and much more ! More details will follow soon 😉. Numerous wishes and ideas of our community have made the upcoming full release one…
Dear players! The public beta channel just got another exciting update in preparation for the full release. Last time, we added the playlist feature. This time you can have a pre-release look at a new airy environment and a second song pack. Here is the full list of new features, changes, and bugfixes implemented in the new beta build: New Features: · Second song pack (work in progress) · "Sky"…
A new Steam BETA channel is now open for all PowerBeatsVR players! Dear players! Our largest update ever is in the making and PowerBeatsVR is on its way to come out of Early Access! While we are grinding away at the game’s full release version, we opened up a beta branch where you can test some of the new features and content that is coming with that update. We would love to get your feedback a…
Dear players! We’ve just released our "Flatten the Curve" update for PowerBeatsVR, which makes your home workouts even more convenient: You can now use ANT+ heart rate monitors as well to track your heart rate in-game. We removed the two distinct playspace sizes and player sizes and implemented automatic playspace scaling based on your chaperone/boundary setting and fine-adjustable player heigh…
Dear players! We’re thrilled to announce another major update for PowerBeatsVR with a special new feature: You can now play with your own music library and let the game auto-generate suitable workouts on all three difficulty levels! And if you want to change the workouts to stress specific parts and adapt them to your needs, you have the options for that. But that’s not all. Based on our player…
New Steam BETA channel is now open for all PowerBeatsVR players! Anyone who wants to try out the latest features, including an early version of the automatic beatmap generator for Beginner and Advanced level (Expert is coming soon) and an easy-to-use editor, is invited to switch to the public beta channel on Steam. You can now play with whatever music you want. And here is how you do it: · Find…
Dear players! Some of you asked us what we are currently working on. The short and simple answer is: Content, content, and even more content ;-) Specifically, we are developing the following three main features for the next major updates: • Automatic beatmap generation for your own music library • Stamina mode with custom playlists • More official challenges (songs & handmade beatmaps) You can…
Dear players! We just released another update for PowerBeatsVR. The game got enhanced synchronization between beat and objects , performance improvements , and lots of visual polishing including a major rework of some environments and synchronized special effects. Here are all the changes in detail: Graphics: · Added special effects in each environment which get triggered by the player’s action…
Big News! PowerBeatsVR just got a huge fitness boost with our latest update: Besides lots of polish , some fixes, and new requested options from you, there is now an advanced calorie counter , player statistics , and unique support for heart rate monitors to track your fitness level and make the calorie counter one of the most accurate available in VR. For more details about which heart rate mo…
Hey PowerBeatsVR players! Great news: We’ve released the highly requested level editor and the custom song support. Now you can create beatmaps for your own music from the comfort of VR and see directly how the challenges are going to be. Since this is an early version, some features we’d like to add are not yet available, among them simple in-game sharing. Right now, if you want to share, just…
We will release our VR level editor for PowerBeatsVR very soon. You will be able to create beatmaps for your own music from the comfort of VR and see directly how the challenges are going to be. Since this is an early version, some features we’d like to add are not yet available, among them simple in-game sharing. We will share more information next week. So, stay tuned!
Hey everyone, this is just a short hotfix to handle the random FPS drops, which occurred on some systems due to a bug in Unity (the game’s engine) whenever the game window lost focus. Until now, the solution was to click within the game window to restore focus and the normal FPS values. With this hotfix, the game should restore the normal framerate whenever you start a challenge if the bug happ…
As some of you asked for a development roadmap, we set up a Trello board, where you can see our planned features, known issues, and what we are currently working on. You can find it here: If you haven't already joined the PowerBeatsVR community on our Discord server ( make sure to give it a visit, report bugs, share feedback, discuss ideas with us, and just help us in making an amazing game. Se…
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