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 monitors are supported, head over to our community post.
And here are all the changes in detail:
New Main Features:
- Added a sophisticated calorie tracker based on age, weight, gender, controller movement, and heart rate as optional input. Burnt calories are stored for a single session, a custom period, and for the entire lifetime, and are shown during a challenge, on the endscreen and in the menu.
- Added unique support for commercial heart rate monitors to show your heart rate in-game. The heart rate will also be analysed after each challenge and used for making the calorie tracker more accurate.
Menu:
- Added the option to enable/disable hints
- Added the option to adjust the playspace warning or even disable it completely
- Added the option to reset the calorie count shown for the custom period
- Added the option to enable/disable graphics beautification
- Added saving to the visibility of the Options and Credits panel
- Condensed the options and parts of the menu
Gameplay:
- Fixed missing/low haptic feedback
- Added Tracked Motion to statistics after each challenge
- Added fitness and VR tips to loading screens
- Enabled pause when system button gets pressed
Graphics:
- Improved sharpness and contrast of graphics (beautification)
- Changed the destruction effect of boulders to being shattered into lots of small pieces with enough force applied
- Polished particle effects for touching the streams
- Polished stream visuals
- Made environments brighter and more friendly
- Polished the space environment
- Polished the feedback visualization
- Added various skyboxes to the desert and medieval environment
- Changed the start-up room to being a futuristic gym
Sound:
- Added an alternative drum-like and more subtle destruction sound
- Set default volume to 50%
- Removed the sound that was played whenever the powerfist was fully charged
Performance:
- Optimized the particle effects
As always, we would love to get your feedback on Discord community server about the update and the features you want to see next.
Comments and reviews on Steam are also much appreciated!
Happy calorie burning!
Team PowerBeatsVR