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Dev Update
Update to Unreal Engine 5 is in public testing phase and will likely migrate to main release around the end of July.

*New Features

Mod.Io has replaced the Steam Workshop systems, this means creators will need to register a Mod.Io account to upload items.
This move fix's some underlying stability issues and opens up additional features for the future.


Avatar creation pipeline has been simplified and streamlined, now most of the things the user needs to do is right click on their mesh to create the required assets and put in bone names.


Animation sharing system for Avatars which simplifies the creation system and allows for applying avatars to any rig, can be used for situations like dance worlds or overriding animations when performing actions.


New Desktop animation system which allows for a more interesting and immersive desktop experience.
Characters have more natural animations including turn in place, start stops, reactions etc.

Improved third person camera that can switch between over the shoulder or loose camera by double tapping or holding V.


Nanite and Lumen are available for Desktop ONLY. VR users will see a fallback mesh for Nanite(assuming creator adds one.) Lumen does not work in VR.
Users will be warned if using a item that does not support their platform, such as a VR user trying to use a avatar or map that does not support VR.

Steam Workshop Issues
Steam Workshop is experiencing technical issues leading to public avatar and world lists being empty or low count.
Direct downloads still work

We are currently in contact with Steam to resolve the issue, will post another announcement when the issue is resolved.

2.0 IK Update
The new 2.0 IK is released, rebuilt from the ground up with a focus on accuracy that allows for an impressive range of motion along with more natural behavior and compatibility with characters of various sizes



Update also includes various fix's to scaling and UI



Next focus is migrating to Unreal 5 and switching to Mod.io rather than steam workshop.
This will resolve several underlying issues with stability and bring additional design freedom.

Build 8281623
Last avatar used is saved and used on next game startup.
Fixed some settings not saving.
Fixed bug when picking a player not returning the result.
Fixed bug with resetting menu in desktop.
Fixed bug with some notifications not closing.

Build 8274154
Fix for UI placement on wide screen formats.
Fixed per user audio volumes.
Fixed a rare crash with certain gif's.
Fixed VR eye tracking only left eye.
In game notification for Community event times.

Build 8233871
Added feet stepping to 2.0 IK.
Improved 2.0 IK leg behavior for smaller characters.
Fixed grabbing but in VR where the item would be dropped when releasing grip despite the grip tags defining that it should be held until next press of grip.
Allowed TickTok videos to be played through emoji menu

Build 8190130

  • Improvements to 2.0 IK for characters with 2 spine bones, no more strange head stretching.
  • Invites open to public.
  • UI interaction for desktop changed to using mouse position rather than looking around, opening menu will show cursor and lock view. View can still be moved by holding and dragging the mouse button with the menu open.
  • Desktop notifications for Invites.
  • Using custom Gifs open to public but limited to Tenor or Giphy, does not support MP4.

Build 8137106
Fixed a memory issue related to the laser pointer causing a crash.
Identified a crash related to certain workshop preview images.
Fixed crash related to searching for player by name.
UI components for Session invites, admin only currently while its tested.
Changes to UI scaling with VR World scale.

Build 8113193
Fixed issue joining sessions that are not public.
Fixed crash in 2.0 IK

Build 8107552
Button to enabled/disable 2.0 IK for your local player, no need to reset player anymore.
improvements to 2.0 iK spine placement.
Improved placement of menu when loading, if menu has been dragged and attached to Play Space.
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