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 challenges from beginner to expert, ensuring a fresh and exhilarating workout every time.
We developed 'Song Pack 3' with your feedback in mind and are excited to see how it transforms your fitness routine. Your input is invaluable to us, and we can't wait to hear about your favorite tracks and workouts. Please feel free to share your thoughts in our Steam community hub or on our Discord channel.
As always, a huge thank you to each and every one of you for your incredible support and enthusiasm. You make the journey of developing PowerBeatsVR truly rewarding.
Enjoy the new tracks, stay active, and keep grooving!
Warm regards, The PowerBeatsVR Team
Minor Update: Multi-Language Voice-Overs + Bugfixes for Local Songs & Playlists
Dear community,
This is just a minor update before the next big thing is coming 😉 to fix recently reported bugs and also add some voice-overs to our tutorial and the feature tour.
Here are the changes in detail:
The in-game tutorial and feature tour do now have voice-overs in multiple languages.
Changing the BPM while playing a local song no longer causes weird effects.
The buttons on the song endscreen are now more visually distinct to prevent users from accidentally pressing the main menu button during playlists.
Playlists with more than 2 pages no longer show odd scrolling behavior in the main menu.
As always, thanks for all your valuable feedback and reporting those nasty bugs!
Feel free to share more feedback in our Discord channel, vote on user requests on our feedback board, or add your own ideas there.
Thank you all, Team PowerBeatsVR
New Update: Engine Upgrade, Generator Improvements, and Bugfixes
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 the gaps between different patterns to create a more consistent workout flow
Fixed the generation of expert mode workouts for low bpm songs
The update also includes several bugfixes:
Fixed the endless loading screen that occurred on certain hardware combinations
Fixed an editor bug where objects could be placed beyond the end of a song
Fixed some translation issues in the main menu
As always, thanks for all your valuable feedback! It helps us to make PowerBeatsVR even better 😊
Feel free to share further feedback in our Discord channel, vote on user requests on our feedback board, or add your own ideas there.
Thank you all, the devs
New Update: UI Improvements, Add-on Upgrade, And Playlist Bugfixes
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 fun checking them out!
And here is the full list of changes:
Improvements:
Enhanced menu resolution
Increased font size of the in-game guide for better readability
First track name is now also displayed when starting a playlist
Bugfixes:
Fixed playlist persistence
Fixed the deletion of playlists
DLC Improvements:
Added 14 more environments to the existing 8 in the "Custom Environments" DLC
As always, thank you for your incredible support! Feel free to share more feedback in our Discord channel, vote on user requests on our feedback board, or add your own ideas there.
Thank you all, The devs
Join Our New Contest (20.-26. February)
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… 🏆
New Update: Usability, On-Boarding & Generator Improvements + New Languages
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 the next few months …
Here is the full list of changes and improvements:
Improved On-Boarding:
Added Tutorial Demo Stage to introduce the game mechanics to new users
Added Feature Tour to introduce the main features to new users
New Features:
Added new Generator Input UI – With the first of our “Generator 2.0” updates we provide a new user interface that gives users even more freedom to choose their specific playstyle with a very clear and precise input structure
Added additional languages: Chinese (Traditional), Thai, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Changes:
“Mute” button has been switched
Text on start screen has been reduced
Other Improvements:
Added additional scroll option by joystick
Added highlighting to main features (Playlists / Modifiers / …)
Added “Reset” button for Option Panel
Added help screen for Local File Browser
Improved Usability & Visuals of main menu and song editor
Enjoy the update, and thanks for your awesome support and helping us in making PowerBeatsVR even better :)
Cheers, the devs
P.S. As always, feel free to ask questions, discuss, or share your feedback in our Discord channel. We highly appreciate your ideas and thoughts! We also have a feedback board where you can submit ideas and wishes, vote on specific requests, and see what’s already in development. So, feel free, to contribute there as well.
New Update: Live Workout Creator & Custom Environments
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 screenshot feature, so you can share your awesome stats even better.
Now back to the live workout creator, which is another new feature of the improved in-game editor: You basically move and box to your music and the editor builds the according layout automatically. Using that feature, workout creation has never been easier in any VR fitness app!
As you all know, we are ambitious about giving you the power to customize your workouts exactly to your needs. The Custom Environments DLC takes this customizability to the next level: Once you have it, you have access to 8 beautiful built-in skybox environments and the option to use your own skybox/360° panorama/photosphere files as additional workout environments.
You can find a myriad of suitable panorama files online, and also create your own images with Google Street View or a 360° camera. There are now virtually no limits on where you are going to work out in VR!
Enjoy the update, and thanks for all your valuable feedback, incredible support, and enthusiasm! Speaking of feedback, feel free to share further feedback in our Discord channel, vote on user requests on our feedback board, or add your own ideas there.
And as always, reviews are much appreciated, and would make our day as they help us a lot <3
Thank you all, the devs
v3.3.1: Modifier & Editor Update
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 - Rearranged the modifiers and placed them in the GAMEPLAY panel next to environments and weapons
Performance Improvements:
- Significantly sped up the leaderboard loading
Editor Improvements:
- Added visualization to pattern selection - Added handle for free menu placement - Added highlighting to selected range - Added waveform to vertical slider - Added "Clear All", "Clear Range", "Clear Stream" buttons - Removed some dialogs after copying or pasting patterns - Fixed non-deletable stream fragments
New Update: Bugfixes and Further Usability Improvements
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 music file in special situations
Fixed bug showing the laser pointer after double-tapping pause button during a song
Fixed loading screen not rotating with adjusted playspace on SteamVR
Fixed the local info text on SteamVR
Fixed bug not showing the playlist info during endless playlists
Fixed missing message on error when loading a song
Changes:
"Reset" button in playspace adjustment now also resets width to "Auto"
Checkmark "and play" in the generator settings now saves its state during a session
Added initial visual cue to the playlist button
Improved auto playspace size detection for more play area
Enjoy the update, and thanks for reporting bugs and helping us in making PowerBeatsVR even better :)
Speaking of feedback, feel free to share it in our Discord channel or here in the Steam community, vote on user requests, or add your own ideas on our new feedback board.
Thank you all, the devs
New Update: Added All Improvements and Features From the Oculus Quest Release
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 better graphics and heart rate monitor support on PCVR. Future updates will be published on all platforms likewise.
Btw, here is our new trailer showing you some changes already: [previewyoutube="wTyfUnp4NeU;full"]
Thank you all for your patience! As always, feel free to share your feedback in our Discord channel or here in the Steam community, vote on user requests, or add your own ideas on our new feedback board. We highly appreciate all your help in making PowerBeatsVR one of the best VR fitness games!
Btw, comments and reviews on Steam are also much appreciated and would make our day <3
Enjoy the update, and thanks for being part of this community!
Cheers, the devs
All Changes and New Features
New Features:
Completely reworked re-centering feature
Added warning if playspace is not configured, configured to be larger than the one reported by the platform, or the headset is not reporting its guardian correctly
Added safety margin to keep elements inside the configured playspace at all time
Improved automatic adaptation to playspace size and orientation (Please note: Quest via link is not reporting correct boundaries to SteamVR. Thus, there will be a warning.)
Additional Changes and Bugfixes:
Fixed beat detection by waiting for entire audio file to be loaded successfully
Prevented play area size from changing slightly on every menu call when AUTO is checked
Fixed balls placement in song “Energetic” on Advanced and Expert to prevent collisions with walls
Fixed playlist length longer than one hour not showing hours in the playlist tab
Fixed local file not being shown when file ending is not all lower case
Added tooltips to weapon selection explaining the connection between XP and unlocking status
Fixed haptics to give different feedback for balls and streams
Fixed music starting twice when booting up game (sound hiccup)
Fixed “perfect hits” numerical display on the end screen for large hit values
Added center mark on front border for easier positioning
Muted "Move back" audio warning in main menu
Improved acoustic feedback in all menus
Improved scrolling and slider handling within menu elements
Improved readability of some official songs
Editor Improvements:
Fixed inconsistent UI behavior of objects and wording in editor
Improved performance when scrolling through a layout
Visual Improvements:
Optimized, improved, and harmonized environments across all platforms
Optimized and improved menu across all platforms
Changed storm in desert environment to an arch straight out of Arches national park
Improved particle effects and added hit direction to destroy effects
