The Filters Update: Night Mode, Sharpness, Brightness and more screen filters

Hi everyone,

Crazy to think Bigscreen Beta launched on Steam 3 years ago. It's been in development for more than 4.5 years now!

We've been releasing dozens of updates and patch fixes in the past 2 months. Most of them were fixing bugs, crashes, and UX/usability issues. Today, we have a new feature we are releasing for fun :)



The Filters Update adds several screen filters that you can apply to your VR desktop screen.

• Night Mode reduces the blue light emitted from the virtual screen. Since people spend an hour each week in Bigscreen on average, and some people spend 20-30 hours every week using Bigscreen, enabling "Night Mode" in Bigscreen could make a significant impact on your sleep quality.
  
• 8-Bit Filter makes your screen blocky & pixelated (text becomes unreadable lol) and can make a game look like DOOM
  
• CRT Filter adds barrel distortion and moire effects. Both 8-Bit and CRT are purely for fun, and make modern PC games look like retro nostalgic games
  
• Brightness, Sharpness, Contrast, and Saturation: fine tune your screen by adjusting brightness to reduce lens glares, adjusting sharpness and contrast for better text legibility, and adjusting saturation for vibrant movies. We also have some presets like "Movie" "Text" "Sports" and "Black & White"
  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK-7t0vMgB0


We're currently working on Quest, a Friends System, and several important bug fixes (some users cannot create accounts, especially on GearVR).

Let me know what you think! If you have bugs or feedback, you can chat with us on Discord:

http://discord.gg/bigscreen