Soundscape VR: 2017 News

Hello everyone! Since we launched our Universe expansion for Soundscape VR last week we've been overwhelmed with the response of the community. Our servers have also been overwhelmed as well and we apologize for any downtime we have had for the multiplayer component of the game. We've been hard at work all week fixing bugs and updating systems, today I am pleased to announce we've just updated the steam and oculus versions of Soundscape VR with a new patch that brings in a large number of fixes and improvements! We still have plenty more of improvements coming, but in this patch should address the majority of issues you may have seen at launch in both singleplayer and multiplayer! If you are having any other issues please join us at our [Discord](https://discord.gg/8cfHAEb) and let us know!

Patch 4.01 changelist:

Fixed an issue where the main menu song was playing too loudly in the tutorial making it difficult to hear
Fixed an issue where collectible items were not saving
Fixed an issue that caused the menu to open incorrectly
Fixed an issue with the Keyboard tilting
Fixed an issue where the music UI was displaying files by default
Fixed an issue on vive where the sword holding hand position was incorrect
Fixed an issue where players could not select any chaos modifiers
Fixed an issue in multiplayer where the player scoring was not displaying correctly
Fixed an issue where you could not see other players afterburners
Fixed an issue where multiplayer session names were displaying incorrectly
Fixed an issue where the player start would be floating off the ground
Fixed an issue with visual glitches upon loading into different worlds
Fixed an issue where certain items could not be destructed
Fixed an issue with graphical glitches in the Black Sun
Fixed an issue where you were unable to shoot fireworks
Fixed an issue where visualization modes were unable to be changed
Fixed an issue with multiplayer sessions not appearing
Fixed an issue where players were unable to join multiplayer games
Fixed issues related to menu and UI usability
Fixed issues with chaos mode activation
Fixed an issue where players joining multiplayer games had performance issues

Back in October when we debuted the world’s first virtual reality concert stage, we showed off the first teasers of Soundscape Universe - a massive expansion to Soundscape VR that includes features like public and private social VR worlds, a multiplayer rhythm game, expanded venues, a brand-new UI, and music collaborations with artists like STS9, EOTO, and Big Gigantic. Today, I am pleased to announce that the next evolution of Soundscape VR is complete and is now live on Steam and Oculus Home!

We’ve been building the world of Soundscape for over 5 years now, starting from humble beginnings as a passion project, to giving people a mind-blowing experience at our Burning Man art installation, to now evolving into a 24/7 VR music festival that lets you meet up with friends and other music lovers across the globe. You can party with your friends in gorgeous audio-reactive VR music venues to the sound of your own playlist, join a virtual concert from your favorite artist, create and collaborate on virtual canvasses of art, or challenge your friends to a contest of coordination and rhythm.

In the new multiplayer setting, you can choose between listening to special sets from major artists delivered in partnership with Soundscape, user-created mixes and synchronized playlists hosted by curators, or your own music simultaneously in a virtual silent disco. The music makes the world of Soundscape VR come alive, creating a mind-melting audiovisual experience with millions of unique combinations.

This update adds customizable avatars you can design to reflect your digital persona while you chat, dance, and play “face-to-face” in public venues or private listening parties. Exploring the vast panorama and digital landscape of Soundscape VR reveals a virtual world unlike any other, full of imaginative art, impossible settings, and limitless ways to play.

We’ve also added an all-new open world rhythm game where you can shoot and slice your way through the interactive venues to your favorite songs, competing against up to 8 players at a time to see who can cause the most destruction and get the highest score. There are no beatmaps to be made, no limited songs to choose from. You choose the music, from Beethoven to Skrillex, Soundscape VR handles the rest.

Soundscape VR is free to download on both Steam and Oculus Home. In a world where unsavory tech companies are increasingly using you as a product, we feel compelled to mention that even though our game is free, we do not sell any of your data, period. Soundscape is extremely focused on user privacy and remaining censorship-free, we're just glad that you're here with us to enjoy this music revolution.

Be sure to check out our Discord to join in with the Soundscape music community and discover new music and friends every day, and follow us on Facebook and Instagram for all the latest news and updates regarding new artist content post-launch!

Thanks for playing our game. See you in the metaverse!

I'm excited to share some news regarding our upcoming major expansion coming late January! Soundscape Universe is a massive expansion to Soundscape VR that includes features such as public and private social VR worlds, a multiplayer rhythm game, expanded venues, a brand-new UI, and music collaborations with leading artists. I'm pleased to announce Soundscape Universe is nearly ready to go, and we’ll be making this free update available worldwide.

After beginning as a Burning Man art installation, Soundscape VR has evolved into a 24/7 VR music festival that lets you meet up with friends and other music lovers across the globe. You can party with your friends in gorgeous audio-reactive VR music venues to the sound of your own playlist, join a virtual concert from your favorite artist, or challenge your friends to a contest of coordination and rhythm.

In the new multiplayer setting, you can choose between listening to special sets from major artists delivered in partnership with Soundscape, user-created mixes and synchronized playlists hosted by curators, or your own music simultaneously in a virtual silent disco. Also included is an all-new multiplayer rhythm game where you can shoot and slice your way through the interactive venues to your favorite songs, competing against up to 8 players at a time to see who can cause the most destruction and get the highest score. There are no beatmaps to be made, no limited songs to choose from - you choose the music you compete to, from Beethoven to Skrillex - Soundscape VR handles the rest.

In a world where unsavory tech companies are increasingly using you as a product, we feel compelled to mention that even though our game is free, we do not sell any of your data, period. Soundscape is extremely focused on user privacy, and we're just glad that you're here with us to enjoy this music revolution. Thanks for playing our game, we'll see you in the metaverse soon!

-New katanas added that allow you to slice through objects via melee interactions
-New boost button that blasts you off and gives a higher top speed while cruising
-New tutorial that makes Soundscape more intuitive and easier to learn than ever before
-New scoring system enable gameplay while racking up points for fun, charging up your katanas
-New physics based objects added to the environment to interact with via shooting or melee
-New audioreactivity upgrades - more sensitive and more objects reacting simultatiously than ever before
-New material enhancements across the levels
-Tons of bug fixes

Enjoy!

Soundscape VR expands across music genres today with a brand new customizable visualization system that is more beautiful and immersive than ever before, and works better with more kinds of music. "Energetic Flux" "Smooth Groove" and "Slow & Sexy Synthesia" will all blow your mind as you slip into one of our audio-reactive worlds where you can explore and discover, draw and create, or just relax and watch - all are equally amazing experiences. Play your favorite music from any source or service on your PC, there are no beatmaps that need to be painstakingly made and modded here, Soundscape handles that all automatically! You just play your favorite songs and enjoy, it's that easy!



We've added a multitude of upgrades improving gameplay like the new the ability to drift and turn midair while flying, enhanced our lighting engine to be more realistic and beautiful, and added a whole slew of new visual effects as well as upgrades to existing ones. New GPUs are coming and Soundscape has been upgraded and uncorked to take advantage of them with a new ceiling for graphical capabilities. See how far you can push your new card in our recently added audio-reactive world, Crystalline Summit. Try out ludicrous setting if you dare and discover one of the best looking VR experiences in existence.



Last but not least, this update is of course 100% FREE, made for music lovers by music lovers! We are proud to create the most mesmerizing and creative free VR experiences in the world, and hope you love our new work as much as everyone else has! If you are as passionate about music as we are, visit our Discord to say hello and chat with the team about your favorite new releases! Thanks for playing and thanks for all the love at our Burning Man art installation last month!

-Groove Science