VirtualCast News

This update is mainly for implementing support for the more stable voice server.

Bug fixes

• Fixed the issue where emoticons in the description of a custom item could persist forever.
  
• Fixed the issue where a mirror couldn't be captured with cameras
  

• Added experimental motion filter feature
  
  Can be enabled from [System] > [Motion Filter]
  
  
• User height setting is added along with the motion filter feature
  
  You can set the height on the calibration screen
  
  The height can be changed within VR from [System] > [User Height]
  ※The new setting will be applied after changing a character
  

When the motion filter is enabled, the user height is used to compensate for the physical difference between the real-world user and the VR-world avatar. This feature works even when you are seated on a chair; the physical difference is compensated based on the user height you have set.
※Depending on the broadness of the shoulder and the length of the hand of the avatar, it may result in the positional difference between the controller and the hand of the avatar.
※The motion filter is an experimental feature. It will continue to be improved.

• When the connection to voice server is temporarily disconnected, it now automatically attempts to reconnect.
  
• Mitigated the issue where the voice could become distorted in a certain network environment
  
• Fixed the issue where tags are applied in viewer comments
  
• Fixed the issue where single-byte numbers are not displayed correctly
  
• Double-byte space will not be displayed on comments from now on
  
• Fixed the issue where the roughness of the item "Mosaic" is not synced.
  
• Fixed the issue where the position of the hand become unnatural with small avatars
  

• Added text rendering feature on VCI
  
  • See this article for details:
    
  • https://virtualcast.jp/wiki/doku.php?id=vci:sdk:text:introduction
• Updated Effekseer library
  

• On the initial app launch, your Steam user name will be imported as a nickname on VirtualCast.
  

• Fixed the issue where an avatar's waist juts out forward when you have a tracker on your waist.
  
• Fixed the issue where save data from versions before 1.8.0a could not be loaded properly.
  
• Fixed the issue where a small dot is displayed on the ground below avatars.
  

• Overhauled the voice system
  
  • Added 3D audio feature for voice chat (direction and distance decay)
    
  • For details, refer to the "About the voice system" section below.
• Added in-VR Quick Start menu in the title.
  
• Items now glow when you touch them
  
• Emoticons in comments can now be spawned

• You can now change the roughness of the mosaic
  
• You can now straighten the handy camera and guest camera by holding the grip button
  
• You can now paint on a whiteboard with your fingers when your finger is in the "finger gun" pose
  
  • To change the color, grab any pen to have the color of the pen copied to your fingers
• Added black to the chroma key background
  
• Field of view limitation can now be changed in the ring menu
  
• You can now turn on/off the chroma key setting for external input monitor
  
• Volume settings in the ring menu are now categorized
  
• Volume settings in the ring menu had only three steps. Now they can be adjusted gradually (101 steps) using new slider UI
  
• Mic input volume can now be adjusted in the settings screen
  
• Strength of the vibration can now be changed
  
• Instructional illustration for the calibration scene is changed to T-stance when you have trackers.
  
• You can now move the eyes with ViveProEye while using facial expressions. This feature can be turned on in the settings.

• Fixed the issue where the name on Twitter comment board could overflow from the window
  
• Fixed the issue where a guest could destroy the external input monitor item when initialization fails on the guest's side
  
• Fixed the issue where the head of an avatar gets placed on the ground hight when gigantic avatar model is loaded
  
• Fixed the issue where the position of the hip gets weird when you change from a short avatar to a tall avatar
  
• Fixed the issue where comment cards sometimes could not be deleted
  
• Fixed the issue where options for external input monitors are not displayed correctly.

• Camera FOV can now be controlled from VCI scripts
  
• For details, refer to this page.

• Fixed the issue where different versions of a VCI is loaded between the room owner and the guest.
  
• After this fix, the version of VCI at the time of the initial load will continue to be loaded even after updating the VCI file on THE SEED. To load the latest VCI on THE SEED, delete the VCI in the room, and re-enter the room, then reload the VCI. You can also reload the VCI with the Reload feature in the context menu.

About the voice system

A new setting to change the studio audio to 3D is added to "Ring Menu" > [System] > [Studio settings] (Currently, this affects voice only)

• 3D audio
  
  • Add spacial audio effect to the sounds in the studio (Currently, this affects voice only)
• Voice Distance Rolloff
  
  • When 3D audio is enabled, you can specify the distance at which sounds starts to get softer and the longest distance to which sounds can reach
    
    • Min Distance: Sounds start to get softer from the specified distance (in meter)
      
    • Max Distance: Specify the maximum distance that a sound can reach to (in meter)

New voice features are added with the renovation of the voice system

• Audio pre-processor
  
  • Removes environment noise to make the sound cleaner
    
  • By enabling, you can use the following features
    
    • Reverb reducer
      
      • Removes reverberation (Room echo, etc.) from the input
    • Voice detection
      
      • A feature to detect your speech
        
      • It detects your speech and turns on/off the input accordingly
    • Auto gain adjustment
      
      • Automatically adjust the mic input to the appropriate volume
    • When the pre-processor is enabled, stationary noises such as wind blow from an air-conditioner or sound from a light source will be reduced
  • Echo canceller
    
    • Reduces residual echo
      
    • It also has the feature to reduce the volume of output while you are talking

• Updated data for the next Vgifts.