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Full Beyond the Horizon update
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What changed
- UI and audio
This experience has always been a casual VR experience, with a design to really immerse you in an alien world that you can explore without any distractions. We recently were demonstrating Beyond the Horizon at GE2.Live, and once again, users found it to be comfortable, immersive, and an incredible experience, finding it both exhilarating and relaxing/meditative, depending on their experience and personal interests. Our hope with this update, is to clearly articulate the experience so it reaches the proper audience. Please see the new description on the store page.
Major changes
The Nexus (vertical control) has been replaced with the controller. We continuously find users fiddling with the Nexus, instead of being totally immersed in their surroundings.
The controller touchpad is setup with 3 areas
Top, middle, bottom, correlating to Up, level, down.
Note
Up & down only have one speed, so pressing it multiple times will not make you go any faster. The other big change is where you start. You now begin in the lake area. The start screen transition has also changed to better align with the experience. We are also exploring voice commands to control the platform. We consider voice as a preview feature at this time. Here are the commands you can use for a controllerless experience: 'Up', 'level', 'down', controls your vertical movement. 'Stop' will allow you to hold the platform in its current position. 'Go' will start the platform moving again.
Source
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