- New Trailer Video! - 19 June 2019
We put up our new trailer video which we made with the help of our awesome community! Check it out and let us know what you think.
- You can now add props to your avatar! - 13 May 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F33585007%2F4ecb9c865d1574c051951edbdacb5078056e9040.jpg We added some fun new features to the Studio Broadcast avatars - props! So far you can add up to five props to your avatar at one time. The arrangement of the props you wear will be saved so they're all still in place the next time you come through. Currently, you can choose from a bow tie, a mustache, cat ears, sunglasses, and a rainbow hair poof, with new props coming soon (keep an eye out for a monocle, tophat, and microphone). Prop requests are welcome! And if you're Blender savvy, you can submit your own, also - they just need to be
- Recent Updates - 13 April 2019
It's been a while since we've posted any updates so here are some recent developments in GonzoVR: There are avatars in the studio broadcasts now! There are two speaker slots where you can step up and engage in discussion as a cute little avatar. There's also a spot where only you can see your avatar so you can have fun and play around with it if you're not ready to join the conversation. We've improved the quality of the stream significantly with some excellent denoising solutions. We've made discussions easier to follow by decreasing the volume of viewer's voices unless they're in a speaker slot where they can be heard at a normal volume. This helps prevent people from speaking over each other and also gives some visual representation of the people talking. Don't forget to join our discord to stay updated and catch the studio broadcast every night at 6 pm PST!
- No Studio Broadcast Tonight, 1/17/19 - 17 January 2019
This is just a heads up, there will be no studio broadcast tonight at 6 pm as there is every other night. Ela and Brendan will be unavailable tonight, but broadcasts will continue as usual starting tomorrow. You can also still hang out and drive around the VRRoommate car broadcast and keep Gonzo company, he would probably be chill as hell with that.
- Patch Notes 1/2/19 - 2 January 2019
Latest patch going up now: 1) You can now watch past broadcasts. Currently we have the Rob from Cyanide and Happiness, Abe Groening, and the cooking broadcast we did 2) Minor optimizations to the audio decoder 3) Better handling of the microphone, so hopefully the rare issue where your mic remains unconnected will be fixed 4) People with lower end GPUs and people on high pings get a smaller resolution pano which means higher frame rate and faster room joins Also, the past broadcasts had some issues with the compression, so they don't look as crisp or as bright as they ought to. Not certain if we'll fix this right now
- Recent Patch Updates 12/13/18 - 13 December 2018
Here is a rundown of some recent patches: -Minor optimizations to the audio encoder -- Receives messages from the broadcaster app -- Fixes with typing long messages and their display -- Fixed rare null reference -Fixed the rare issue where sometimes one eye would be black and rotated -Lobby images and some marker images are now cached to your local hard drive, so they will load much faster. -The desktop streaming marker will show the GVR logo if no one is currently streaming, and I put in a fairly sizeable performance improvement regarding CPU usage
- Tonight: Broadcast at 7:30 pm PST! Tomorrow: Billionaire Banshee at 6 pm PST! - 1 December 2018
Ela will be speaking at a VR event tonight so the evening studio broadcast will start an hour and a half later than usual. We will be back to our normal broadcast schedule tomorrow, 12/2/18! Join us tomorrow for a fun game called Billionaire Banshee! We will start at 6 pm. This is a fun card game where we will all discuss the pros and cons of going on a date with quirky people based on cards drawn in the game. Everyone on the broadcast is welcome to join in!
- Catch Comedian Mike Falzone on Tomorrow's 6 pm Studio Broadcast! - 24 November 2018
We have a special guest coming to tomorrow's evening studio broadcast! Meet Mike Falzone: comedian, YouTuber, podcaster, and musician. He's funny, insightful, and generally awesome. Come ask for insightful, hilarious advice from one of my favorite funny people Learn more about mike here: http://mikefalzone.com/
- D&D on Sunday - I Hit it with My Axe - 17 November 2018
This Sunday (November 18) instead of the regular guest broadcast, we'll start a broadcast a little earlier in the day (probably 4 pm PST or so) where you can come and hang out with Ela and her friends while we play d&d! The group is known asI Hit it with My Axe. You can look forward to meeting: Zak Smith (creator of Demon City, illustrator of the Gravity's Rainbow graphic novel), Sara Pocock (an animator who has worked on Community, and Cosmos), Morgana Altre (a character actor who has been in Stan Against Evil and played Edgar in The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell), and Adam Moore, an actor, writer, and gamer in LA. Chat with us while we play! The campaign is based on Zak's award winning campaign book called The Maze of the Blue Medusa.
- Nov 12 - Rob Denbleyker of Cyanide and Happiness and other updates! - 6 November 2018
Studio broadcasts will continue to take place at 6 pm PST for the forseeable future! So if you don't see a broadcast schedule, that's why. -Nov 8, 2018: Friday night broadcast: it's our first cooking show! We'll drag the studio camera into the kitchen and you can help guide us as we figure out how to cook some damn thing. Will it be weird Brendan friendly pizza? Will it be some bomb ass cookies? You have until Friday to help us decide! -And MOST IMPORTANTLY: Join us Nov 12 (NOT the 13th as originally planned!) for our next guest! Rob Denbleyker, one of the creators and writers of the webcomic and cartoon Cyanide and Happiness will be joining Ela for the Monday night Studio Broadcast!
- Abe Groening: New Guest Tomorrow Night! (11/4/18) - 3 November 2018
Tomorrow night, (Sunday, November 4) Abe Groening who worked on the show Disenchantment on Netflix, will be joining Ela for the 6 pm 3D 360 studio broadcast!! Come join us for some awesome stories and fun. Keep in mind that tomorrow is Daylight Savings in the US so the start time might be an hour later than you're used to, depending on where you live. Check https://worldtimebuddy.com to make sure you are there on time!
- Studio Broadcast Schedule 10/22/18-10/29/18 - 22 October 2018
These are the times Ela will be doing live 3D 360 style Studio Broadcasts for the upcoming week. These typically last an hour but sometimes go longer. There will be another special guest some time this weekend! We're waiting to confirm the day but get excited! Also join us Friday night after the studio broadcast for pumpkin carving! You get to help us decide what to carve, but no pressure or anything. Monday, 10/22/18: 6 pm PST Tuesday, 10/23/18: 6 pm PST Wednesday, 10/24/18: 6 pm PST Thursday, 10/25/18: 6 pm PST Friday, 10/26/18: 6 pm Pacific Time Saturday, 10/27/18: 6 pm PST Sunday, 10/28/18: 6 pm PST Monday, 10/29/18: 6 pm PST If you're not sure what time that is in your time zone, you can use this to find out: https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/
- Patch Updates 10/21/18 - 21 October 2018
Here is a rundown of recent patches: -Fixed an issue where sometimes parts of the UI disappeared -Updated some streaming libraries -Added (maybe-hopefully) support for streaming a 2D desktop view into an AR marker -Set up support for a spectator camera in the living room so you can either drive the car or, occasionally, watch from a different perspective that doesn't move -Set up a shared audio channel so people in the car and spectator camera can talk to each other
- Recent Patch Notes - 15 October 2018
Recent Patches: -mic mute button added -some server fixes -added support for non-ascii usernames -added support for the new drawing robot, Harry Plotter -changed the timeout period for pano/studio broadcasts so users with slower internet can enter the room - we're still working to fully fix this issue
- 360 Streamer Broadcast Schedule 10/15/18-10/21/18 - 15 October 2018
These are the times Ela will be doing live 3D 360 style Studio Broadcasts for the upcoming week. These typically last an hour but sometimes go longer. This week we're going to try doing the broadcast at the same time every day. See you then! Monday, 10/15/18: 6 pm PST Tuesday, 10/16/18: 6 pm PST Wednesday, 10/17/18: 6 pm PST Thursday, 10/18/18: 6 pm PST Friday, 10/19/18: 6 pm Pacific Time Saturday, 10/20/18: 6 pm PST Sunday, 10/21/18: 6 pm PST If you're not sure what time that is in your time zone, you can use this to find out: https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/
- Studio Broadcast Schedule for 10/8/18- - 7 October 2018
These are the times Ela will be doing live 3D 360 style Studio Broadcasts for the upcoming week. These typically last an hour but sometimes go longer. Monday, 10/8/18: 2 pm PST Tuesday, 10/9/18: 4 pm PST Wednesday, 10/10/18: 6 pm PST Thursday, 10/11/18: 2 pm PST Friday, 10/12/18: 7 pm Pacific Time Saturday, 10/13/18: 11 am PST Sunday, 10/14/18: TBD (sometime in the evening) with a special guest! If you're not sure what time that is in your time zone, you can use this to find out: https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/
- Launch Party Tonight!!!! - 5 October 2018
Brendan, Gonzo and Ela are going to be having a launch party on the 3d 360 Studio Broadcast tonight! Come celebrate the end of our launch week with us while we toast to the start of an excellent community. Come drink along with us with your favorite beverage, whether it's vodka or fermented goat's milk (Gonzo's favorite). Party starts at 7 pm Pacific Time! We hope to see you then!
- First Patches are Out - 3 October 2018
We just pushed our first two patches: 1) After loading broadcasts, you're immediately shown the live broadcasts. A lot of people seem to have dropped out before actually trying anything 2) The exit key is now a bit yellow, hopefully this will bring a bit more attention to it. It seems that no one actually knew how to leave a broadcast. We'll probably also change the icon or text for it 3) You get a notification in the chat if your mic is on 4) Hopefully-maybe-possibly fixed the audio bug some people experienced: where they couldn't hear some other users but other users could hear them.
- We have a Discord - 2 October 2018
Join our Discord if you want! We will post our broadcast schedule there and you can reach out to the devs any time. We would love to hear from you! https://discord.gg/dM8Uy3k
- 360 Streamer Broadcast Schedule - 1 October 2018
Today we did our first live 3D 360 VR live stream! Here is the schedule for upcoming streams where you can live chat with Ela from the GonzoVR dev team: Tuesday, 10/2/18: 3 pm PST Wednesday, 10/3/18: 6 pm PST Thursday, 10/4/18: 2 pm PST Friday, 10/5/18: 7 pm PST Saturday, 10/6/18: 4 pm PST Sunday, 10/7/18: 12:00 pm (noon) PST More broadcast times may be added depending on user feedback. Is there a time that would be best for you to tune in to a live AMA style broadcast? We want to hear from you! Let us know!
