{"id":4325,"date":"2020-10-29T09:56:37","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T16:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/?p=4325"},"modified":"2021-05-27T14:01:35","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T21:01:35","slug":"reimagined-experience-unified-vr-desktop-update-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/reimagined-experience-unified-vr-desktop-update-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Reimagined Experience &#8211; Unified VR &#038; Desktop | Update 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4326\" src=\"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/26-23-650x365.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/26-23-650x365.png 650w, https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/26-23-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/26-23-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/26-23.png 1317w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Run Steam to download Update 26, or buy Universe Sandbox via our&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/universesandbox.com\/\">website<\/a>&nbsp;or the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/230290\/\">Steam Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Update 26 brings the full Universe Sandbox desktop experience to virtual reality (VR). We redesigned the bottom bar and made visual improvements to collision fragments, rocky planets, and liquid water.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Full Desktop Experience in VR<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Universe Sandbox VR now matches the desktop experience and will maintain feature parity moving forward. You can now use virtual hands to manipulate planets, edit properties, or use separate tools in each hand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Reimagined User Interface<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Featuring a customizable bottom bar, our improved user interface makes Universe Sandbox easier to use, more discoverable, and improves support for extra small screens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Improved Visuals<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Collision fragments have new, high-definition graphics and lighting. Elevation maps for rocky planets have more detail. Water graphics now show waves and better light reflection.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asteroids and collision fragments have new highly-detailed dynamic models with better lighting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This update includes 20+ additions and 50+ fixes and improvements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please report any issues on our <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/app\/230290\/discussions\/1\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Steam forum<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/us\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on Discord<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or in-game via Home &gt; Send Feedback.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1TTsJL-ddM_i5RjfnQV5_R-hocRCin6hxAiCuVlytRtA\/\">Check out the full list of What&#8217;s New in Update&nbsp;26<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Run Steam to download Update 26, or buy Universe Sandbox via our&nbsp;website&nbsp;or the&nbsp;Steam Store. Update 26 brings the full Universe Sandbox desktop experience to virtual reality (VR). We redesigned the bottom bar and made visual improvements to collision fragments, rocky planets, and liquid water. Full Desktop Experience in VR Universe Sandbox VR now matches the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":4326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-development","category-update"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/72"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4325"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4732,"href":"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4325\/revisions\/4732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}