A new block variety will be added to the popular virtual reality rhythm game Beat Saber, accessible on PlayStation VR and Oculus Rift. Beat Games created the VR experience, which places players in a neon-lit world where they must slash blocks to the beat of a song with swords. When Beat Saber went on sale in February 2021, it was expected to have sold at least four million copies. Slashing soaring blocks with a two-sword combo is made possible by Beat Saber’s combination of rhythm responsiveness and immersive combat.
Slicing each block with a sword of the same colour creates an intensive dance routine to the beat of the song selected by the user. Beat Games also produced a song editor for the famous game around a year after its release. A fan of Netflix’s Witcher series used this tool to add “Toss a Coin to Your Witcher” to Beat Saber, a rhythmic project, as an example. New block types will be added to the VR rhythm experience in a future update, as Beat Saber revealed through Twitter. Normally, players only have to slice blocks once, but the addition of new varieties will make things more difficult.
Slider, a long segmented block, appears to have gamers follow through a strike in a specific direction in order to maintain the song’s tempo. There are also faint lines leading to other blocks, which might be a new training mechanic or another new sort of block that takes incredible precision to hit correctly. According to Freeek, Beat Saber’s lead level designer on Twitter, blocks will only be introduced to new levels, not existing ones. VR headsets are still relatively new, but titles like Beat Saber show how immersive virtual reality can be.
Sony unveiled PlayStation VR 2 in January 2022, building on the previous generation of immersive headsets. Eye-tracking technology and a 4K OLED screen with photorealistic images will apparently be included in the future hardware, which would allow players’ slightest movements to be accurately reflected. Beat Saber has only become better over time as a pioneer in virtual reality gaming. With the custom song editor, gamers discovered a whole new universe of possibilities, and the Slider block will undoubtedly transform the game yet again. Beat Saber’s next set of rhythmic challenges has not been assigned a release date, but PlayStation VR and Oculus Rift aficionados can start practising now.