The highly anticipated follow up to Boneworks is coming to VR headsets this week. Which is just absolutely beautiful news. And today we finally got to see footage of the quest 2 version captured in headset. Bonelab creator Brandon Laatsch also shared that it runs on the quest 2 natively at 90hz without using asynchronous space warp. Of course the quest version isn’t going to meet the graphic fidelity of a speced out computer with a dedicated graphics card but in my opinion I think it looks pretty dang good and having the physics work the same as the PC version is incredible. The price of $40 was also announced and that it will be cross buy for those of you that use the oculus store on your PC as well as standalone. There are those on the internet that were hoping Bonelab would be free but when you have to pay a team to create a game like this and then giving it away in hopes of using microtransactions to pay it all back just feels wrong but maybe thats just me. Oh and by the way Brandon confirmed there will be no micro transactions. 

From what has been posted in previews the game seems to be leaning into a newer mechanic that hasn’t really been used in VR games all that much, or at all. Where changing your avatars body type actually changes the physics in the game and how you can defeat enemies or work through puzzling areas. Kinda like mario’s hat in odyssey. This is a really intriguing mechanic that I’m really excited to explore especially in virtual reality where I can imagine what its like to have a different uhhh body type…yeah. along with the ability for Mods to change and create your own avatar types inside the game that now will be more than just skins but will affect the actual gameplay physics. From what I’ve gathered avatar attributes are pulled from the silhouettes of the avatar. So naturally if you have a massive upper body your strength attributes will be higher so you can throw people around like beanie babies, while being a smaller avatar you can move around with agility and speed, you know like say uhh an anime girl if you will. I do wonder how modding will be handled with that and if an ultimate maxed out character can be created. I guess we shall see but thankfully mods will also be supported for the quest 2 standalone audience as well.

And by the way vehicles will be in the game and choosing between playing while seated or standing will now be a seamless experience. No more choosing an option in a menu if you want to sit the game recognizes your position and adapts. 

All in all the bonelab sandbox looks incredible and I can’t wait to see the story mode of the game but also what the community cooks up with mods especially now that so many more people will have access to this game unlike boneworks which was PC only. Do you plan on picking up bonelab? And where do you plan on playing it. Let me know in the comments and thanks for watching I’ll catch you in the next quickie.

Meta Connect 2022 has officially been announced for October 11th. Looking back at Facebook Connect 2021 here's a preview of what we expect to see at this year's Meta Connect including release dates for games like Bonelab, Among Us VR, Ghostbusters VR and more.

Meta announced the date for their next connect presentation this week and Looking back to lat year’s connect we can see a possible game plan for this year’s meta connect on October 11th.

First and foremost we will get a complete overview of project cambria or what is rumored to be named the meta quest pro. Zuck daddy announced on the Joe Rogan podcast that it will be unveiled at this years connect, and he just posted this obstructed image of him wearing the headset telling us to see him at connect 2022. You know what, maybe I will. I’m sure a large chunk of the presentation will be sharing the specs and new abilities of the meta quest pro along with new games and experiences that take advantage of those features. I expect we will get a pre-order announcement with a price, and with the recent price hike of the quest 2, that pro headset surely will be expensive.

We hopefully will get actual release dates on some of the most anticipated VR games of the year that were announced at the meta gaming showcase, like the walking dead saints and sinners chapter 2 retribution, among us vr which last month we got access to the beta version, sorry they nda’d the testers and the devs have said it is pretty much finished, then we also have NFL pro era which I would think should be out any day now since the season is upon us and for the love of all crablets I hope we get another trailer and a solid release date for bonelab. Bonelab’s creator Brandon Laatsch has been more active on twitter lately discussing some rather interesting pieces of the game and back in july tweeted that the game is finished but they are working on bugs. So I’m laying my bet down here and fully expecting a release date at connect. Oh by the way remember that GTA San Andreas VR  announcement from last years connect? Where the Zuck is that? And lastly Ghostbusters VR was the grand finale at the gaming showcase in april and Halloween is just a couple weeks post the connect event so that would just make sense for us to get a date for the co-op mystery ghost sucker upper..

Last year’s connect was all about the metaverse so I’m sure there will be even more virtual environments and graphics that make us slightly uncomfortable. This years connect will focus on the building of the metaverse and the future of augmented and virtual reality. We will hear from industry leaders on the latest technologies and how to use them to grow said metaverse. 

We should see more about those avatar and horizon graphical updates which Mark teased on his instagram after the meme-pocalypse of the horizon france and spain announcement. I also bet we may learn more about meta’s recently announced partnership with qualcomm and what they are working towards when it comes to future snapdragon chipsets and hardware. I’ll throw this hailmary out there. Maybe we get just a tiny teaser for a quest 3 like the project cambria announcement last year? You know, we can always dream.

Other than the metaverse and VR games we probably will hear about more privacy and security features that no one will believe, and just maybe they will give us an update on that crazy future concept headset mirror lake.   

What do you think we’ll see at meta’s connect 2022? Shoot your shot in the comments below and we will see which we get right and which we get wrong come october. Thanks for watching and as always I’ll catch you in the next quickie.