Hey players the PokerStars VR Valentines Update is now live! We're also running a community card back design competition details below!

Bug Fixes
Zheng Battle Suits spawn incorrectly
Space Pipe not lighting Up
Chinese Tea Cup not clicking
Nautical Pipe put into any of the ashtrays flies away
Dart Projectiles getting stuck to table
Inconsistencies in server browser page number under certain circumstances
Fixed bug in moderation ui that would list the previous selected player's mute states instead of the currently selected player
Fixed bug that would let Dart Projectile get stuck to chips
Laser don't mute on table
Smokeables can't be smoked after Explosive Cigar explodes
Dart Projectiles should not stick to plasma swords

New Features
New monitor mirror UI
Quickmute - Make a talk to the hand gesture to activate
Texture Streaming
Despawning floor props


Existing Feature Improvements / Modifications
All smokeables that burn down now update their colliders at timed intervals instead of every frame to save on CPU calls
Quest gallery is updated when pictures are taken in game.
Player Interaction Refactor
Networking Optimizations
End of ambassador event, wheel segment removed and special event stat tracking menu cleared
Bow and arrows now available in CNY lobby
Memory savings on Quest
Valentine Props
Mute photos
Max 4 Avatar changes per room
Reduced Monday $50k top up to $10k starting chip balance while increasing spin wheel payouts by adding a $100k slot to the wheel. This change should encourage more strategic game play at the lower stakes by reducing the amount of reloaded chips to the same level as a new account.

New Content
Emery Board
Can of Whoop Ass
Tiny Violin
Plunger
Chopper_Moto_Helmet
OldSchool_Moto_Helmet
Racing_Moto_Helmet
Valentine Card


We’re announcing the start of the PokerStars VR community card back design competition!

In the Discord (Discord.gg/PokerStarsVR) channel #cardback-competition you can submit a design for a card back that you would like to see in PokerStars VR! The Lucky VR Art Team will choose 2 winning designs on Feb 28th and those card backs will be given away for free for a limited amount of time to the community members! The 2 winners will also receive the exclusive Paint Brush Vape. Please check the description in #cardback-competition for details.

Come and celebrate The Year Of The Rat in PokerStars VR with the Lunar New Year Lobby, special themed props/apparel and a limited time 2x Chips & Creds Sale!

There is now less than 2 weeks left to qualify in the PokerStars VR Ambassador Contest!!! It’s still not too late to make the Final 10 the qualification period ends Feb 3rd 12pm ET

Here’s the previous dev diary video with details on the 10 ways to qualify to be a finalist. All 10 Finalists will be receiving an exclusive Final 10 Pin.






MAKE SURE TO OPT IN THE KYC FORM TO QUALIFY: Ambassador KYC Opt In Form


VRPT Monte Carlo the final stop of VRPT Season 1 is happening next weekend registration is open and selling out fast in Discord.gg/PokerStarsVR under the VRPT sub-section. Everyone who plays in a VRPT event will receive a great goody bag of exclusive VRPT Monte Carlo items.

New Features

Grey avatars now choose a random preset avatar instead.
Store purchase confirmation
Catch the giant golden rat for a lucky money envelope in CNY lobby
In game pictures are now saved in the Quest Photo Gallery
Updated to Unity 2019.2

Existing Feature Improvements / Modifications

Reduced CPU overhead on lighter flames
Prop destruction has been optimized
Switch to CNY lobby
Mute Selfie Stick
Disabled menu interaction while teleporting
CNY Props/Apparel Optimizations
GPU Instanced enabled on props

Bug Fixes

Dart Gun Ammo shows correct amount of darts
Plasma Blade and Machete no longer float when you don't grab them when they come back to you after throw
VRPT Wild West Bracelets no longer change color
Updated Revolver logic to make water shootable
Player_WristWatch_Manager null ref fix
Dart size is now normal when shooting cow while its being absorbed by UFP
Nautical Pipe and Ashtray will not float away anymore
Silver Ball O74 texture has been updated to reflect prop
Store Image for Ball B14 has been added
Assert fired when taking picture (only for other players not for one who takes pic)
Fixed uncommon spinning top logic so it will collide with table properly
Plasma Blade no longer floats when player leaves
Plasma Machetes now drops props that lay on top of them

New Content

Golden Rat Chain
Construction Helmet
Golden Rat Card Protector
River Rat Rubber Ducky
Year Of The Rat Card Skin
VRPT Monte Carlo 2020 Flare Gun
VRPT Monte Carlo 2020 Microphone
VRPT Monte Carlo 2020 Flip top Lighter
VRPT Monte Carlo 2020 Ultra High Roller Chain
VRPT Monte Carlo 2020 Main Event Bracelet
VRPT Monte Carlo 2020 Mini Main Bracelet
VRPT Monte Carlo 2020 Ultra High Roller Bracelet
VRPT Monte Carlo 2020 Pool Unicorn
VRPT Monte Carlo 2020 Captains Hat
VRPT Monte Carlo 2020 Card Skin
VRPT Monte Carlo Main Event Entry Plaque
VRPT Monte Carlo Mini Main Event Entry Plaque
VRPT Monte Carlo Ultra High Roller Event Entry Plaque

Make sure to check out community member The Growlers new in depth 2020 Tutorial Video

Hey everyone PokerStarsVR_Beta 0.12.4.0 is up for download

Enjoy the final build of the year Happy Holidays to all our players!

Bug Fixes:
Fixed crash in the Steam version of the game when joining a lobby
Fixed Fireplace sound not being affected by volume sliders
Fixed Phone booth messages being muted if dealer voice is muted in settings
Fixed low lighting levels on cards in spies environment
Fixed drones issue when spawned through a quick slot
Fixed mute/unmute not working properly in certain situations
Fixed light issues in the Quest lobby
Fixed an error with the spin wheel in the lobby
Fixed some cross-platform issues in the lobby
Fixed poker stop progressing when spectator leaves the table during showdown

Improvements:
All in game money will now appear as $ instead of local currency symbol
Christmas table graphics fixes
Snowballs in lobby will despawn after a set period of time if not being held or thrown
Improved interactions with cigar holders so it’s easier to grab cigars

New VRPT Wild West, Xmas & New Year Props & Apparel

Hey everyone The Christmas Update is now Live!

PokerStarsVR_Beta 0.12.3.0

Bug Fixes:
Fixed Game not starting when blind or dealer player leaves during blind post
Fixed issue where gum or toothpick would get stuck in a player's mouth if another placed it
Fixed grip and origin of laser in laser lipstick
Fixed issue in Quest that would make the chest burster not animate

Features:
Christmas lobby is now live. Starting Monday December 16th you can check under the tree for your gift and come back on the 25th of December to open it!
Christmas table skins across all environments
Spies mission phone booth added to lobby

Improvements:
New environmental details in Spies environment

Hey everyone PokerStarsVR_Beta 0.12.2.0 is out now for download with some nice bug fixes and QOL improvements!

Bug Fixes:
Fixed Martini bug that would only let everyone on the table see the effect.
Fixed issue with wood pipe that would prevent it to be attached to duckies, cow, donkey.
Fixed Nautical pipe so it cannot interact with cards
Fixed jetpack chimp clipping with Blimp
Fixed material issue with Helicopter Hat that would make it look dark in Quest.
Fixed bug where user profile images might not always download properly on certain connections
All cases of kick countdowns should now update properly
Fixed gong in Macau Suite reacting to every shot fired from a drone regardless of impact position
Fixed physics error with dealer button at spies table
Fixed purchased spy gun variants not having their magazines available for sale regardless of current store offerings

Features:
Added friend list refreshing via the social menu
Added text based indicator for when a table host is unresponsive
Re-enabled Poker Hand Histories on PC

Improvements:
Adjustments to monitor mirror UI
Monitor mirror UI now displays active player’s name instead of active player’s seat number
Improved network traffic when a new player enters the lobby
Improved drone movement over network
Adjustment of laser interaction with player so they don’t render when a player is aiming at your face.
Spin & Go play again notifications will now dispatch immediately after receiving your end of tournament outcome
Reduced texture compression on betzone textures for Spies environment
Various volume adjustments for spy props

New Props:
Red_Vape_Cartridge
Green_Vape_Cartridge
Purple_Vape_Cartridge
Yellow_Vape_Cartridge
Lava_Vape
Ocean_Vape
Orange_Dice
Swirl_Red_Yellow_Dice

Hey everyone PokerStarsVR_Beta 0.12.1.4 is released for download!

Bug Fixes:
Fixed store menu opening twice when close to the item of the day pedestal if store was the last used UI module
Fixed missing hand pose on tournament trophy

Features:
New Spies environment (Unlocked Thursday Nov 28th 4PM ET)
New spies themed dealer button
Added additional user presence management through steamVR for non unity.xr compliant WMR headsets (Potentially fixes no image displaying in certain WMR headsets)

Improvements:
Various UI texture optimizations for Quest
Removed hitching when opening and closing watch menu on Quest

New Spies Props & Apparel (Unlocked Thursday Nov 28th 4PM ET)

Hey PokerStars VR players here's an update patch for you with some bug fixes, streamer improvements and an upgrade to Unity 2019 for Quest!

PokerStarsVR_Beta 0.11.11.2

Release date: November 15th, 2019

Bug Fixes:
OpenVR: Fixed bug that caused “Held Object Special Action” input to be repeating instead of firing once per click
Fixed UI not updating current prop/apparel category selection when disabling filters in your inventory
Fixed Spin & Go sometimes not starting when Quest player goes to Oculus home during spin sequence
Fixed color not showing when smoking a color vape cartridge.
Fixed roman candle effect not showing when colliding.
Fixed ducky shivering when locking dragon or golden dragon pipe

Features:
UI indicator next to your Stars Creds readout when happy hours are active
Monitor mirror UI can now be customized by hovering your mouse over the top of your screen and selecting individual elements to be enabled/disabled
Monitor mirror UI now has current action readout and the ability to cycle positions of the pot readout
Rake no longer shows on monitor mirror

Improvements:
Quest is upgraded to Unity 2019.2
Improved framerate, mostly on Quest
More UI optimization
Faster UI update rates on things like above-the-head UI and the leaderboard on Quest

New Props:
Cigar_Holder_Brushed_Steel
Swirl_Green_Blue_Dice
Green_Dice
Graffiti_Vape
Orange_Vape_Cartridge

Hey PokerStars VR players we’ve got a fresh update for you here with some BIG performance improvements especially for our Quest players. There’s still much more great stuff on the way this month to look out for :eyes:. including more content and performance updates and a big VRPT at the end of the month.

PokerStarsVR_Beta 0.11.10.0

Bug Fixes:
Fixed Spin & Go and Sit-n-Go not starting when Quest player goes home during countdown or spin sequence
Fixed UI break when cycling between browser tabs while being prompted to enter a password to join a private table
Fixed Stars Cred readout not updating properly post purchase when in the lobby
Fixed memory leaks
Fixed a rare case when small blind, big blind players leave a table cause game breaks

Features:
Added item of the day pedestal to lobby. Approach this and open your UI to instantly view the item of the day in the store
Desktop mirror UI now shows current pot total
Added special event tracking module to UI. Access this by pressing a player’s avatar image in the table menu
Added ambassador voting. Access this by pressing a player’s avatar image in the table menu then go to event stats tab
Added rank readouts based on hands played to the stats UI modules. Current progress to the next rank can be seen under the player’s name
Macau VRPT winners graphic updated
When new items appear in the store for the first time “NEW ITEMS” will appear above the store button
Less wait time between hands in SNG and Spin & Go


Improvements:
Store now sorts based on current cycle data
Revamped UI visuals for lifetime stats
Capped rake at Uncapped Buy In Tables
Updated style of store refresh indicator
Improved CPU allocations
Updated to latest Oculus SDK
Updated networking engine

New Props:
Desk_Fan,
Ducky_Bucks,
White_Pawn_Card_Protector,
Black_Pawn_Card_Protector,
Cigar_Holder_Carbon_Fibre,
Cigar_Holder_Wood
Cigar_Holder_Snake_Skin,
Acid_Vape,
Rechargeable_Vape_Pen
Blue_Vape_Cartridge,
Blue_Dice,
Swirl_Black_Red_Dice,
Salt_Shaker,

Community Spotlight:

TheGrowler’s
YouTube Channel

LookToWinward:
YouTube Channel
Blog

ItzRetnuh & Turtle Juice
Twitch
Joe Stapleton
Twitch

Merciless
Twitch

Join our active community on Discord to catch all the action https://discord.gg/PokerStarsVR

Hey everyone PokerStarsVR_Beta 0.11.9.3 is up for download!

Happy Halloween

Bug Fixes:
Fixed hand pose on calabash and bulldog pipes
Fixed bug that caused ui to sometimes unintentionally decouple when opening/closing the menu
Fixed UI bug that caused the recent purchase notification to not be visible when purchasing items at a table instead of the lobby
Fixed UI bug that prevented stash skin pages from cycling
Fixed UI error message not showing when spin wheel response fail
Fixed more than one player teleport to same snap location when there is network latency
Improved CPU usage of lip sync on PC (should help audio distortion)

Features:
Updated to latest SteamVR sdk
Added official Vive Cosmos bindings
A notice will appear over the top of the store button if the store has been refreshed since you last launched the game
Added new VRPT Macau card skin

Improvements:
Various performance improvements to UI
Various typo fixes in UI
Improved Memory management when running low (Quest)

Hey PokerStars VR players here's an update patch for you!

PokerStarsVR_Beta 0.11.8.1

Bug Fixes:
Fixed haptics sometimes sticking with vive wands
Fixed crash when crafting chips
Fixed issues with liquid volume
Fixed missing props issues (Wood yoyo, Metal yoyo and Nautical Pipe)
Fixed issue with fidget spinner that would cause other items to fly
Fixed issue with fidget spinner that caused crashes when hitting the table
Fixed wobble on fractal spinning top

Features:
Added optional “index finger point” binding for openVR headsets lacking index finger capacitance. By default Vive wands use this instead of “index finger touch” binding

Improvements:
Balloon win effects only show up when All-in is called in Spin & Go
Improved finger tracking on index controllers. Results should be smoother and less likely to twitch at lower capacitance values
Various UI tweaks and fixes
Increased clarity in peripheral vision on Quest (decreased foveation level)
Memory improvements on Quest
When you spin the fidget spinner you can throw it as a ninja star
Polish on spinning tops so they spin longer and can clash against other tops.