PatchXR announces the release of PatchWorld for Meta Quest 2. PatchWorld is an unprecedented VR toolkit for exploring musical experiences, building original, fanciful instruments, and playing full-immersion live shows.
Play and explore fantastic musical worlds, even without previous musical experience - then get involved and remix to create your own. Join an underwater reggae jam, blast some hard techno beats, or make polyrhythms out of rainfall. Build your own reactive stages and sonic playgrounds - fully immersive, native on Meta Quest 2.
EXPLORE music experiences, stories, shows, virtual studios, interactive tutorials and a growing library of instruments created by artists around the globe.
CREATE your own musical worlds and instruments and record musicverse music videos and shows.
SHARE your creations with the world using built-in video recording - plus a series of updates coming soon.
PatchWorld combines a playful interface with production-grade sound so that everyone gets a complete, rich musical experience. Want to explore music in an imaginative VR dreamworld? Check out interactive worlds. Want to stock your VR studio with your favorite techno instruments? You can do that, too.
Features at launch:
- 3 unique ready-to-play worlds ("EPs") to explore or remix and make your own
- Custom world creation with block-based creation
- 30+ instruments (with more coming soon)
- Whimsical sound toys like rubber duckies, beer bottles, skulls, frying pans, and more
- Powerful studio-quality tools, including recreations of acid synthesizers, vintage drum machines, loopers, and chord synths - some made by our community patchers
- Playable, physics-based sounds based on wind, rain, marbles, gravity, and more
- Use the mic to record samples or sing along
- Jam together with built-in bands and characters
- Customize your avatar
- 3D spatial audio and stereo mixing
- Record live performances in VR
And more coming soon:
- More worlds, more instruments, more visuals - with new weekly releases
- Publish your creations to share with friends
- Multiplayer live rooms for jamming, learning, and partying
- Custom-edited content and PatchMaker for building your own devices
- MIDI and OSC support
- ...and more customization and creation features
We're building a universe of music makers who can exchange and explore one another's instruments, worlds, and unimaginable variety of creations. This community growth is already underway with artists and inventors testing the pre-release builds, plus a series of Patchathons at major international gaming festivals over the past two years.
Availability and pricing
PatchWorld is immediately available on July 7th, for Meta Quest 2 headsets via the Oculus Store. (Quest 2 required; Quest is not supported.)
Price: US$29.99
