As you may have heard, we announced a large update to SteamVR Beta today. If not, you can see the announcement here. The short of it is that we are building the core functionality of Destinations into SteamVR as SteamVR Home (Beta). This means that richer environments, props, tools, multiplayer, and avatars will be available to all players by default.

We are excited to bring the functionality from Destinations to all of SteamVR, and hope you will come along with all of the experience and expertise you've gained over the last year. We also hope you will also bring the amazing content you've created in Destinations to the SteamVR Workshop, where it can be experienced by a much larger player base. The SteamVR Workshop Tools will be very familiar, and it is a simple matter to take your Destination and submit it to the SteamVR Workshop. Learn how to bring your Destination to SteamVR here.

As for all of your avatars and wearables you've found by completing quests, don't worry. Your inventory will be moved to SteamVR, where you will be able to continue searching for wearables every week. We'll move your inventories over once these updates have graduated from SteamVR Beta.

In addition, once this update is out of SteamVR Beta the Destinations application will no longer be updated. We've been amazed by the incredible work the community has done in Destinations, and appreciate all the feedback you've given us as Destinations has gone from a simple photogrammetry viewer to something more. You are all veterans of this creative space and we hope you'll pass your knowledge and experience along as the rest of the SteamVR community gets access to these worlds.

See you in SteamVR!

We've pushed out an update to Destinations (content buildid 1647301):

• Destinations is now supported on Linux

Fore more information about SteamVR and Linux:

• SteamVR Beta Announcment
  
• GitHub link[github.com]

In our last update we introduced Tools, which allow players to interact with the world in a number of ways - from drawing, to blowing balloons, to controlling a drone.

We think these add a great amount of fun and engagement to the experience, and wanted to ensure that creators can create and add their own tools to their own Destinations.

To this end, we recently added the prop_destinations_tool entity to Hammer. To learn how to use this new entity, check out the new Flashlight Tool Tutorial. This will walk you through the basics of creating a tool using provided pre-made assets.

We can't wait to see what you will create! Let us know what you think in the discussion boards.

We've pushed out an update to Destinations (content buildid 1609488):

• Updated cache placement logic to avoid areas with collision
  
• Jam Session - Made instrument sticks/hands into tools so they equip/unequip properly
  
• Updated localization files
  
• Removed peace sign gesture for mitten hands (no fingers, so no peace sign)
  
• Fixed a bug where the auto-brightness in Destinations without any lights wouldn't work for anyone but the host
  
• Fixed a bug where quest caches found in Destinations without any lights would come out without lighting
  
• Fixed a bug where the cache finder would show overlapping animations while completing quests in multiplayer
  
• Fixed a bug where Destinations would reappear in the cache quest list after completing a quest on them
  
• Changed teleporting to teleport markers to no longer check collision
  
• Changed trackpad hand pose UI to only show icons for poses that the current hand has
  
• Fixed missing texture on guitar hands in Jam Session
  
• Fixed not being able to interact with buttons when using mitten hands

We've pushed out an update to Destinations (content buildid 1602534):
For more details, see this SteamVR blog post.

• Complete quests each week to unlock wearables and avatars
  
• Travel to different Destinations and use the Cache Finder tool to find caches
  
• Each player can find up to 5 caches a week. Geocaching quests reset every Wednesday night at midnight GMT.

• Accessorize your avatar with wearables and props
  
• Every prop and wearable is colorizable with the trackpad
  
• Save outfits for quick access

• Cache Finder
  
• Airbrush
  
• Ballooninator (obtainable via quest)
  
• Drone Controller (obtainable via quest)
  
• Pop Zapper (obtainable via quest)

• Destinations
  
  • Ilia's Retreat - New Destination - concept work created by Janice Chu, with asset contributions from Daniel Pedersen.
    
  • Clockwork Orrery - New Destination - assets and contributions from Warren Marshall
    
  • Home Map
    
    • Now displays a different background on every load
      
    • Floor animates in, and changes color to match background
      
    • Updated ambient soundscapes to match the background
• Avatars
  
  • New default avatar heads to choose from
    
  • Team Fortress avatar heads (obtainable via quest)
    
  • New avatar hand models and gestures
• Wearables
  
  • Introducing hats, hair, and other accessories (obtainable via quest)
    
  • Trade wearables and avatars with other players or find them on the Steam Market

• Refreshed Menu design
  
• New Avatar Customization mode
  
• New Quest UI
  
• Now easier to find populated Destinations
  
• Filter tools, props, and wearables by tag
  
• New Tutorial content

• Props and Wearables can now be colored with the trackpad or joystick
  
• Items now appear in your hand immediately when the trigger is pulled
  
• Particle effect added when grabbing an item from the menu
  
• Avatar brightness can now be set in the Avatar Dashboard
  
• Improved teleport beam feedback
  
• Vive controller models now have left and right hand icon indicators
  
• When in a Destination created without lights, props and Avatars are set to full brightness

• We have updated the way Destinations handles cubemaps - if you are using cubemaps in any of your submissions, simply open your map in Hammer and you will be prompted to rebuild your cubemap.
  
• Similarly, the behaviour of reflectivity and gloss values used in the VR Standard shader have changed slightly. If you are using these, you will have to increase values to get a similar look to before.
  
• Vscript
  
  • The FireHapticPulse call from vscript no longer sends a user msg to all players to pulse their controller and instead only sends it to the intended player
    
  • When calling TakeDamage from script, you can now set the damage type inCreateDamageInfo
    
  • The flex_background entity class can now set a default animation via inputs
• PropTool
  
  • Created a prop_destinations_tool class that allows the creation of items where controller input can be routed through vscript to the tool

Destinations is compatible with any HMD that is supported by OpenVR, including the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. If you are using a gamepad, make sure the Destinations game window is selected on your PC while using Destinations.

Motion controllers are required for Quests, Tools, Props, and Wearables

We've pushed out an update to Destinations (content buildid 1504990):

Touch Support

• Added Touch controller models to Avatar Hand choices for Touch users
  
• Updated Welcome panel and Tutorial for Touch users
  
• Use B and Y buttons to bring up the Destinations Menu
  
• Use A and X buttons to turn in 90 degree increments (only available in SteamVR Beta at this time)

UI Updates

• Menu icons, text, and layout updated for clarity
  
• Updated UI focus state for gamepad users - it is now clearer which panel will get gamepad input

We've pushed out an update to Destinations (content buildid 1446913):

• Updated UI to make Public vs Private Rooms clearer
  
• Fixed sounds playing twice in multiplayer for Jam Session
  
• Refined button highlight volumes in Cannon Wars

We've pushed out an update to Destinations (content buildid 1441063):

• Fixed crash picking up scaled map props
  
• Fixed client crash when server changed maps
  
• Fixed steam avatar icon not showing up until after a map switch

We've pushed out an update to Destinations (content buildid 1423583):
For more details, see this SteamVR blog post.

• Added Jam Session Destination
  
• Added Cannon Wars Destination
  
• Added Tower Bridge Destination
  
• Added new locked props
  
• Added a new locked avatar
  
• Updated prop materials and surface properties
  
• Updated avatar materials

• Simplified in-game tutorials for both Vive and Rift
  
• New Dashboard in Destinations Menu with current status and quick access to common actions
  
• Added a new Get More section, allowing players to browse and subscribe to popular Destinations from inside the menu
  
• Quicker access to create, join, and leave Public Rooms
  
• Moved Avatar color customization into the Avatar panel
  
• Added color gradients to color sliders in the Avatar customization panel
  
• Added indicators on player billboards and player info to indicate who is the host of the room

• Added new model override hand attachment to allow temporarily changing the hands to other models
  
• Added script methods on hands: AddHandModelOverride, RemoveHandModelOverride, and RemoveAllHandModelOverrides
  
• Triggers can now react to hands (set the trigger to react to all, and filter by classname=prop_vr_hand)
  
• Added GetPlayer and GetHandID script methods to prop_vr_hand
  
• New documentation for using Destinations Workshop Tools on the Destinations Wiki

Content creators: If avatars are unlit and props aren't properly colliding with geometry in your Destinations, make sure to go through this Destinations Checklist to ensure you have lighting and collision properly set up.

Destinations is compatible with any HMD that is supported by OpenVR, including the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. If you are using a gamepad, make sure the Destinations game window is selected on your PC while using Destinations.