At the moment at Meta’s annual Join developer convention the corporate unveiled its next-gen combined actuality headset: Meta VR Glasses. Coming alongside it early subsequent yr is an replace to everybody’s favourite block-slashing rhythm recreation that flips the script for hand-tracking-centric enter.
Beat Saber (2019) is getting an replace in Spring 2027 on Meta VR Glasses and Meta Quest that lastly brings hands-tracking to the sport, albeit in an barely surprising manner.
Referred to as ‘Flux’, the replace primarily reimagines the block-slashing motion in a brand new single-player expertise that makes use of your palms as weapons.
Examine in out in motion within the video under:
I had a possibility to go hands-on with Flux in my demo with Meta VR Glasses, letting me play a single track.
As a substitute of slicking with, effectively sabers, you wield what Meta calls ‘Flux Powers’, electricity-imbued strikes just like the ‘Flux Tether’, which channels energy between your palms to slice via rod-style notes in time with the beat of its common slate of pulse-pounding tracks.
You additionally get punch via observe, coloured blue, pink, or a light-weight purple, the latter of which signifies you could put each palms collectively. Destroying notes builds Jolt vitality, which primarily provides you an additional rating increase. As an OG Beat Saber fan, I instantly clicked into the brand new management scheme, handily scoring an ‘S’ class on what was in all probability the best setting.
Notably, Flux can even assist Contact controllers too when it arrives early subsequent yr on Meta VR Glasses and Quest, coming together with 35 songs from the Unique Soundtracks, Extras, and Anniversary packs, together with tracks from Lindsey Sterling, Teminite, DragonForce, Haywyre, Camellia, Increase Kitty, Jaroslav Beck and Zakka G. Meta says extra Flux songs are deliberate post-launch.
When it arrives, ostensibly alongside Meta VR Glasses subsequent yr, there’s additionally set to be what the corporate is asking an “enhanced Marketing campaign mode,” which is about to incorporate a “gentle narrative ingredient” into the expertise. The replace can be coming with new boundaries, missions, in-game rewards, and a brand new menu system that’s mentioned to extra shortly get you into recreation modes and new content material.
Disclosure: Meta supplied lodging for one Street to VR reporter to attend Meta Join 2026 the place data for this text was gathered.