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@zedwick zedwick commented Jan 30, 2026 •

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Updates the Explore section to better reflect the current features and design of Overte.

  • Reword and update terminology to better reflect Overte's
  • Update to match the current Overte experience
  • Expand documentation to cover more features
  • Document interacting, modifying and saving werables
  • Improve clarity around some features
  • Remove references to macOS
  • Remove references to Android
  • Simplify Windows OS instructions by linking to Microsoft support articles
  • Update controls reference
  • Add Ada's Body Poser app as an example of an installable app
  • Replace Vircadia references
  • Update in-game UI screenshots
  • Add image of placed portals
  • Some pages have been converted from markdown to reStructuredText where I felt it would make it easier for the changes I intended to make.

I do not have access to VR myself, so for much of the VR-specific parts I had to read code, changelogs and interview people who have had experience with it on Overte. I may have gotten something wrong here, so would especially appreciate if someone with access to VR could double-check it works as stated.

Similarly for Windows, I do not have access to Windows but tried to confirm those parts the best I could. If someone with Windows could double check them for me I would appreciate that.

to something a little more recent; from 2025 rather than 2022.
* Encourage users to use push-to-talk
* Re-arrange settings table to match the order seen in the audio settings tablet window
* Add missing audio settings to table
* Cyberspace!
* OpenVR and OpenXR support
* Add missing control settings
* Update some terminaology
Also correct table issue in vr-controls
* Expand list of files which make up an avatar
* Rewrite introduction to emphasise how choosing an avatar empowers the user to express themself
* Provide more detail on where to host an avatar, without emphasising individual brands
* Mention all compatible model files
* Document grabbing wearables
* Document modifying wearables, including that modifications will be saved when favourited
* Document favouriting avatars with wearables
* Corrected information about updating apps
* Some tweaking to wording and expanded explanation
* Removed section on the no-longer-available Text to Speech app
* Include screenshots for the current Places app
* cover filtering, bookmarks, portals and home
* Remove erroneous orphaned row of Graphic Settings table
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zedwick marked this pull request as ready for review March 23, 2026 20:49
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zedwick commented Mar 23, 2026

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I think I'll leave the system requirements alone, and let them be updated/removed in a separate PR.

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I am only half-way done with the review, but I thought I should show what I have already.

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Some small things and nitpicks.

As mentioned in the comments, with the American English versus British English differences, I think it makes sense to just stay with American English as to not mix the two of them. American English is probably a better choice for an international audience anyway, because it has easier spelling and fewer exceptions.

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Co-authored-by: Julian Groß  <julian.g@posteo.de>
Co-authored-by: Julian Groß  <julian.g@posteo.de>
Co-authored-by: Julian Groß  <julian.g@posteo.de>
…n some contexts.

* I have left it as simply "Interface" or "Interface window" where I thought it contextually made sense.
* Also made controls instructions generic by removing specific reference to VR controller devices where it wasn't necessary.
* Mono audio input can be spatialised in Overte, where-as stereo cannot be
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JulianGro merged commit dda1054 into overte-org:master May 12, 2026
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