v24: PDF Support, Fixes, Improvements

What Changed:

• Speed up the companion app: We switched to faster forms of extracting comic files and processing background colors, so the app should process comics faster and freeze up less often.
• Added PDF support: If you scan directories with PDF files in them, they will be able to be viewed in the app. This is good for reading magazines!
• Improved comic loading speed: Comics will now load instantly once the first page is ready, improving load times.
• Polish: better scrolling movement, more fade ins and outs to make things smoother, reduce few areas of jank in the app, clean up the demo screen

What’s Next?

• Still waiting on our code signing certificates so Windows does not raise antivirus and firewall warning
• Continue to stabilize the new version through more testing on different computers, and then move those versions out of beta
• Add settings menu for customizing comic experience
• Continue to figure out a way to do mipmapping to reduce anti-aliasing
• Look to add .epub support for books

Unfortunately, we have not gotten to MacOS support yet. Apologies to those waiting for it, we want to make sure we have it stable on Windows before expanding out.

If there are any issues, please let us know, and we will be on top of it as usual.

v23: Initial Release Notes

This is the initial release notes for Sidequest VR!

Supermedium is a space of immersive utilities starting with a new way to experience comics, in vivid grand scale and comfort.

• Comic pages as striking life-sized murals
• Sync your comic library with the desktop companion app
• Use hands-free in comfort on the couch or in bed
• Immerse in a distraction-less environment
• Colors of the sky shift to match the comic
• Ultra vivid and sharp to almost appear 3D

.PDF support will be coming out of beta soon.

Follow our devlog for updates!