Ubisoft Partners with Soul Assembly for Just Dance VR: Welcome to Dancity

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Just Dance VR: Welcome to Dancity will launch on October 15 for Meta Quest devices, bringing a fresh virtual reality experience to the Just Dance franchise. The game features 25 songs across a variety of genres, including "Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen, "Bad Liar" by Selena Gomez, "Starships" by Nicki Minaj, and more. All 25 song maps have been taken from popular Just Dance maps from the past 15 years of console games and reimagined for 360-degree immersion. Just Dance VR: Welcome to Dancity also features a new two-handed scoring system, and a whole new way to connect with other players in the virtual Apartment, where players can dance, play basketball, and interact with items with up to six total friends.

According to Alexandre Robin, Associate Producer on Just Dance VR: Welcome to Dancity, creating a VR experience felt like a natural evolution for the franchise. "Innovation and exploring new ways of gaming are at the heart of Just Dance's DNA," Robin says. "We wanted to see what VR could bring to our brand and universe."

To help set Just Dance VR: Welcome to Dancity apart, the team focused on immersion and social interaction, leaning into their existing strengths and expertise to bring joy and positivity to the game. Robin explains that from a technical standpoint, creating a VR game doesn't differ from the process for a console - it's the design that is different. For example, in other Just Dance installments, only the right-hand movements are tracked and scored. For Just Dance VR: Welcome to Dancity, a level designer from Ubisoft Paris recaptured all the original choreographies to add a left-hand layer to scoring. It's the same dance, but now, both hands will count. The team also reworked the UI system to fit a