Beat Saber and Subpac wearable audio tech want to bring the beat to deaf players

Beat Saber is one of VR’s biggest phenomenons, taking PC VR and PSVR platforms by storm. But it’s also a game that lives and dies by its music, which helps players get in the flow. For deaf VR fans, that’s a big barrier. But Beat Games and Subpac, a maker of wearable audio tech, are working to break it down.

Beat Games CEO Jaroslav Beck this week posted a video outlining the partnership. Beck traveled to Ravensbourne University in London to see how Subpac and Beat Saber combined was helping deaf players get into VR. Subpac offers a backpack-like subwoofer. In Beck’s own words, it lets you feel the bass of music as if you were in a nightclub.