Author Topic: VR headsets  (Read 15163 times)

2018-05-28, 07:17:49

danio1011

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Hello,

I was contacted by a longtime client asking whether we could produce some stereo panoramas.  We’ve toyed with this a bit but have yet to commit to VR hardware.

I was wondering if anyone had any advice?  The Oculus Go seems appealing, but there’s no way to directly connect it to the PC for streaming?  Is this even an advantage?  With higher end headsets can you view IR real-time so as to adjust settings and camera location?  I could imagine the process of adjusting, rendering, and uploading being quite slow...

Thanks for any input!
Daniel

2018-05-28, 13:42:18
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TomG

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I've heard good things about the Go too, but have never tried it directly. It certainly removes the need to have a headset with a phone, or an expensive headset hooked up to a PC, so could be a good way to go.

As a note, VR output from Corona won't be interactive, that is, let the user actually walk around in the 3D space - instead you move from place to place using hotspots (set up depending on your viewing application). Just in case there is any confusion there, though there may not be :)

For streaming from IR to see things in VR as you work on them, that one isn't a hardware issue as such - you might check into yVR from You can do it! which is some software that lets you do just that, see a render in VR as it renders rather than wait for a render, export it to a file, load it into a viewing app; see our blog post at https://corona-renderer.com/blog/yvr-from-you-can-do-it-vfx/ (and contact You can do it! for more info)
Tom Grimes | chaos-corona.com
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2018-05-28, 18:23:25
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danio1011

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Thanks for the info Tom!

I understand about the single point, my question was a little muddled in retrospect.  I was basically wondering if there's a way to export VFB to a headset while it's running.  It looks like yVR essentially does that (while also providing a sweet interactive 'VFB')...although I'm not sure enough about various headsets and how they connect to know which might work with yVR in realtime.  It looks like he's got his tablet plugged in with a USB...?  I wonder if Oculus Go could do it over a Wifi connection?

If anyone knows the answer that'd be great.  Otherwise I'll keep digging and post anything I discover here later...

Thanks!
Daniel

2018-05-28, 18:31:08
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TomG

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Yep, yVR aims to give that "realtime IR but see it in VR" - for questions on whether Oculus Go would work with it, I'd get in touch with them directly to ask (they are a nice friendly group of people so I am sure will be happy to give some advice on hardware!).

Let us know what you find out :)
Tom Grimes | chaos-corona.com
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2018-05-28, 19:03:53
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danio1011

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I pinged them via Helpdesk...I'll let you know!

2018-05-30, 04:01:22
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danio1011

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Just for posterity wanted to update this thread.  YVR response was that they don’t support outputting to Vive or Oculus, they said ideally that would be done by the specific renderer.  Bummer but so be it!