Test Stereo3D without a Rift?

Hmm..

I used to use the iZ3D drivers, because they let you force 3d for any program that outputs 3d graphics. - But it seems they've gone out of business.

That's a pity, because it was equivalent to forcing 3d in the graphics drivers, and it supported everything from side-by-side, multiple monitor output, top-bottom, horizontal and/or vertical interlace, as well as anaglyph and equivalent technologies.

That would definitely help with this kind of stuff...

You can still get their software: http://www.iz3d.com/select_download - but only anaglyph 3d is supported.
Edit: Correction, the download available is a 30 day trial, after the 30 days are over, only anaglyph 3d support still works.
(Though a quick check on their forums shows you can apparently delete a registry key to reset the trial period. Since the company literally no longer exists, I guess that's the only way to keep using it. It feels a little wrong though, but it's either that or find something else.)

This used to be the recommended software to use if you had an AMD graphics card.

AMD also lists this now: http://www.ddd.com/tridef-products/tridef-experience/

But I haven't tested that, so I have no idea how well it works, or what it costs.

I'm disappointed now, because being able to force just about any arbitrary 3d output format on pretty much any game was quite amusing.
I used to use colorcode3d glasses for this, because they're dirt-cheap (similar to anaglyph glasses, the cardboard variety costs about €5 for 5), and still have a small degree of colour response.

Also, the output mode for it was supported by iz3d.

I guess I'll have to find an alternative now...
But in principle it would accomplish exactly what you're looking for.
(and if they were still in business they'd probably have an output mode for rift headsets at some point...)

In our UDK, you should be able to use "stereo on" and "hmdwarp on" in the console.

"Dycus" wrote:
In our UDK, you should be able to use "stereo on" and "hmdwarp on" in the console.

that doesn't work on mine. says command not recognized. Are you sure it doesn't need a rift to get that working?

"Inscothen" wrote:

"Dycus" wrote:
In our UDK, you should be able to use "stereo on" and "hmdwarp on" in the console.

that doesn't work on mine. says command not recognized. Are you sure it doesn't need a rift to get that working?

I recieved the same response, thus my assumption that a rift is required. None of the oculus or stereo3d console commands are recognized. Enabling these modes through config has no effect.

A third party program is something I have not tried, will look into iz3d when I get home.

You've gotten the UDK integration from the downloads section, right? Just making sure.

I don't have my Rift yet and was not able to use these commands either. I also get "Command not recongized". I'm just assuming whatever is needed to utilize these commands is turned on whenever I plug the Rift in.

The only other possibilities I came up with are my hardware doesn't support it or the other version of UDK that I have installed is conflicting with the Oculus version.

"Dycus" wrote:
You've gotten the UDK integration from the downloads section, right? Just making sure.

i uninstalled all udks versions i had and installed that version.

i can see the oculus related engine.ini sections but it must rely on the rift to be able to activate stereo in the console. I guess i'll have to wait till my kickstarter DK arrives.

"Dycus" wrote:
You've gotten the UDK integration from the downloads section, right? Just making sure.

Absolutely. Direct from this site. I have the oculus.uc and stereo3d.uc files in the default classes, and the config options for those files were already present in udkgame.ini.

+1 on being able to use the stereo stuff without the Rift, in order do some preliminary performance testing and play around with it. I'm an international backer, so I have some time to kill. I tried the config settings but alas they did nothing for me as well.

I can also confirm that those commands don't work, so it seems impossible to test the stereo rendering without a Rift. I too will be waiting another month or two before my Rift finally gets delivered, so it'd be nice to get a head start.