Hey VR Heads!I had a question for the Oculus team: is there a way to enable some of the Oculus integration (SBS 3d, distortion) without a Rift connected? With the version of UDK I was using, I would boot up what I was working on with RealD enabled. It was useful for investigating UI layouts and text size, and also just to see how things looked in SBS 3D. However, it seems that RealD is not included in the Oculus UDK.I have been mucking around with the config files and the UnrealScript files (Oculus.uc, Stereo3D.uc) and haven't found a clear way to simulate the SBS 3D. Is this just a cut and dry detected/not detected situation going on in the untouchable source code?It would be great to get a preview of how things will look while I wait for the dev kit to arrive!

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.

Test Stereo3D without a Rift? | Meta Community Forums

27 Replies

Replies have been turned off for this discussion

Dycus
Honored Guest
13 years ago
Huh, that's odd. Welp, I have no idea, then. I don't work on the UDK integration, so I'm not sure why they aren't working. Just gotta wait for your Rift, I guess.
VisualKnight
Honored Guest
13 years ago
The funny part about all of this is that the EXE demonstration works without any Rift drivers, so there has to be a way to get UDK to run without the Rift.

Edit: I stand corrected- thats a Unity integration
cybereality
Grand Champion
13 years ago
You shouldn't be able to test the stereo without a Rift connected. The reason for this is because the stereo/warping algorithms pull parameters from the headset in order to work. So if you don't have a headset it defaults to the normal 2D functionality.

Sorry for the confusion.
Cymatic
Honored Guest
13 years ago
"cybereality" wrote:
You shouldn't be able to test the stereo without a Rift connected. The reason for this is because the stereo/warping algorithms pull parameters from the headset in order to work. So if you don't have a headset it defaults to the normal 2D functionality.

Sorry for the confusion.

Thanks for the clear and detailed answer, Andres! I figured it was something along those lines.
Inscothen
Explorer
13 years ago
"cybereality" wrote:
You shouldn't be able to test the stereo without a Rift connected. The reason for this is because the stereo/warping algorithms pull parameters from the headset in order to work. So if you don't have a headset it defaults to the normal 2D functionality.

Sorry for the confusion.

thanks for the update.

I'm curious on what parameters are used from the headset for stereo/warping. Just whether it's connected?
cybereality
Grand Champion
13 years ago
Well the distortion constants are stored in the headset, which as used to feed into the warp shader. There are also things like IPD, and other eye related parameters that are used for the stereo.
Inscothen
Explorer
13 years ago
does that mean you'll be able to use devkits with games made for the commercial rift and it'll automatically know how to warp for the devkit?
cybereality
Grand Champion
13 years ago
The idea was that storing parameters on the Rift would help with compatibility, since we would like games created with the developer kits to work on the consumer version.
Inscothen
Explorer
13 years ago
fantastic thank you.
VisualKnight
Honored Guest
13 years ago
"cybereality" wrote:
The idea was that storing parameters on the Rift would help with compatibility, since we would like games created with the developer kits to work on the consumer version.

This is really good to know- knowing that the puzzles I make in UDK can be scaled. Thanks :mrgreen:

Forum Discussion

🚨 This forum is archived and read-only. To submit a forum post, please visit our new Developer Forum. 🚨

Test Stereo3D without a Rift?

27 Replies

Quick Links

Other Meta Support

Related Content

Rift S Cable

Oculus Rift S Screen stays black

oculus rift home

Oculus Rift S has gone green

Oculus Rift controllers not working in-game after update