Oculus Avatars on Google Daydream

[pintiliciuc_oct]

Do they work on google daydream? If they do, what do i have to do to make them work?

[polka_panda]

I know nothing, but if I had to guess: they don't work there.

[cloud_canvas]

So I can't answer this directly, but I can speak to the extent to which I've validated the use of Oculus Avatars outside of their definition of "cross-platform." (i.e. OpenVR)

Since you're ultimately running on an Android device, the .aars you need to run the Avatar SDK will still build correctly in your project. I think you might even be able to plug in user-specific User IDs at runtime and they will load up correctly, but I was anticipating having the use the static set of 12 avatars that they stipulate for use in cross-platform integration.

I have put the Avatars SDK (and just the Avatars SDK, as of v1.5) into a virgin Unity project, plugged in a User ID, and saw it load up correctly. Just a Third Person instance, sitting in front of a stock MainCamera.

I haven't gotten as far as remotely piping some pose packets into it yet to see if it moves. But, within that limited validation, it works.

Big caveat: my test device was a Galaxy S8, which you can probably consider an ambiguous data point, since it is both a GearVR device and a Daydream device. I can't say what would happen if you did the same with an S7 or below, or a Pixel.

It's a back burner ticket at the office so I can update you as I learn more about this.

[cloud_canvas]

Looking back on our development history, we have anecdotal evidence to suggest that multiplayer builds of our app fail when trying to call Platform or Avatar SDK stuff on a Pixel. We were doing flat (non-VR) builds of our app on Galaxy S devices and that we would see the other networked Avatars moving around, but not on non-Galaxy S (i.e. GearVR-compatible) devices.

I'll have more for you next week.

[Imeve360]

Following. We'd really like to display Oculus avatars on plain ol' mobile screens -- not even in a headset. Being able to build the avatar package into generic Unity Android would be super super helpful.

[Ross_Beef]

Hey folks, we've been actively working on this and will have an update soon, for both Android VR (e.g. Daydream) and good old 2d phones. Stay tuned!

[Imeve360]

Hey Ross ... any update on this? We're trying to plan for some releases later this summer, and need to make a decision on whether to integrate a third party avatar system. Any hints for us as to when the "good old 2d phone" functionality might be available?

[MagneticWest]

@Ross_Beef ... any update? We could really use this capability as well.