Are release channels available for GearVR?

[Anonymous]

I attended the GDC talk where Oculus walked through the Release Channels feature for the Oculus store, and then afterwards one of the speakers mentioned that he forgot to say that the feature was "coming soon" for GearVR (basically would be rolled out after they got through the Rift launch).

Does anyone know if this has been rolled out yet, or are they still focusing on the Rift launch? Thanks in advance.

[TeLiveLike]

Thanks so much for the post, I was trying to figure out why I can't find the release channels ><

[skypu3]

Me too, I cannot find it

[pjenness]

Hiya ,....so we cannot test builds at this time for alpha release channels (Rift)?    @cybereality

There are docs and users that have used them...is it a feature that has come and gone?

Cheers

-P

[RiccardoAxed]

Is there some good news about the alpha/beta channels, or an alternative way to test the Oculus environment integration before the store submission?

Thanks,

Riccardo

[cybereality]

The Release Channels are a feature that is gated by a whitelist. If you need access, send me a PM and I can set you up. Thanks.

[motorsep]

What is a "release channel" ?

[cybereality]

motorsep said:

What is a "release channel" ?

It's a way to push your game out to select people before releasing on the Store. This is useful for doing private alpha/beta testing, etc.

[motorsep]

Sweet! I assume before getting there game goes through the same submission / process as for release at Oculus? 

If so, does it get released automatically after it reaches release state in the release channel or does it still go through the final submission process ?

[cybereality]

More details are here:
https://developer.oculus.com/documentation/publish/latest/concepts/publish-release-channels/