Oculus Go Development

Can we play DRM protected content ?

Exo Player needs the Secure Surface to play protected content so the oculus mobile sdk use Secure Surface or Texture surface ?

Facebook streaming - Pages

Hi there,@imperativity - If this is the wrong sub forum please feel free to move it. Currently Oculus Mobile platforms have the ability to start a stream to Facebook, which is a fantastic thing from a marketing point of view, both for VR as a platfor...

Followed all instructions, get these errors, seems I am not the only one.

Hi,After a certain "hiatus" I am back on Samsung Gear VR, trying to get pieces back from where I left them.So I re-read all the stuff, checked all the "instructions" ( not that many really ) spend most of yesterday downloading and installing stuff .....

30 Samsung VR simultaneously

Hi there!I'm trying to show a project on 30 Samsung at the same time but it never seems to work properly. Sometimes 28 of them work, sometimes none of them. I'm using a local Network to connect them all. Could anyone help me with the script please? I...

Problem with 30 Samsung gear VR experience

Hi guys, I've been trying to show a project simultaneously with 30 VR glasses but they dont seem to work properly. Any script or idea to use all of them at the same time triggering a key?

Error saving IAP SKUs in Portal

@imperativity You seem like someone to ping on this given your prior help with IAP related things, and we need help quickly.Currently we are experiencing an issue saving new SKUs on the portal, it just throws a message that "something went wrong" and...

Has the video capture feature been updated to use CRF instead of constant bitrate?

I recorded a few videos recently. Like with every video I capture after learning about the feature, I set videoBitrate to a higher value than its default of 5Mbps (80 in this case) in order to avoid blocking artifacts. Unlike those other videos, thes...

Gear VR: Is it possible to detect touch pad input on headset separately from remote controller?

G'day,Is there a way to detect a touch on the Gear VR headset unit touch pad as something distinctly different from the remote controller?I would like to be able to detect swipe and touch on the headset to have different actions from the Gear VR cont...

How does dynamic clock scaling on S8 work?

In response to a different query, John Carmack mentioned that S8 uses "dynamic clock scaling above the minimum fixed levels". Could we get some clarification on how this works, and on what devices they apply to? My assumption before was that whatever...

"Error: the APK you uploaded can't be processed" - gearvr apk upload

I get this message when uploading a new version of an existing apkThe previous line from the command line tool is:validating package contents (4 / 5)There no other obvious error/info about what's going on This apk is: an apk submitted successfully fr...

When capturing video, can the default framerate be changed?

Currently, the video capture feature encodes at 60fps (or tries to; my videos always encode between 57-59fps). Is there a way to record video at half the framerate (30fps instead of 60) or better yet force the game itself to run at that speed (e.g. b...

How do you build a React VR project as a native app a la VrShell/Oculus Home?

I previously asked the linked question with the assumption that it was possible to even build a native app with React VR, simply because it was so publicly promoted as the framework behind @JohnCarmack's VrShell rewrite. Considering it never got repl...

Commerce (IAP) Problems

1) Which of these two statements is true?These test users have permission to purchase IAP items in your app, including Alpha, Beta, and Release Candidate apps, without using real money.Note: Do not use a real credit card with test users, it will be c...

Resolved! What does the "Early" reading in Remote Monitor mean?

I suspect this is saying that the frame was done early and had to be held or discarded, but I'd like some more info on "Early" remediation best practices.

how to use Exo Player to stream videos on GearVR

is there any working example to stream a video on GearVR using Exo Player (native mobile SDK) ..?

Android development required C++ skills as well ..??

I am the Android developer with core java skills, when i am checking the mobile sdk sample apps i can see the majority of code in c++ so to develop vr apps for android requires c++ skills as well ? If not please provide the android sample apps link.O...

WHY does dev w/unity make random store games render stretched/distorted?

The view is stretched horizontally, so if you turn your head the image distorts in a sheer-effect. Extremely nauseating. It's like it thinks it's on a different phone and targeting the wrong render area. I dunno if the img is actually squished - coul...

GearVR dual app

Hi all,So, I'm looking into the possibilty of having a non-vr component to a gearVR app, essentially so that the user can take off the headset for authentication and etc. where it's easier, and then return to the VR for the app's main experience.I've...

What does "Enable red lines" in Oculus Home do?

I'm enrolled in the public test channel, and recently noticed that a gear icon was added in the Home screen of Oculus Home. I tried enabling the "Enable red lines" setting, but nothing changed anywhere in the UI. What does it do?

Battery info in menu.

Hi there,I want to display the battery level in the menu of my game. I did a search on google and this forum, there is (or was) an OVR menu example with this feature. But i can't find it. Where to find it ?Or when it doesn't exist anymore, does anyon...

Is it possible to use multiple fonts with Native mobile SDK?

I've traced through the mobile SDK code and I see that on the Init() of OvrGuiSys, it creates a default BitmapFont. And I've looked through the BitmapFont class code to see how that works as well, and I've looked through UILabel to see how you might ...

GearVR randomly freezes, logs show "TrackingServiceConnection.onServiceDisconnected()"

I've had this issue for a while where the GearVR app I'm developing freezes at random moments, disconnected from any of my code. I'm developing on Unity 2017.3.0p2 and the mobile I test things on is a Galaxy S6.I've managed to isolate in the Android ...

Auto Launch Custom App instead of Oculus Home when plugging in Gear VR

Hey guys,I would like to auto-launch my custom app instead of Oculus Home when I plug in my S7 phone into my GearVR. Is that possible without too much trouble like rooting the phone? Thank you very much! 

OVRCameraRig forward direction as Gameobejct (Unity)

Hi,How can i set the forward direction/rotation of the OVRCameraRig equal to that of a gameobject in the scene? I'm using a empty gameobject (forward pointing at a part of the scene) as a reference and the forward direction should be used as a new fo...

Resolved! Will multi resolution rendering come to Exynos powered Samsung phones?

After hearing it mentioned in John Carmack's talk, and later watching the High Fidelity talk that discusses is history and mechanics, I'm now incredibly excited as both a consumer and developer for multires rendering to get rolled out.My concern is t...

Unity Canvas UI Not Showing Up

Hey everyone!I'm using Unity and the built in Oculus runtime (I haven't installed the full SDK from the Asset Store, as I haven't explicitly needed it yet) and have come across an issue while using Unity's UI system.When I place any UI elements onto ...

Help needed: Failing submission because of judder on S7 Edge with Snapdragon (all others are ok)

Hi,As the title states, we are failing the GearVR submission requirements for our game (Marble Land), because of performance on the S7 Edge with the Snapdragon chipset. This only happens on this particular phone. The S7 with Exynos chipset doesn't ex...

What is the optimal 360 monoscopic video encoding settings for Gear VR?

Hi guys,Does anyone have guidelines for the optimal 360 monoscopic video encoding settings for Gear VR? We have an app that uses 360 videos and I've been seeing either incomplete or different information from sources online.According to Samsung ( htt...

Is chromatic de-aberration working for anyone else on Gear VR?

If you set OVRManager.instance.chromatic to true (toggling at runtime on Gear VR), it doesn't seem to do anything anymore. I thought this used to work but haven't touched it for a long time. Anyone else get this working?

Help needed! - Alpha build crash

Hi there,I am developing a Gear VR app using Unity. When I test locally on my own devices, everything works fine.Now I am trying to upload to an Oculus app through the developer portal, and distribute via an Alpha build channel.This works fine and I ...