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Can't add movie posters to oculus cinema

OK, I don't know where I'm going wrong.I ripped a 3d blu-ray copy of The Avengers to oculus cinema. Movie plays perfectly. The only thing is, is that there's no movie art. So I found a picture that I like, resized it to 232x344, gave it the same name...

Gigatron by Honored Guest
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Body size (height) can't be set

We use the latest SDK ovr_mobile_sdk_0.6.0.1 under Unity. Its about the OVRPlayerControllerUnfortunately the height (distance from the ground to the eyes) can't be set here. The height of the CharacterController has no influence to the height of the ...

video player with a Curved screen

Helloi am looking for an app for playing my videos in a curved screen like the new curved TVs in the market .i dont want the screen to be stretched 180 degrees so that it covers all my peripheral view like in most of the free cardboard apps i tried p...

Areon by Honored Guest
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Error when building VrTemplate app

Hi,I am trying to build VrTemplate app but I am getting one very annoying error and I am not sure why is it showing up. I've used make_new_project.bat file to create my file - VrTestApp. This project then was imported into Eclipse (with copying to wo...

vislab by Honored Guest
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Cinema should be able to support anaglyph 3D files...

I think be theory Oculus Cinema should be able support anaglyph 3D files. What it needs to do is to digitally place filters on the video feed and output two separated sources onto left and right eyes. This would save time from converting older anagly...

aeroxy by Honored Guest
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The Little Crane That Could - Not Working

Anyone else having problems running "The Little Crane That Could" on their Note 4?I am on the Exynos N910H. When I tap to start the app, I just get a white screen with a kind of digger background noise but it just hangs there.

ifflanb by Honored Guest
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Omega Agent available in US Note 4 Oculus store

I just checked the internal VR store and saw Omega Agent and a Japanese RPG game available so I bought Omega Agent for $9.99 and tried to install it 4x...failed everytime so I loaded the Oculus app outside VR and went to library...installed and start...

Help request - MP4 Metadata

I have been filming 360 videos using a Kodak pixpro sp360 and outputting the footage to YouTube.All has worked fine so far - unfold videos, edit a few together in VSDC video editor, use the YouTube metadata app on the resulting video and then upload ...

AshVRMC by Honored Guest
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SideloadVR adds its fourth app: Islands In The Sky V2

SideloadVR is happy to announce that we added Islands In The Sky V2 by Team Ghosthttp://sideloadvr.com/detail.php?id=6SideloadVR is a platform for developers to share prototype GearVR apps. We just added our fourth (or really third) app. Please help ...

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Stable unity version and mobile sdk

Hi thereJust wondering as of today what is the recommended unity version and mobile sdk to use for gear vr development?Some time ago it was unity 4.6.3 and sdk mobile 0.5.0, is this still the best combination?thanks

emolano by Honored Guest
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Touchpad error in SDK sample applications

I am trying to build one of the sample applications and run it on Oculus with Note 4. The problem is that I am unable to confirm the first window - the one with warning about health and so on.The information is simple - tap touchpad. But I have no id...

vislab by Honored Guest
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Resolution / testcharts

How suitable is the GearVR for displaying high-res photographic media?Per-eye resolution is 1280x1440 for the screen. In my tests I get a maximum width of input videoframes to be 4096 and maximum height 2160 (please correct me, if you get larger fram...

hder by Honored Guest
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Gear vr s6 strap too small

Ok so I have a large head but you'd think one size fits all with include me! I have a 60cm head circumference and the strap has only 1cm on each side holding it and it always comes appart.. They need larger strap or extension.

plemaire by Honored Guest
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3d movies

Sorry if this has been answered. Does the cinema support playback of embedded 3d movies? Meaning that the left and right eye channels are embedded in the video?

barry1685 by Honored Guest
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Lens quality

I received my new gear vr this weekend. I realized that the dust in the lens comes existing and must be a manufacturing issue. The dust isn't terrible but annoying. I bought a lens brush and while using it it created mild surface scratches already. S...

barry1685 by Honored Guest
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How to submit application for Gear VR store

I am working for VR company and we'd like to create some VR contents/apps for Samsung Gear VR store. Does anyone know what's the process to submit an application or how to contact Gear VR team? Thanks!

yurenji by Honored Guest
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Drinking Coffee Whilst Using the VR

Not a serious question I know  but just interested to hear other peoples experiences with eating and drinking whilst using their VRs. I like to have a coffee whilst sitting there watching a movie in Oculus Cinema but its a struggle to get the cup cl...

ifflanb by Honored Guest
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3d images and rendering no SDE

I've noticed 3d games and images don't have the SDE. I am thinking it has to do with the software doing a better job eliminating the SDE. The octane VR 3d renderings I think are 4k. They look great. I wish my video card supported CUDA, I would be pum...

barry1685 by Honored Guest
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3d environments

I generated a 360 pano in 4k of a 3d environment. It worked last night and was pretty cool. I would like to do a 360 video pano of this but it would take forever to render. I didn't spend a ton of time creating them but I want to start posting some. ...

barry1685 by Honored Guest
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Samsung Gear VR vs Oculus Rift for PC gaming

Never tried Oculus Rift for PC gaming but i tried Samsung Gear VR + Intugame software and the idea is great but using wireless network lag to much...To much latency for a good gaming experience.But with Intugame you can tether your smartphone to your...

Interstellar Experience Availability

With the release of Fox Searchlight's The Wild app on the Oculus store, I was wondering if anybody had any information on the possible release of the Interstellar Experience (also published by Fox Searchlight) that was demoed at select locations duri...

Boffin by Honored Guest
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Our first Gear VR test

First of all: It is amazing how smooth head tracking is working with only an Android Smartphone. Samsung Gear VR gives an idea where it could go with those new immersive VR glasses in the near future.Well, hoping that 4K displays coming soon for thos...

Root help S6 5.1.1

I have the Samsung Galaxy S6 on 5.1.1 and I was wondering if anyone can point me in the direction of how to root my phone.I tried rooting it using the universal kernel on xda but this made the oculus software crash regularly and everything looked was...

kylejc86 by Honored Guest
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Performance differences between the Note 4 and S6

I'm creating an app to run on both versions of Gear VR, but I'm getting some notable performance differences. When I run my app on the Note 4, it works perfectly with no judder, but the S6 displays extreme judder and poor framerate. When reading a po...

Jyakku by Honored Guest
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What game types would you love to see?

Hey guys,The more I play around with the VR, the more I realize it needs a full-immersion pilot-type game. Either piloting a fighter jet, a giant robot mech, or even a tank. Imagine the immersion of the Oculus cinema, but inside your death machine of...

Gigatron by Honored Guest
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