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Third Party Apps and Rift 1.17 Update

cybereality
Grand Champion

With the 1.17 PC software
update (available now in our public test channel) we’re making it easier to
manage your content library all in one place. Now, you’ll be able to view and
launch all apps that support Rift from your computer or in VR, even if you
acquired them from outside the Oculus Store. We know people sideload apps for a
variety of reasons, so we've included some options to help provide flexibility
and control of what’s displayed. Here are a few things to keep in mind:



  • You can toggle displaying
    third party app titles “on” and “off” from the Filter menu of the Library in the
    upper right of the Oculus desktop app
  • You can remove individual
    apps from your Library (note that this does not uninstall the app; also, at
    this time, this action can’t be undone)
  • If you are using an app
    obtained or purchased outside the Oculus Store, your activity will simply
    display as "Online"
  • Library will still display
    the five most recently played apps. If you toggle “off” third party apps
    titles, they will be removed from recent activity


We’ll be iterating on Library
functionality and features with future patches. If you’re testing the release,
please share feedback with us via the PTC, and stay tuned for future updates.

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DonkyBoY
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@Oculusmatt I have to agree if we could all just get along things would undoubtedly be better for all.
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baggyg
Protege


Is it possible to add Iracing that is not from steam to OH


Last time I played (admittedly a year or so back) I-Racing is still launched from their web browser. There is no in HMD view equivalent of this. If there is no way around this step than it would be a little pointless to launch it from OH. Apologies if things have changed. 

Sterling77
Rising Star

UsaRubber said:



Uninstall Antivirus completely - then try. These are the same issues i have had - strange behaviour and bios loops. 



That shouldn't be an issue, like I stated it was working flawlessly before with exactly the same setup, the only change made was oculus update. I don't use antivirus on this computer. It's strictly for gaming.

My gpu literally wont boost past 300mhz with the rift plugged in.

Update: Uninstalled Rift drivers entirely. When trying to instal, finishes download then Says RESTART, encountered an error. I''m amazed at how seamless this whole experience was until it came crashing down within a 12 hour period, Quite amazing actually. Can't even download the drivers anymore lol. 


Cool If you don't run Antivirus then great 🙂  when you say " That shouldn't be an issue " It was my issue for 15 days of HELL :neutral: That was the same as everything was running just fine then Insanity. Now my machine has zero Antivirus. Hope you sort it out Best of Luck ! 
https://forums.oculus.com/community/discussion/52965/sterlings-sketchbook

Nisei
Protege


The Future of VR and it's Sucess WIll Always Be Like Any Other Industry In this World, To be Able to Include All Games together Maybe not on the same platform but with the Same Gameplay and Every developer will profit from we are not talking about Console Now (PSVR is the Exception). But Every Game on PC Should all been Supported by the Oculus or the Vive. Because VR is basicly a Screen and a way of tracking your Position So they Should not have limitation on playing them on the Rift or The Vive. It's Like Saying ok Man you got a LG Branded Monitor Well Then we are Samsung Then your game wont Run on our Screen lol thats not the Way to Go.


What's with all the weird capitals??? You seem to assign them randomly for no reason...

m3gatron
Explorer

FolkSong said:


m3gatron said:
It seems, when you add a steam game that has a oculus native version, once it's added to the oculus home, when you run it from oculus home, it runs the non oculus native version...


To fix this, you need to figure out the launch parameters that will launch the game directly into Oculus mode, then add these in the Steam properties for a game. For a few games there are no launch parameters so it's a bit more complicated, but there's a workaround here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/6sqtv2/little_of_help_for_people_who_want_to_play_their/


but I don't even know what the launch parameters are to make a game launch in oculus mode. 

tsoward
Honored Guest
How would one go about setting Kingspray to launch in Oculus mode? Currently loads Steam first causing issues with the -waitformonitor parameter popping up

seansed
Honored Guest
Is there a way to manually add a 3rd party app to show up under my Oculus library? I can run a game by manually opening the shortcut on my desktop but not all my 3rd party games will get auto added to the Oculus library. I've tried opening them up via SteamVR but that doesn't result in them auto adding to the library either.

MrGhostbones
Explorer
Could someone please explain to me exactly I need to do regarding renaming my third party apps?
I have followed Syndroid post (name: "C:\Program Files\Oculus\Software\Manifests" , open the .json file and look for "displayName":) So am guessing that I just replace the "displayname" with whatever the app is called, but when I do this, no name is visible when I go into the Oculus rift library in VR. even after I restart the store or my pc. Could someone please let me know if I am doing the right thing? Thanks very much.

Furnace_Inferno
Explorer
I've added custom pictures but it seems rather sporadic as to whether they work or not. My SteamVR ones work perfectly but for some odd reason the Assetto Corsa one works on the desktop picture but not the one in Oculus Home but they all worked with the default images it added before and the Lucky's Tale VR which got the images automatically is the opposite, works in Home but not on desktop?!

Dirt Rally and PCars which added the pictures also work fine so not really sure what the issue is as to why some work and others not.

Digikid1
Consultant
Accidentally removed an app from the library only to just find out that you cannot readd it.  WTH?!?!?!

No offense but that is incredibly stupid to not be able to readd a app to the library.  Whoever thought of that idea needs a good swift kick.  LOL!!!