Oculus released a new thing that works with the free version of Unity. It provides a camera that can be dropped into any scene to make it Rift-friendly.<\/p>\n
However:
\n– old apps (including the official Unity demo) flicker like crazy — it looks like every other frame is black (which makes things too dark — taking the Rift off is like stepping out of a dim cave)
\n– new apps (ones I make myself) have a weird oscillating “double vision” effect, with the distance between the two images increasing with head movement speed (this makes me a little sick if I focus on it)
\n– there’s what looks like a screen-tear seam in the right fourth of the right eye (this is probably minor)
\n– importing assets from Sketchup has yet to be successful (it looks like you have to do something weird for textures, and I haven’t done it right yet)<\/p>\n
The second one is the biggest problem; there are rumors of fixes online (forcing DX11, or turning off timewarp), but neither seemed to work.<\/p>\n
I’ve also tried Unreal, which claims it’s building a Rift-capable exe, but on execution it doesn’t seem to notice the Rift.<\/p>\n
Both are pretty undocumented, as regards Rift integration.<\/p>\n
Shelving them for now; maybe they’ll fix themselves while I do other things.<\/p>\n
Going to look at painting pointclouds next, I think.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Oculus released a new thing that works with the free version of Unity. It provides a camera that can be dropped into any scene to make it Rift-friendly. However: – old apps (including the official Unity demo) flicker like crazy … Continue reading