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I make VRTV, and while I don't fully support all DayDream features yet, at least the SDK I use is new enough to support it. Unfortunately I don't live in a Daydream ready location, but users have told me it's working. I'd love to get some more feedback if anyone here choses to try it out!
I've linked to the paid version above, since it has a file browser in VR, and I'll add an option to start the app in VR in the next version. There is a free version if you just want to try it out.
I'm working on adding support for the controller too, but I'm flying blind a bit.
Hope you don't mind the self-promotion.
VRTV supports it for sure, not sure about what other players work. There’s a free version with ads as well.
VRTV says it has subtitle support. I haven’t used that feature, but it’s my preferred video app due to having a nice interface and network share support. There’s also a free version.
> So I'm using a no brand vr headset that we got for free as part of a special event. It works but only for videos that are side by side. For over under I apparently need an app to play it.
You really need a proper VR media player to play both formats otherwise there will be no correction for the distortion introduced by the optics.
Think of it this way: top/bottom and left/right are just two different ways to package up stereoscopic data. In either case a VR media player is going to take each "half", pre-warp it according to the active optical correction parameters that the cardboard platform is currently using (which are programmed by headset-specific QR codes), and display the correct half to each eye.
Anyway, VRTV is one of the most commonly recommended VR media players for the Cardboard platform, so it's a good start. There's a free version, too.
Hi Blevok, just wanted to let you know that VRTV did the job. Maybe you can take help from that app and add this feature to your app because your app is way better than VRTV.
It sounds like the videos you downloaded are in equi-angular cubemap format, which is a higher-efficiency mapping than equirectangular. The whirligig beta maybe has that format in there, and Skybox might as well. On Cardboard and Daydream, VRTV definitely has support.
It looks sorta normal when the menu is brought up because video temporarily is set to mono to prevent depth mismatch from the video and menu. The first three faces of a cubemap generally look like about 270 horizontal degrees horizontal and 90 degrees vertical stretched to fit a a full equirectangular frame when viewed as stereo. Try opening an equirectangular video and a cubemap video in VLC to see the layout. Makes sense — a cube can be separated into two “C” shapes, one that is horizontal, one vertical.
Edit: in the future, please include a link to the media with the issue if you can. Helps everyone get on the same page and not offer suggestions that will just waste your time.
VRTV has good, very configurable Bluetooth controller support. You still need to look at items for selection, but everything else can be mapped to buttons on your controller. Also supports timed-action buttons, but controller support is much nicer and quicker. There’s a free version with ads, but I can’t remember if it offers controller support.
VRTV is what I use for all my downloaded media needs. Supports SMB shares from your PC as well. The free version is a good way to see if you like the interface.
Finally I got the solution. <strong>VRTV VR Video Player</strong> can play 360 and 3D EAC (Equi Angular Cube) videos smoothly. Thank you all for your help.
VRTV has a user-selectable head tracking algorithms, including an accelerometer and compass-only implementation. I wouldn’t expect it to be great though. There’s a free version with a couple of limitations you can try. It’s got May favorite UI and good Bluetooth controller mapping support.
I think Var’s VR Player also has a no-gyro tracking mode.
Edit: the wikio y-80 appears to have a wide 720p screen, so that’s going to be pretty underwhelming (I used a Nexus 4 with similar resolution for a bit back in the day). If you want to view media on the cheap, Oculus Go is a 1440p display with a nice controller, and is very lightweight. Quite a few people still use theirs for media despite having PC-based VR or a Quest. Worth looking for deals on maybe.
Edit 2: Gotta emphasize - even with a gyro, Cardboard tracking is only OK for latency, and has annoying drift. Without a gyro, I’d expect poor accuracy, poor latency, and probably some drift in there although with the other two you won’t be able to notice.
Remotes and controllers aren’t standardized for Cardboard, so support depends on which app you use. VRTV has good remappable controller support IME, as do others.
VRTV supports network browsing (at least of Samba shares) from within VR. The login to shares is still a bit wonky right now though and only just recently started supporting logins at all. I've been using it with ownership on my video files set to nobody.nogroup for a couple of months now though and it's been fine.
I'm running the beta version; not sure if this has trickled down to stable.
VRTV has my favorite interface. There is also a free version with ads. Fewer permissions than Skybox if you care about that.
VRTV is what I use. Has the nicest interface, Bluetooth controller support, external SMB share support, and a ton of configuration options if you want. There's also a free version without a couple of features.
Any Cardboard app that uses hover-to-click instead of screen taps should work just great in the Daydream—I used VRTV for watching Harry Potter on my Thanksgiving holiday airplane trips.
I wish there were, my Nexus 6 has a bit more drift than my previous phone and it's occasionally irritating. I've been following Cardboard pretty closely for the last year, and I have not heard of any external solutions besides GearVR.
FWIW, the Google SDK folks are still working to improve phone gyro performance. As the SDK is updated and apps are updated to use the newer SDKs, you might see less drift. Might be worthwhile to try something that uses the very latest Cardboard SDK like VRTV to see how well that works. The official Cardboard app and the Cardboard Design Lab both don't, which is odd. The latest VRTV still has some drift, but less than a version a couple of months ago did. It also has a feature that locks the screen in place for 2D content, which is in most every cinema viewer because drift is so commonplace.
What should I call the thing I need to watch theses Stereoscopic 360s? I use this one http://www.freeflyvr.com/
[edit] Oh yeah and this app (VRTV) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.chai.vrtv&hl=en
It’s a decent Cardboard viewer. Pair it with VRTV or another app that can stream from an SMB share and it’s a great personal movies viewer. If you want better, the next step up is Oculus Go or a Windows Mixed Reality HMD on sale, each around $200.
For the price it’s fine as long as you keep your expectations very, very low. You can watch movies (at 720p or lower, but more immersively). If you have a Bluetooth controller, you can play a port of Half Life 1 or Quake 1 and get sick probably (Xash3D VR, and QVR apps respectively). Cardboard Camera lets you make and view stereo panoramas. That’s most of the best bits. For $10? Worth it, IMO.
Edit: the alternative Cardboard viewers generally aren’t any better, and this is a good price for this model. Just don’t imagine you’ll be getting a 6DoF experience (you can turn around in place, no head or hand tracking) and you’ll be fine.
VRTV is a good app. You can play large files from network shares and integrates into the Daydream menu.
Not sure, but I’d recommend using one of the many good video playback apps for Cardboard. I’m a fan of VRTV / free version because of the interface, configurability, and SMB share support. Var’s VR Player is another popular free choice.
Adding more to the list for free movies and samples that work with WebVR or can be downloaded
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vrporn.com - https://vrporn.com/downloading-vr-porn-with-android/
pornfoxvr.com - https://www.pornfoxvr.com/en/howto/cardboard
vrsumo.com - https://vrsumo.com/vr-articles/how-to-watch-vr-porn-on-your-android
vrsmash.com - https://www.vrsmash.com/compatible-vr-headsets/google-cardboard-porn
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SexLikeReal and PornHub also have apps you can download and install for Android.
SLR I believe assumes you have a control button. But you can navigate outside the headset and touch the screen to actuate buttons. Then mount in headset when video plays.
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In your circumstance I'd really recommend downloading videos and using a player with gaze controls. The best all-round VR player in my opinion is VRTV https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.chai.vrtv
It has a ridiculous amount of features and ways to tweak for the best quality out of your particular phone. And if I'm remembering correctly it has gaze controls.
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The Full Dive apps were meant for a Full Dive headset. Unless you have one, you can find better apps.
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WebVR streamed videos are encoded for convenience not quality. If it looks OK for you then great. If you want better quality you'll need to download higher quality file.
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The SLR guys are very good at video encoding and offer a large number of encode levels to download and try.
Find a recent sample and start to find the best quality your phone can handle without artifacts and stuttering.
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The "smartphone" encodes are worst case and intended for weak iPhones. If you are using Android stick to versions encoded for GearVR, Oculus Go, and daydream.
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You should see options from 1080p up to 2700p. I would be surprised if your phone is relatively modern and couldn't handle the 1440p encodes. If you can handle 2700p then you've got a damn good phone.
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And most importantly ... start saving up for an Oculus Quest!!!
Try "EA Cube" option in VRTV if you're on Android... although it may only be a regular cubemap, it'll at least not be sideways. There’s also a free version.
More on the Equi-Angular Cubemaps format created by Google, if you’re interested. Although at this point, it likely won’t see any further adoption — monoscopic 360 and stereo 180 is kinda quick and easy, if not perfect, but doing stereo 360 is a huge hassle, probably almost as easy to go for volumetric video, which is much nicer in VR than stereo.
Try "EA Cube" option in VRTV if you're on Android... although it may only be a regular cubemap, it'll at least not be sideways.
It’s probably in Cubemap or Equi-Angular Cubemap (EAC) format. On Android, VRTV or the free version should be able to play those back.
VRTV is pretty nice. There’s a free version you can try too.
I use the same but prefer VRTV, mabye it will work for you
VRTV is my favorite due to its nice interface and controller support. There's a free ad-supported version or try VR Theater for Cardboard, which is free with no ads.
Both versions of VRTV have good controller support and fuse buttons.
FWIW, my guess would be your new ROM is causing the issue but it's easy to install an app.
Ah, for downloaded videos VRTV is my favorite due to its nice interface and controller support. There's a free ad-supported version or try VR Theater for Cardboard, which is free with no ads. There are plenty of others, these are just my favs.
The Fiit 2S or 2N have a somewhat lower FOV than the BoboVR Z4, which is preferable for movie watching. Standard Cardboard V2 viewers will clip a chunk of your screen, so I'd avoid them.
Edited to add: for streaming from your computer, I think the dev for VRTV is working on some things. Skybox VR is a new video player that has a streaming server for PCs but the Mac version of the server isn't available yet and it requires Daydream IIRC. For now you have to copy your files to your phone to view them. VRTV should play files opened over a network share with a file manager app, but I haven't had any luck with that personally.
Oh yes, there are a lot of players out there, and even with perfect tracking, locking the screen for 2D content is useful for travel. VRTV is my favorite and there's an ad-supported version, VR Theater for Cardboard is totally free and definitely has a screen lock feature. Pretty sure all the others I've seen do, too and most have demo versions so you can pick one that has an interface you like. It's the one category that seems to be well-covered by developers at the moment.
Edit: People also seem to like VR Player Pro quite a bit — I like the interface of VRTV better, but VR Player does have a few more features. There's a free version of VR Player too, but the ads are a little intrusive.
Aside from the VR players, there are players that don't do any head-tracking (or lens distortion, usually), you can find those by searching for "SBS". Not really familiar with most of them and if you don't have a bluetooth controller or the program doesn't support them you'll probably have to remove your phone from the headset to play/pause/rewind/adjust volume/etc.