VirtualRealPlayer
Video player for all the available content in our site, compatible with Oculus DK1 & DK2 on Windows computers. The application automatically loads the best configuration for every video, you can also customize it by some commands and the application automatically saves it for later watching.
Requirements:
- Oculus DK1 or DK2
- PC Windows
- Oculus SDK Runtime v0.4.4 or higher
- Active Internet connection for running the app
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package
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You can also download our previous version 0.5 beta from here
Instructions
- Download the latest version of VirtualRealPlayer
- Unzip the file
- Download the video files in the folder “Videos” inside the folder of VirtualRealPlayer
- Run the file VirtualRealPlayer_DirectToRift.exe
General commands:
- Esc: quits the application
- F2: recenter the view
- B/G: bright control
- N/H: contrast control
Video list commands:
- Up/Down/PgUp/PgDn/Home/End: navigate through the list
- Enter: play the selected video
- 1: activate the integration with Lovense
Video player commands:
- Space key / Mouse left-click: shows/hide the controls
- Arrow keys:
- Up: Play/Pause
- Down: Back to main menu
- Left: -10 seconds/li>
- Right: +10 seconds/li>
- Zoom:
- W / S: adjust the Zoom
- E: reset the Zoom
- IPD (interpupillary distance):
- A / D: adjust the IPD of the video
- R: reset the IPD
- Vertical Rotation:
- PgUp / PgDn: adjust the vertical rotation
- Home: reset the vertical rotation
- Neck Vertical Position:
- P / L: adjust the vertical position
- O: reset the vertical position
- Del: Reset all the custom settings to default
Other features:
- Mirror mode: You can disable it in the file GeneralConfig.txt inside the “Config” folder
Troubleshooting:
- Black screen when playing videos
- Download and install the K-Lite Codec Pack Basic
- Run “Codec Tweaker” application
- Go to “Preferred decoders” and change “H.264″ from “Microsoft” to “LAV Video”
- Black screen at startup: You can find several batch files in the “Troubleshooting” folder to solve some common problems.
- If you have any other problem, contact us
Release History
v0.6 beta (May 19, 2015)
- Added: PgUp, PgDn, Home and End keys for the list of videos
- Added: Support for Xbox 360 controller
- Added: Integration with toys of Lovense
- Added: Brigth and contrast controls
- Added: Del key to reset all the custom settings to default
- Added: Mirror mode
- Added: New system of debugging for locating problems
- Improved: Smoother watching for low end PCs
- Bug fix: Issues recentering the view with F2 key
- Bug fix: Distortions watching videos of 120º FOV
- Bug fix: Random freezes in Health Warning screen
- Bug fix: Random freezes moving the view height
- Bug fix: Some users see the “No videos found” message on video list
v0.5 beta (March 15, 2015)
- Added: Video selecting with Up/Down arrows and Enter key for start playing
- Added: Video playing controls with arrow keys for: Play/Pause, back to main menu, rewind 10 seconds and fast forward 10 seconds
- Improved: Code migrated to Oculus SDK v0.4.4
- Bug fix: Problems resetting the Zoom and IPD settings
- Bug fix: “No videos found” text in the list the videos for certain users
v0.4 beta (December 1, 2014)
- Added: Neck vertical position adjustment
- Added: Support for all the 120º videos
- Added: Support for all the 180º videos
- Added: Batch files to solve some common problems
- Improved: Zoom adjustment for 180º videos
- Improved: Zoom limits increased
- Bug fix: “No videos found” text instead of list the videos
v0.3 alpha (November 16, 2014)
- Added: Vertical rotation adjustment
- Added: Support for last 8 videos
- Bug fix: Solved some DK1 visualization problems
v0.2 alpha (November 03, 2014)
- Added: Zoom adjustment
- Added: IPD adjustment
- Added: Support for a new video (Special Tea)
- Added: Autosave of the user viewing configuration for every video
v0.1 alpha (October 18, 2014)
First release with support for one video (Swimming Pool).
