Technical Workshop - THETA V Plug-in Development - Wed, May 30 - Palo Alto

[codetricity]

So much great feedback. Thanks.

RICOH THETA images used in the SteamVR Media Player Demo

10 Cool RICOH THETA Pictures

Setings and Usage Demo for SteamVR Media Player

RICOH THETA and SteamVR Media Player in HTC Vive

Live Streaming Demo

Basic Usage

HowTo: Experiment with HTC Vive and the RICOH THETA V

Step by Step Setup

HowTo: THETA V Unity Development for HTC Vive

THETA-Specific Setup Tips

Top 3 Tips to Use RICOH THETA V with Unity

GitHub README and Starter Code

There’s some issues with importing the GitHub repo that I need to fix. However, the code on the repo is the exact same code used in the demo. It does work. You may need to tweak it for your specific computer. If you get it to work with Oculus, please report back.

GitHub - codetricity/theta-v-htc-vive-steamvr

Using Your Mobile Phone When You Don’t Have HTC Vive

Untested hacks. If you get it to work, please report back.

Cheap VR Hacks: Stream PC Desktop to Mobile Phone

There’s an interesting tutorial on instructables by BrendanC1 about using desktop streaming apps to stream from a desktop computer to a mobile phone. Stream from Desktop to Mobile Phone His top pick is Kinoni Remote Desktop, which is free. This idea is pretty interesting since you can stream from your desktop to phone over WiFi. [image] UploadVR reported that VRidge can support both the streaming and head-tracking, so that might be the best place to start. [image] Enable head-tracking He…

Possible cheap hack for VR tracking:

VRidge - Play PC VR on your Cardboard

Possible way to mirror desktop app into phone

http://kinovr.kinoni.com/

Discussion

Long thread on using THETA V live streaming with Unity.

Solved: Unity Can't Display THETA V Live Stream on Windows 10

I would like to display a THETA V live stream onto a Unity sphere. I am trying WebCamTexture. It works on Mac OS X on the same hardware as Windows 10 (dual-boot). However, I can’t get it to work on Windows 10. This is the error. Could not connect pins - RenderStream() UnityEngine.WebCamTexture:Play() webCamDetect:Start() (at Assets/webCamDetect.cs:23) This is the sample code: using UnityEngine; using System.Collections; public class webCamDetect : MonoBehaviour { void Start() { …

Equipment Used

The Acer Predator Helios 300 worked perfectly for the demo with the HTC Vive. I used the laptop cooler at full blast. Here’s my review of the system.

THETA V Test with Acer Predator Helios 300 and HTC Vive