The Oculus Go does not contain extremely strong hardware, but because the hardware is exclusively used to run VR, without the overhead of a phone, it is capable of some pretty impressive video playback (read: up to 4096×4096@60fps HEVC videos). This article explains how you can easily transfer your 360º videos to your Oculus Go.
OPEN TUTORIAL The Oculus Go is an affordable, standalone VR headset, and we are very impressed with it! The Go is able to run Gear VR apps, but the Oculus Documentation is not very clear on how to install apps to the Oculus Go for development purposes. This article explains how to sideload APKs to your Oculus
OPEN TUTORIALThe following tutorial guides you through the steps to generate a keystore file required to build an Android app for submission to the Google Play Store. We will be using the software KeyStore Explorer to generate the keystore file and Headjack to build the Cardboard VR Play Store App. The screenshots in this tutorial were
OPEN TUTORIALEver received the annoying “Thread priority security exception. Make sure the APK is signed.” message when trying to open a Gear VR app that did not come from the Oculus Store? Well, there can be three reasons for this message: The app does not contain any Oculus signature (osig) files The app contains Oculus signature files, but
OPEN TUTORIALHeadjack allows you to easily create and manage 360º video apps to distribute your content to the various VR headsets in the highest possible quality. But what steps do you need to take to create your own fully functioning, multi-platform app? Read on to learn just that! Sign up The first step is
OPEN TUTORIALOculus Rift, the headset that re-ignited the virtual reality hype. While more and more Rift games, apps, and experiences are being released every day, their documentation is not always as clear as you might like it to be when it comes to figuring out how to publish your own app to the public, especially since
OPEN TUTORIALWhile Google Cardboard has support for iOS, the VR experience is less than ideal, especially on older iPhones, since Apple has put a software limitation in place which limits the maximum playable video resolution to 1080p. Hardly enough pixels for a realistic looking VR video. Apple just seems to have the unfortunate habit of making
OPEN TUTORIALGoogle has big plans with its Daydream platform, which brings low-latency VR to Android, and includes controllers and Daydream-ready hardware. However, for experiences which only require a simple headset and run fine on lower-end phones, Google Cardboard is still a good option. This tutorial guides you through the process of publishing a Google Cardboard app
OPEN TUTORIALDuring the early days of consumer VR, the Samsung Gear VR has reigned supreme. It is affordable, does not require cables and a bulky PC, and works great for viewing 360º video experiences. Gear VR will probably remain an important headset, at least until Google’s Daydream platform reaches the masses. Gear VR is a collaboration
OPEN TUTORIALWhere iOS requires signing Certificates, and Gear VR requires strange osig files, it is relatively easy to distribute an Oculus Rift app outside of the Oculus Store. You simply export your app as an EXE file — In Headjack you can export your app as EXE by selecting Local as Distribution Channel and then Oculus
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