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ORBX Media Player 3.0 is now out for the Gear VR. We also put out a first release of the ORBX Media Server for PC, which can be downloaded from https://install.otoy.com.

- The ORBX PC server can stream your desktop or a virtual chrome browser to a live viewport in the new OMP. This can drive a SCM lighting layer just like Oculus Cinema rooms used to do.

- X.IO streams can also be embedded in live viewports/lighting layers

- local live web page rendering is experimental, but should be fully functional by 3.1

- ORBX media files can posted to a URL, and the built in Metaverse Browser can consume download them and play them back without leaving the app. You can also them live with Oculus friends (see r/GearVR discussion below).

- Experimental 3D mesh support in ORBX media files. This will be officially support as glTF mesh in OMP 3.1, with Octane 3.1 also supporting glTF as a native 3D asset type.

- Embedding OMP inside another parent app is now possible using IPC and Android Intent. You can launch OMP as shared VR browser, as in the user experience mentioned in the thread below.

- We are working on simpler authoring of navigable and interactive VR content for OMP, some of which you can see in the VR Vines gallery. To make these files, we will be adding scripts in 3.04 that batch output VR content to a folder (or URL link published on ORC). Both can be easily consumed by the new ORBX Player.

Reddit thread below with feedback from GVR users testing new 3.0 features:

https://www.reddit.com/r/GearVR/comment ... fields_to/

The ORBX media spec for loading live web VR in browsers is coming along. We plan to share our research and code for OMP with Samsung's browser team to help support parity and more complex OBRX media files directly in their Gear VR browser.

Great news!

Short presentation video would be useful

another reason to wait even more for new S7e coming This will be something to play & experiment with for sure!

Agree with walk-through though - there's no need for fancy awesome looking one, just simple phone captured (vlog style) video presenting this in layman's terms would be a help & very interesting piece for a lot of us on these forums =)

Since last update in gearvr i cant see anymore my pictures, or any lus project that was already ok. The only images i can see are in cubemap format? Already tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app. Is there any chance to go back to orbx 2?
This is gonna cost me a lot of troubles in our work since we cant show anymore our projects.
Would be great to have feedback asap.
Thanks in advance.
Using gearvr with Samsung S6

Francisco.

Hi Francisco,

Sorry you are having issues with the latest build. We should be able to address this pretty quickly.

I'll pm you directly to help sort this out.

Cheers,

J.

Hi all,

A new build has been posted on the Oculus store, it should address most of the issues users had reported.

Cheers,

J.

Hi,

I don't understand where to find the ORBX media player and how to install. If use the link https://install.otoy.com than I get the message: Install the WebCL service from the ORBX system tray to enable desktop streaming.

So, I need the ORBX system first? I'm confused. Is there a tutorial that explain the way?

Best-
Micha

Hi Micha,
which kind of HMD are you using?
For example, if you have a Samsung Gear VR, you can download the ORBX Media Player from the Oculus store.
The link you referred is about ORBX Media Server for PC, not ORBX Media Player.
ciao beppe

Ok, so it seems to be I don't understood the whole server/player thing.

At the moment I don't use a HMD, only a simple glasses for side-by-side views on the PC screen. Works quite good:
https://www.amazon.com/SHEENROAD-Stereo ... reo+viewer

I think about to buy a Pimax 4k, but maybe I wait for a 4k oculus.

I hoped to use the ORBX media player for viewing in side-by-side mode at the PC. It's not possible, right?

I Guess we need a video tutorial I will try with my Gear VR