I noticed the higher pixel density on the Samsung Gear VR with Galaxy S7 (577 ppi) 1440p instead of 1200….I also saw someone using TrinusVR.com to push SBS output from a PC to the GearVR but think it uses tridef or something the like. I was wondering if VorpX could do something similar to use the PC processing power to output to the GearVR better display? It could mean more vorpx sales for you Ralf…and yet another way for us PC gamers to tap into VR who already have the Gear VR with the possiblity of even better image quality than CV1 not to mention easier present availability. What do you think, Ralph?
it’s not possible to mount a 3D iso movie and play it directly ? you have to convert it first ?
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When you say 3D iso movie, I assume you mean retail Blu-rays or rips. Unless something like PowerDVD starts to natively support oculus rift, the answer will be no. Unless according to Ralf you can use his desktop viewer and you can get a retail blu-ray player to display the iso in SBS format. That could work.
As far as 3D movies on iso that will require a conversion tool to rip out the left and right eye images to create a new MKV SBS file. I have some 3D imax blu-rays converted in Full SBS format that I used with DK2 and MaxVR. I can only image how nice they would look in CV1. The tool I used was SSIFSucka. I heard there’s also another called 3DBD buster. Better to use a VR movie player that will make use of the oculus sdk for better image quality han just a regular player like VLC.
it’s not possible to mount a 3D iso movie and play it directly ? you have to convert it first ?
As far as 3D movies on iso that will require a conversion tool to rip out the left and right eye images to create a new MKV SBS file. I have some 3D imax blu-rays converted in Full SBS format that I used with DK2 and MaxVR. I can only image how nice they would look in CV1. The tool I used was SSIFSucka. I heard there’s also another called 3DBD buster. Better to use a VR movie player that will make use of the oculus sdk for better image quality han just a regular player like VLC.
I haven’t purchased VorpX yet, but if it just supported Opentrack I would buy it in a heartbeat. It looks like it has great support, but I don’t have an Oculus. I’m using Vireio Perception right now because it DOES support Opentrack data, but it doesn’t support DX11 and I would really like to play Fallout 4 in VR.
(I should note: I don’t need streaming or anything else, besides displaying the game in SBS 3D on my screen, and accepting Opentrack input. Everything else is handled by Gagagu for iPhone, which is essentially the same thing as Trinius for Android)
Developer went offline? no reply in last one week!! Sent a mail also. Wanted to confirm that you will have my money if u add Vive support especially with Games Skyrim , Need for Speed series and Grid 2, Titanfall etc!! I used Tridef 3d now but they dropped VR support fully, So its your chance to make use of the empty market Space!!! So bad for them and good for you!!!!
I have good news for you. You will be able to run tridef games in virtual desktop steam app. It support sbs games and you have head tracking from virtual desktop. tridef milked money and invested in something else. I am also waiting to hear that vive is supported here and I will play gladly for good work.
Hey, I hope I’m not being a bother by resurrecting this thread. It was said by Ralf that the main issue with developing a Phone or DIY supported driver would be that it wouldn’t do streaming, head tracking or lens correction. I signed up just now to point out that programs such as TrinusVR accomplish these tasks quite well! At only 8$ for the full version TrinusVR would be the ideal companion for Mobile Phone VorpX ‘experience’. Just add TrinusVR or other software as a requirement for VorpX to work with Phones.
TrinusVR uses either wifi or USB tethering to stream content. With either compression settings or the right tweaks on your computer you can get a very playable stream on most phones.
TrinusVR has its own open source head tracking protocol that could be introduced into VorpX. It also can output in OpenTrack and TrackIR protocols as well (without the need for downloading either program). Therefore, if you only implemented TrackIR *input* you would end up supporting almost every head tracker currently on the market.
TrinusVR has pretty excellent CUSTOMIZABLE lens correction built into it. It takes SBS formatted images (un distorted) and applies a number shaders from barrel distortion, position, angle, zoom, chromatic distortion. This way you can set your own lens correction for any HMD. Already done by someone else!
I’ll point out here that I’m not at all affiliated with Trinus, I’ve simply been a big fan of VR since the late 80’S(!) and have been waiting WAY too long for some VR done right and affordable.
I hope there is a way, or will be soon, for us non Rifters to begin supporting VorpX as the ‘de facto’ source for all 3D stereo and VR needs. If you permit ONLY THE DISPLAY and rendering options and I would happily invest in seeing where your project goes! Cheers! Sean
Thanks, limiting the FPS helped, it seems it really was the GPU usage :)
But I have one more question, what could be causing this

It’s like the right image is lacking one frame behind and flickering, when I have sbs selected in certain programs.
Not sure about your MPC issue, normally it should be displayed in the virtual cinema. Did you apply the Game Optimizer setting for MPC? It selects a suitable video renderer. If that fails, select “EVR (custom preset)” manually in the MPC options.
For 3D videos you have to select the content type on the image page of the vorpX ingame menu. You can choose between mono, sbs and over/under, and also swap left/right if necessary.
If auto setting the FOV fails for some reason, you may have to resort to doing it manually. For many games googling for “fov game name” yields short tutorials. And if there is no way at all for a game, you might have to resort to one of the workarounds that vorpX provides. Please check the Essential Game Hints in the vorpX help for details.
I like Vorpx .9 thus far (first day using it). The virtual theater looks stunning. No luck getting 3d movies (mkv) to play in stereoscopic 3d though. Videos appear as left/right image. Tried the recommendations… latest VLC, nightly MPC… MPC-HC disables the head-tracking and oculus display as soon as i run it. When I close mpc, vorpx virtual theater returns along with head-tracking. VLC displays the video in virtual theater but not in stereoscopic and the VLC menu is not available. Also can’t bring up the vorpx options when video is playing.
For games I tried so far:
I used the vorpx game optimisations for each game I tried but the FOV still looks way too zoomed in on each game. Alv-V or F11 don’t do anything for respective games.
Yeah, I’m having the exact same problem. I can get videos to hook when using VLC but I can’t get the in-game menu to work so I can’t enable SBS 3D. I can’t get anything to hook at all when using MPC-HC (tried x86 and x64), even after resetting all settings and re-applying the game optimizer settings.
OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit
Graphics Cards: GTC 970 x 2 (SLI)
Drivers: 358.78
VLC: 2.2.1 w/ OpenGL Output
MPC-HC: 1.7.9 x86 w/ EVR Custom Renderer
I also uninstalled all video codecs (was previously using K-Lite) to see if that would change anything, but it did not.
Let me know if I can provide any more information to help look into this issue.
yes I tried with vorpx desktop viewer.
I put on SBS and removed the zoom but the picture is somewhat distorted unless I put ratio 4:3 or 5:4
I would do with.
ok and how to watch videos on youtube now there are more mod extend?
I managed to watch a video with vorpx desktop viewer putting on SBS and drawing back the zoom background here but does not do great.
after a couple diffrent sbs video i have got only one to show successfully on dk2 while all the other is playing with black screen but they not shown on dk2 at all im using mp-hc x86 nightly
Hi Ralf, and thanks for your great work.
I have a quick (and probably stupid) question: How do I watch SBS or OU 3D movies with Vorpx? Whether I use VLC or MPC, I actually get the double image on the virtual living room’s screen, not a 3D one.
What am I doing wrong/not doing? I must admit I have no idea how to setup either of those softs for 3D.
As for games, I’ll have to try and experiment with as many titles as I can. Only tried Skyrim and it was horrible. Probably not your fault :)