A fix for PSVR2 HMD users that have no VR controller visible in VHT after the Sony's recent PSVR2 driver update. More info here:
A fix for PSVR2 HMD users that have no VR controller visible in VHT after the Sony's recent PSVR2 driver update.
More info here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/989060/discussions/0/687489892274469214/
Update Highlights Advanced SubStation Alpha Edge aura 6DoF HMD-mouse Linux Full Update Note 1. Advanced SubStation Alpha Added full support for Advanced SubStation Alpha (ASS/SSA) V4+ subtitle format that supports text formatting (font, style, size, colour, etc.) and animation. I
Added full support for Advanced SubStation Alpha (ASS/SSA) V4+ subtitle format that supports text formatting (font, style, size, colour, etc.) and animation.
It is widely used in fansubbing to add stylized subtitles to anime content.
Added a visual ambient effect that will extend and warp the edge of a video screen around your field of view based on the @BerZerker96 VHT user suggestion.
This visual ambient effect will help create a more immersive experience when gaming or watching videos.
This feature is available for the following video screen projections: flat, bi-curved, and fisheye.
Some Edge-aura in action when gamming non-VR games in Desktop Mirror mode are shown here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/989060/images/
Here are some YouTube video examples you can try in Desktop Mirror mode to test this Edge-aura visual ambient effect feature together with the VHT's 3D spatial audio for a truly immersive VR experience by using the abundant classic (non-vr) existing videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-XZx1o_w-A (use bi-curved screen and Warp=0.14)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THhjjnsgFlE (use bi-curved screen and Warp=0.14)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHerLNmuhhY (use bi-curved screen, Warp=0.17 and 6DoF)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AswXiy8JCsI (use bi-curved screen and Warp=0.001)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns7GNo_Y3K8 (use bi-curved screen and Warp=0.001)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRxu8rQ7zw4 (use bi-curved screen and Warp=0.14)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJkED5DIpEQ (use flat screen)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sekgSjwdKfc (use bi-curved screen and Warp=0.14)
Added a pseudo 6DoF movement simulation in the 3D video space for the following video screen projections: flat, bi-curved, 180, 360 and fisheye.
Read the pop-up tooltip for more info.
Use this when gaming a non-VR game in Desktop Mirror mode or when watching a 3D 180/360 video.
This can also be very useful in Desktop Mirror mode to get closer to the screen to be able to read small font text on high resolution screens.
Control the mouse arrow position with your head (HMD) pose.
Read the pop-up tooltip for more info.
Made a patch to help the VHT start in Steam Proton Linux environment.
This fix is based on the work of @dragon_root, a typical VHT user:
For more info read:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/989060/discussions/0/3410929607713609656/
Bug fix for VHT not starting in SteamVR when using a HTC VIVE Pro 2.
Bug fix for VHT not starting in SteamVR when using a HTC VIVE Pro 2.
Bug fix for VHT not playing http direct video links when using Clipboard feature.
Bug fix for VHT not playing http direct video links when using Clipboard feature.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/989060/discussions/0/6781949392683830078/
Bug fix for VHT not saving a newly created environment as default.
Bug fix for VHT not saving a newly created environment as default.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/989060/discussions/0/4844273660404894076/
Bug fix for VHT crashing when using an audio device that is used by another software (e.g. Voicemeeter) as WDM (WASAPI) audio interfaces for output in exclusive control mode.
Bug fix for VHT crashing when using an audio device that is used by another software (e.g. Voicemeeter) as WDM (WASAPI) audio interfaces for output in exclusive control mode.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/989060/discussions/0/6610810166135623801/
Bug fix for monoscopic subtitles on 3D Full-Frame Side-by-Side videos.
Bug fix for monoscopic subtitles on 3D Full-Frame Side-by-Side videos.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/989060/discussions/0/4415298372648884640/
Bug fix for wrong color primaries used for video image when a video file has no color primaries defined.
Bug fix for wrong color primaries used for video image when a video file has no color primaries defined.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/989060/discussions/0/4352247531898735401/
Bug fixes.
Bug fixes.
Fix for green tint only in right eye of 3D-SBS videos visible on AMD Radeon 7900 XTX GPUs due to memory allocations bug aligned to 256 bytes.
Fix for green tint only in right eye of 3D-SBS videos visible on AMD Radeon 7900 XTX GPUs due to memory allocations bug aligned to 256 bytes.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/989060/discussions/0/4208119548512541153/
Fix for OpenComposite (OpenXR) users.
Fix for OpenComposite (OpenXR) users.
https://gitlab.com/znixian/OpenOVR
This fix guide is for those with Index (knuckles) Controller Bindings not loading in Steam Offline mode! If the controller bindings won't load when you start VHT (or any VR app) in Steam Offline mode but they load fine when you start VHT in Steam Online mode you should follow the
This fix guide is for those with Index (knuckles) Controller Bindings not loading in Steam Offline mode!
If the controller bindings won't load when you start VHT (or any VR app) in Steam Offline mode but they load fine when you start VHT in Steam Online mode you should follow the next steps:
#1
Start Steam in Online mode
#2
Enter VR Mode, but don't use HMD on your head.
#3
Click on hamburger icon from the small SteamVR frame
Then Devices > Controller Settings
#4
Click on MANAGE CONTROLLER BINDINGS
#5
Select the Virtual Home Theater app
#6
For Active Controller Binding select Custom
Then click on CHOSE ANOTHER
#7
For Current Controller select Index Controllers
#8
From Current Binding
“Binding v2.1 for Index Controllers”
click on Edit
#9
Click on Save Personal Binding
#10
Check if the a local binding file
steam.app.989060_knuckles.json
was saved to
C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\steamvr\input
folder
#11
Go to Steam installation folder
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\config
and find the
steamvr.vrsettings
file and make a backup/copy
#12
Open steamvr.vrsettings for editing.
#13
Find the VHT app in this file by searching “989060”
You should find this:
"steam.app.989060" : {
"knuckles_250820_CurrentURL_legacy" : "vr-input-workshop://3174776330",
"knuckles_250820_NeedToUpdateAutosave_legacy" : false
},
#14
Replace
"vr-input-workshop://3174776330"
with
"file:///C:/Users/USERNAME/Documents/steamvr/input/steam.app.989060_knuckles.json"
******For file path use only forward slash!******
Now, Steam will use the saved local binding in offline mode every time you start VHT.
n.b.
This can be used for any VR app with this issue.
Today's update is mostly for creators who do 3D modeling, rendering and audio mastering, for VR. Now, beside entertainment with VHT you can also use it to create impressive computer generated VR art for VR users. This update add tools and support for two 3D modeling software appl
Today's update is mostly for creators who do 3D modeling, rendering and audio mastering, for VR.
Now, beside entertainment with VHT you can also use it to create impressive computer generated VR art for VR users.
This update add tools and support for two 3D modeling software applications: DAZ Studio and Blender.
Added VHT support to use audiospace companion files.
Audiospace is a companion file for a media file that will specify how the audio channels should be used in virtual space as virtual audio objects for binaural audio rendering output.
This audiospace file will be used by Virtual Home Theater (VHT) VR app when a media file with the same name will be played.
By using an audiospace file you can route any audio channel to any virtual speaker, position any virtual speaker in virtual space either as static audio objects (position is fixed in space) or dynamic audio objects (position change with time).
This can be used to:
Audiospace files can be created manually by user (you) or by a software (VHT tools for DAZ script).
For more information read the "VHT Audiospace - User Guide.pdf" from VHT website.
To download audiospace demo files go to VHT website.
Added spatial modeling support to VHT.
Spatial Modeling is a VR work concept created to help CG artists to create 3D stereoscopic 180 or 360 degree panoramic computer generated art images or videos for VR users.
For this concept two set of script add-on tools were created for Daz Studio and Blender 3D modeling software applications to use the VHT spatial modeling desktop mode feature.
When using VHT and these tools the artist will see the main desktop screen where will be his 3D modeling software’s GUI and surrounded by his ‘true to scale’ 3D scene, rendered live as stereoscopic 3D 180 or 360 degree panorama using any real-time render engine available from Daz Studio (NVIDIA Iray (ray-traced), Filament (PBR), etc.) or Blender (Cycle path-tracer, Eevee, etc.).
You can use these tools to live preview in VR your scene, work on 3D models in VR and to render final 3D stereoscopic 180 or 360 panoramic images or videos that can be viewed with VHT.
To use the spatial modeling mode from VHT you need to start VHT from one of the 'VHT tools for DAZ' or 'VHT tools for Blender' script.
This is the “VHT tools for DAZ” control interface on Daz Studio software.
This image is a desktop snapshot demo sample of what a user will see on his displays.
This image is a VR snapshot demo sample of what a user will see through the HMD lens.
For more information read the "VHT tools for DAZ - User Guide.pdf" from VHT webpage.
You can view some demo videos here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlTqmTZGe78&list=PLDB53JHFXRiUrBnT74lDFyxQiZIegXl5m
This addon does not work with Blender 4.0 upwards.
This addon is made for Blender 3.x.
This is the “VHT tools for Blender” control interface on Blender software.
This image is a desktop snapshot demo sample of what a user will see on his displays.
This image is a VR snapshot demo sample of what a user will see through the HMD lens.
For more information read the "VHT tools for Blender - User Guide.pdf" from VHT webpage.
You can view some demo videos here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X5eLEegza8&list=PLDB53JHFXRiV2LQ0aqSr-pIEF6OljLbMy
To download the "VHT tools for DAZ" scripts go to VHT webpage.
To download "VHT tools for Blender" add-on go to VHT GitHub or webpage.
Some tools (VR cameras and render manager) can be used without VHT vr app and other tools (VR live scene preview in VR) will require VHT vr app.
When use the “VHT tools for DAZ | Blender” and VHT vr app is like using a photographic camera with a viewfinder and a tripod.
When use the “VHT tools for DAZ | Blender” without VHT vr app is like using a photographic camera and a tripod but without the viewfinder.
With these tools and your artistic skills and imagination you can create epic stereoscopic VR scenes and visual novels for VR users.
Added support to play a media container that has one static image and audio.
By using this format you can reduce the media file size compared with encoding a static image as a video.
This is demonstrated with the demo art from below.
To download a 3D stereoscopic 360 panoramic demo sample with 11 static audio objects go to VHT website.
made by using the following software applications:
Added support for FB360 ambisonics (8 and 10 audio channels).
Now VHT will support the following ambisonics: 4, 4+2, 8, 9, 8+2, 9+2 and 16 audio channels.
Added support to open a media file with VHT from Windows file explorer.
Go and right click on any media file and choose ‘Open with’ then chose VHT.
Added support to start VHT with command line arguments.
In command prompt a command line like:
VHT_steamvr “C:\folder\video.mkv”
will play the video file with VHT.
VHT_steamvr -mode dm
will start VHT in desktop mirror mode.
Use VHT_oculus if you want to use the Oculus API.
For command line to work you need to add VHT installation path to System → Environment Variables → User → Path
Updated “VHT technical note - Audio diagrams.pdf”
Bug fixes.
Since the SteamVR 2.0 update, when launching a non-VR application from Steam Library a theater screen from Steam will be displayed automatically inside VHT, over the already existing desktop screens from VHT. You can deactivate this feature from Steam by changing the steam settin
Since the SteamVR 2.0 update, when launching a non-VR application from Steam Library a theater screen from Steam will be displayed automatically inside VHT, over the already existing desktop screens from VHT.
You can deactivate this feature from Steam by changing the steam settings as:
set 'SteamVR Setting->Advanced Settings' to Show
set 'SteamVR Setting->Dashboard->Present Non-VR Application on Theater Screen Upon Launch' to Off
https://steamcommunity.com/app/989060/discussions/0/1608274347728620914/
Fixed “no sound” from 32 kHz or less sample rate audio files.
Fixed “no sound” from 32 kHz or less sample rate audio files.
1. DSD playback Added support for DSD high-resolution audio format playback. VHT will convert DSD to an ultra-low noise high-resolution PCM 32-bit audio format in real time. DSD (direct stream digital) audio quality formats: DSD64 is comparable with PCM 24-bit DSD128 is better th
Added support for DSD high-resolution audio format playback.
VHT will convert DSD to an ultra-low noise high-resolution PCM 32-bit audio format in real time.
DSD (direct stream digital) audio quality formats:
DSD64 is comparable with PCM 24-bit
DSD128 is better than PCM 24-bit
DSD256 is comparable with PCM 32-bit
DSD512+ are better than PCM 32-bit
Supported DSD formats in binaural mode:
DSD64, DSD128 and DSD256
Supported DSD formats in direct mode:
Bug fix for a possible crash on some system when play a file. Bug fix for .m3u8 stream link playback.
Bug fix for a possible crash on some system when play a file.
Bug fix for .m3u8 stream link playback.
1. Added option to save as default start-up settings the following controller settings: Laser angle Shaking hands Only laser Use haptic feedback If anatomic preset is used then the "Laser angle" and "Shaking hands" from this preset will overide the default start-up controller set
1. Added option to save as default start-up settings the following controller settings:
If anatomic preset is used then the "Laser angle" and "Shaking hands" from this preset will overide the default start-up controller settings.
Set your desire laser angle then click the SAVE button:
2. Update the Fixed view projection for Binocular mode.
3. Fixed exit on error "Create subtitle font...FAILED!".
If no unicode font (Arial, Malgun, Futura, Tahoma, etc.) is found installed, then the text subtitles like .srt or .ass will not show on the video screen.
Only bitmap based subtiles will show on the video screen.
To have text subtitles it is required to have or to install Arial font (recommended).
4. Fixed crash when an Bluetooth audio device is disconnected.
Fixed missing subtitle frame and text if subtitle is disabled and saved as default.
Fixed missing subtitle frame and text if subtitle is disabled and saved as default.
Update Highlights Added new features: 1 - Direct audio playback 2 - MPO image viewer Full Update Note 1. Direct audio playback Added direct audio playback from sound track channels to a real home theater audio setup like: stereo, quadraphonic, 5.1 or 7.1 surround real speakers. T
Added new features:
1 - Direct audio playback
2 - MPO image viewer
Added direct audio playback from sound track channels to a real home theater audio setup like: stereo, quadraphonic, 5.1 or 7.1 surround real speakers.
This will deactivate the VHT's 3D audio spatial rendering and it will play the audio directly to the headphone or a stereo, quadraphonic, 5.1 or 7.1 surround real speakers.
For media player mode:
For desktop mirror mode:
Audio standard used for master channel ordering (output mapping ordering):
1-FL, 2-FR, 3-FC, 4-LFE, 5-BL, 6-BR, 7-SL, 8-SR
For multi-channel testing of your surround audio equipment in direct media player mode or the VHT's virtual speakers in binaural media player mode, use the following multichannel 7.1 and 5.1 wav test files from:
https://www.jensign.com/bdp95/7dot1voiced/index.html
Updated the "VHT technical note - Audio diagrams.pdf"
Updated the "Windows playback devices" frame:
Added image viewer support for stereoscopic 3D MPO (Multi Picture Object) photos.
These images (.mpo) are made with HTC EVO 3D phone or Fujifilm FinePix Real 3D W3 Digital Camera.
MPO photos are not like 3D anaglyph (red-cyan) or Side-by-Side images.
You can find and download high quality MPO images from:
https://www.christian-roux.ch/3d/