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Daz and VR

WonderlandWonderland Posts: 6,872
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Does anyone know a way of going inside a Daz scene and viewing it in VR (with a Quest 2 headset)? Or a way to render images (side by side I guess?) viewable in VR? I feel like it should be possible but I'm not techie enough to figure it out. I have Virtual Desktop but can't figure out a way to view DS scenes other than on a large 2D flat screen. I guess you could import objs into Unity but that's a whole other software program to learn and I still wouldn't know how to save it and view it in VR. And I'm not even talking about making it for sale, I mean just personally walking around a Stonemason set or something in VR. Or it would be amazing to be able to set up a whole scene in VR similar to the way one could in AltspaceVR. 

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  • MadaMada Posts: 1,979
    edited November 12

    I have done that but you need to use Unity or other game engines to do it. In my opinion the best option would be to use VRChat's SDK since its well supported with tutorial videos and takes the creating of the VR side like teleporting and moving around in a scene out of the quotation, all you have to worry about is the scene. Here is the problem to make it run on a Quest 2 though - its going to be a frame rate hog and make you sick as all heck - everything needs to be optimised and textures reduced to fit on a Q2 chipset.
    The only other good option I can think of would be to create a 360 that you can take into VR, you won't be able to walk around objects since its now just an image but you'll be able to look around at the scene.

    You should have a decent enough computer if you're doing Daz Studio, so if you haven't used Quest Link yet I would recommend setting that up so that you can use your computers GPU instead of the Quest 2 chipset - that will make everything a lot more useable and less likely to give you motion sickness. Unity is daunting in the beginning, but its the same like learning DS, start at the beginning and work your way through the steps... it will get a lot easier :)

     

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  • WonderlandWonderland Posts: 6,872

    Yes, I can link the Quest to the PC but the problem is my brain lol. I have no idea what an SDK is although I think I managed to use some premade ones in AltspaceVR for cocktails in my art gallery club. But I just find VRChat daunting. It seems really scattered to me and I end up in random rooms with carrot avatars yelling obscenities or children dressed up as porno characters. It's so chaotic for me. I guess I'll check out some tutorials though.

    As far as the still images go, I'd like to make slide show of VR images for YouTube but when I see a VR video on YouTube, it doesn't show as side by side or over under but looks like a normal 360 image. The video you posted shows how to do over under images but that can't be viewed correctly on YouTube unless you use Virtual Desktop. I guess I was looking for a simple solution but everything seems a bit too techie for me. I really miss AltspaceVR where everything was so simple! 

  • MadaMada Posts: 1,979

    LMAO yes VRChat can be chaotic... one tip - never go into a room with other people, only with friends. When you open a room you can create an instance that is only visible to friends to join. That way you avoid all the kids and weird characters haha. I never go into public rooms at all unless its for an event.

     

  • WonderlandWonderland Posts: 6,872

    Mada said:

    LMAO yes VRChat can be chaotic... one tip - never go into a room with other people, only with friends. When you open a room you can create an instance that is only visible to friends to join. That way you avoid all the kids and weird characters haha. I never go into public rooms at all unless its for an event.


     

    Unfortunately I lost all my AltspaceVR friends and can't find them in VRChat. Does VR Chat use the regular Meta Quest names or are they exclusive to VRChat? In any case I'm Alicia_Wonderland in Meta Quest if you or anyone else here wants to friend me. laugh

  • MadaMada Posts: 1,979
    edited November 13

    They're not connected with Meta no :)

    I guess the best way way to find your altspace friends would be to check in these groups 
    Altspacers in VRChat : https://www.facebook.com/groups/754379468854225/
    There's also a group just for altspacers in VRChat: https://vrchat.com/home/group/grp_21bbd4a2-528a-4650-929a-08996694265e (505 members so def going to be some regulars in there)

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  • WonderlandWonderland Posts: 6,872

    Mada said:

    They're not connected with Meta no :)

    I guess the best way way to find your altspace friends would be to check in these groups 
    Altspacers in VRChat : https://www.facebook.com/groups/754379468854225/
    There's also a group just for altspacers in VRChat: https://vrchat.com/home/group/grp_21bbd4a2-528a-4650-929a-08996694265e (505 members so def going to be some regulars in there)

    Ah, thanks. I'll check it out. Just realized I have a couple of friends from AltspaceVR on Discord who could hook me up with people I used to know. I've just had such bad experiences in VRChat that I've been avoiding it. I was very active during Covid in social VR but lately using it just to chill with streaming media, travel experiences and meditation apps. I fractured my foot and am on crutches so can't even do workout apps now. 

    Still wish there was a way to create in DS in VR. I hate actually sitting at the computer lol. Especially now with the foot fracture, I'm supposed to keep it elevated. I might try using Virtual Desktop and see if the controls will actually work in it, then I could at least have a giant screen while lying down in bed! 

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