VR Animation / Camera + Format Settings for Samsung VR Gear

[bernhard]

I would like to render an animation for the Samsung VR Gear.
I am talking about a 360 Stereoscopic render you can load into your Samsung VR Gear.

I've seen videos produced with a horizontal split (left eye / right eye)
However, it's not clear for me what camera you should use in 3dsmax / vray.

@Camera:
- should you use Standard Max Camera set to a 360 camera ?
- a Vray

@Format:
What resolution is actually doable / playable for the Samsung smartphones ?
And what codec is usually used ? .h264 .mp4 ?

@Horizontal Split Image Output:
And finally.. how do you actually get the horizontal split ?

Any little help highly appreciated !
Thank you so much !

[Morne]

Everything you need to know and more, right here:
https://labs.chaosgroup.com/#/guide-...tual-reality-2

[bernhard]

Hi Morne,

thank you very much, that helped indeed.
However, I am running into one "crazy" issue.

I was running a quick test you can see here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBeaMEhhAvU

you can download the original .mp4 file here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B69...71540864234329

For some reason.. it's impossible to play that movie within the Samsung VR Gear.
It sounds crazy.. but I couldn't find a way to load/play that movie into my Samsung VR App.

yes.. I copied the file into the /Oculus/movies/3d/ folder.. I also tried the 360.. but that thing doesn't look right.

Do you have to use different output / format settings in order to play a stereoscopic animation on the Samsung VR Gear ?

I contacted Samsung Support.. but they couldn't tell me anything... ufff...