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Oculus Runtime Changelog

What's new in Oculus Runtime 0.8.0.0 Beta

Mar 10, 2016
  • New Features:
  • Improved support for Windows 10.
  • Added ovr_GetSessionStatus, which returns whether the headset is present and whether it has VR focus and can render to the headset.
  • Added ovr_Detect to OVR_CAPI_Util.h , which enables you to detect the presence of a headset without initializing LibOVR. This can be useful when a game has VR and non-VR modes.
  • Added HandStatusFlags to ovrTrackingState, which specifies whether the the Oculus Touch controllers are being tracked. Status includes orientation and position.
  • Added SensorSampleTime to ovrLayerEyeFov, which specifies when the render pose was calculated. This is useful for measuring application tracking latency.
  • Added ovr_GetTrackingCaps to get the tracking capabilities of the device.
  • Usage of ovr_ConfigureTracking is no longer needed unless you want to disable tracking features. By default, ovr_Create enables the full tracking capabilities supported by any given device.
  • Added ovrLayerHudMode, which enables the headset user to see information about a layer.
  • Added ovrControllerType_None and ovrControllerType_XBox to ovrControllerType.
  • The Oculus Debug Tool was added to simplify troubleshooting. For more information see Oculus Debug Tool.
  • Runtime Changes:
  • If you have an NVIDIA GPU, make sure to upgrade to the 358.70 driver or later. To get the driver, go to https://developer.nvidia.com/gameworks-vr-driver-support .
  • If you have an AMD GPU, we recommend the Catalyst 15.10 Beta or later. To get the driver, go to http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/latest-catalyst-windows-beta.aspx .
  • API Changes:
  • Applications no longer need to call ovr_ConfigureTracking. ovr_Create automatically enables the full tracking capabilities supported by any given device.
  • Replaced ovr_GetFrameTiming with ovr_GetPredictedDisplayTime.
  • Added latencyMarker to ovrTrackingState. When set to ovrTrue, this indicates that it will be used in the rendering loop and will be used to calculate latency.
  • To emphasize the session model, renamed ovrHmd to ovrSession and hmd to session.
  • ovrLayerType_QuadInWorld and ovrLayerType_QuadHeadLocked were renamed to ovrLayerType_Quad and are now differentiated by the ovrLayerFlag_HeadLocked flag.
  • Added ovrMaxLayerCount, which sets the maximum number of layers to 32.
  • Removed ovrInit_ServerOptional. If you use this to detect whether the OVRService is available, periodically call ovr_Initialize or poll ovr_Detect instead.
  • Removed ovrTrackingCap_Idle from ovrTrackingCaps.