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1259 :: Bindings for Oculus Rift

• bluenote (orginal) [2015-05-25T13:24:03+02:00] view original

  In case anyone is interested: I have created bindings for the official Oculus Rift library:

  https://github.com/bluenote10/nim-ovr

  My plan was to maintain these bindings, but now that Oculus VR have "paused" cross-platform support, I will not move to a newer library version for the time being.

  I also wrote a small sample application, providing a basic OpenGL engine and all the typical GLM-like matrix/quaternion stuff:

  https://github.com/bluenote10/NimOculusRiftExample

  In order to provide a somewhat meaningful demo scene, the app creates a random heap of LEGO like bricks, which actually looks pretty interesting in the Rift.

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• xyz32 (orginal) [2015-05-25T14:26:00+02:00] view original

  Nice, but you may want to take a look at this as well:

  http://nimio.us/

  Particularly this:

  https://github.com/nimious/io-oculus

  I didn't look at your code but I believe it is the same think.

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• bluenote (orginal) [2015-05-25T14:44:14+02:00] view original

  Oh nice, I wasn't aware of existing bindings. Looks like io-oculus is still on the older 0.4.x library and for some reason Linux support is crossed-out. In fact I didn't pay much attention to creating the bindings at all (for instance I didn't include the official comments from Oculus). My goal was rather to showcase Nim's potential for VR, and I think the results look very promising: The library integration was a breeze, the demo code is super concise, and the performance is absolutely convincing (running at over 400 fps despite the complete lack of any optimization in the engine).

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• gmpreussner (orginal) [2015-05-27T14:22:26+02:00] view original

  Hey bluenote,

  I had to put io-oculus on the backburner for a bit due to other obligations. Linux is crossed out simply because I haven't tested it yet. I also didn't have time yet to build a complete application with it, which is I noted that it is still under development. If you have time, please give the package a try - and if you run into any issues, please file an issue or add a pull request.

  I will take a look at testing 0.6.0.0 Beta this week.

  Please note that Oculus is officially dropping Linux and MacOS support. I'm also hoping to find time to release io-openvr (for Valve's SteamVR) this weekend. For other VR related Nim packages check http://nimio.us. If you have suggestions or ideas for other related hardware or software integrations, please hit me up!

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