Will Whirligig support Oculus Quest and/or Rift S?

[macscreen30]

I'm about to decide whether to order the new Oculus Quest or Oculus Rift S. Will Whirligig support either or both of these VR headsets?

[Whirligig]

Whirligig will support Oculus Rift S. I also have in the works an Oculus Go version and also intend to release an Oculus Quest version. However this is still in production so I can't totally guaranty it's release :)

[macscreen30]

Oh good I'm so glad you're considering Quest support; I had almost decided to pre-order the Quest but Whirligig's A-B repeat function is so important that I'm going to wait to see your final decision on providing a Quest version.

[spendleton]

I would strongly encourage you to do a version for the Quest. It is very badly needed there. If you were able to get it on that platform quickly, you would have a very captive audience since the currently available apps are missing so many features. You would "clean up"! I would definitely be your first customer. Thanks for considering!

[Whirligig]

Thanks for the encouragement. I'm working on a Quest version at the moment, it's almost there but is taking a while to finalise. Also Oculus has a much greater control over what's released on the Quest so I've got to go through a much more rigorous review process. Fingers crossed though, if all goes well I hope to have a version on the Quest in August :)

[jemme]

Is Whirligig available now for Oculus Quest? That would be fantastic!!!

[Whirligig]

Not yet. I'm still working on it including the Oculus Go version. I do want to release it on both of these but I'm that familiar with Android development so I've been holding back. There is a beta of the Oculus Go version if anyone want to try it. Just email me [e-mail]

[Nemesis]

Another thumbs up and hoping for Oculus Quest Support please :-)

[macscreen30]

I'm still hoping for Oculus Quest support too.

[Whirligig]

Thanks for the encouragement. I got scared of releasing it but hopefully during the lockdown I'll get back on my application :)

[Mosaic]

That would be great thank you for all your work.

[320x200]

Is there any way to unlock Quest install for the Go beta users? Whirligig is sorely needed on Quest :)

It's crazy that this long after Quest launch there is still no media player available that lets the user control the size and distance to the virtual screen. I get that vergence-accomodation conflict is a thing and people are trying to keep the screen several meters away, but to have every media player locked to "big" screen sizes a fixed distance away from the user and to not even have an option for a "small" close-up screen is nuts.

[Whirligig]

Thanks for your support for a Quest version. I worked on a version a while back and will go back to it soon.

The biggest problem I've got for release though is that I can't get a way to play back videos from an external drive. The videos you are playing have to be on the Quest or Go's internal memory.

The competitors have this and I didn't want to release something that didn't, so I got scared and stopped working on it.

What do you think, is the absence of playback outside of the internal memory a deal breaker?

[320x200]

That is definitely less than ideal. It is a mixed bag out there right now, the Oculus media player and Deo VR also don't support remote playback.

In one sense if the only way to get to whirligig currently on Quest is to connect to a PC and use Virtual Desktop or Oculus Link, from that standpoint having to connect to the PC to load files isn't any additional burden on the user compared to the status quo.

[@PPP]

With the release of the Quest 2 I think it's the perfect time to bump this thread up, if you've still got that Quest version in the pipeline, it should work with Quest 2.

It's a great time to release it given the influx of new users looking for a good vr player, I had a quick look today and to be honest I think there's only really 2, whirligig imo is better than both so I would love to spend some money on your app again Phil :)

I don't really care about remote playback.

[Whirligig]

Thanks for the bump. I've just put in my application to release on Quest1/2 So fingers crossed it's excepted. If it is and I can provide betas for it I'll post again here :)