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LIV Spaces Is Here!

It's time to explore spaaaace!

LIV Spaces allows anyone, on any device (through their browser) to join a VR streamer inside the headset as little 3D avatars, called 'buddies'. Your fans can move around in 3D using traditional WASD keyboard controls and mobile phone touch interfaces, interact with you, and inhabit your 3D world with other viewers. Basically, allowing you to be closer and physically interact with your fans. 🙂



Spaces can work with any Steam VR game, not just those with our SDK. It works similarly (and is tied to) StreamerKit, the difference being in how your buddies will see themselves on your stream. (Either in mixed reality format if the game has our SDK, or from your first person headset view if it does not!)



You'll find a shiny new 'spaces' section in our launcher, and if you need help we have a handy guide created just for you.

We will be streaming live on our Twitch channel for about an hour in case you'd like to stop by and check out Spaces for yourself, and ask any questions you may have!

You can also check out the viewer/buddy perspective, using our community manager's space as an example.

Spaces is very experimental right now so we would love your feedback! Let us know if this is something you’d love, any features you'd like to see in the future, or bugs you come across by joining our Discord. We also have a short survey you can fill out about it after you try it here. Give it a try! You can also tag us on our Twitter account if you or your viewers end up grabbing some fun clips or screenshots!

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LIV v2.4.12! New - Quest MRC static camera!

Now stable, check out a near-zero-setup Quest native capture method - "Watch mode"!
You don't need a powerful PC at all to run it, and you get audio too!

[h2]Cool things about this™️:[/h2]
  • You can stream to Discord a third-person camera directly from your Quest.
  • This mode is ideal for introducing VR to someone new - you can control the camera from outside the headset, in real-time!
  • Completely stable, third-person footage, without needing PCVR!


Works with all supported Oculus Quest MRC titles.


[h2]Fixed:[/h2]
  • An issue with Steam's new beta update causing games not to show in LIV's games list is fixed!
  • A crash when saving a camera profile caused by an unfindable refresh button has been fixed.
  • Some crashes with StreamerKit launching have been addressed.
  • A rare crash when switching cameras quickly has been made not possible.



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(Please help us upgrade our review rank!)

No Green Screen Needed...Ever!

We’ve got some major feature updates cooking for you with Quest-on-PC and Segmentive Keying!

Quest-on-PC


You can use your Quest wirelessly with your PC! Your PC can take care of all the recording and streaming, while you get to enjoy cord-free gameplay. We’ve worked hard on making it as simple as possible to setup, but if you need help, check out our walkthrough on Zendesk!

Once you boot up LIV, all you need to do is click on the Quest-on-PC Launch button from the main menu!



No green screen needed thanks to Segmentive Keying!


We’ve taken it a step further too: whether you’re using Quest-on-PC or normal PCVR, you no longer need a green screen! Just flip the Segmentive Keying toggle, and our machine learning technology will cut out your background and keep you in the shot! Find Segmentive Keying in the "edit camera" menu on the LIV PCVR app, and in the keying section if you're using Quest-on-PC.



Learn more -- read our blog post on how we can do automatic background removal with Segmentive Keying!

Of course, a green screen and quality lighting will always produce the cleanest results, but here are some quick tips to make Segmentive Keying look 99% as good:

1. Make sure your room is evenly lit with lots of light!

2. Have as plain of a background as possible, a clean mono-colored wall looks best!

3. Segmentive Keying does additional CPU strain, you’ll need a more modern CPU for smooth
video in mixed reality.

We really want to boost your videos, whether you make it with Segmentive Keying, Quest-on-PC, or the traditional LIV PCVR setup. Please share anything you make with us on our Discord or Twitter!

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LIV v2.4.1

It seems we broke Kinect support in our recent update. Here's a small patch to get that sorted out 😅
Also, Steam updated their library format and LIV wasn't quite ready for it. No more crash on load for new PC installs & library-havers!


Fixed:
  • LIV's Kinect input is now correctly processed and de-backgrounded.
  • Updated LIV's support for Steam libraries.



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LIV v2.4.0 - Quest-on-PC Beta is HERE!

Well hello there, everyone!


Just over a month ago, we released Quest-on-PC support to public beta; after a couple rounds of polishing, we're happy to bring Quest-on-PC to everyone!

This means, you can now use LIV to capture content with your Oculus Quest games, and you'll no longer need a super powerful PC!
(Note: only certain games with Oculus MRC support can be captured. View our list here.)

Want your content to be shared on the official LIV accounts or showcased on our Steam page and website? Post your videos in our Discord or ping us on Twitter!

To be clear, Quest-on-PC is still in beta and doesn't have all the functionality of our PCVR tools. We have a lot of big plans for future updates, so stay tuned!

New:
  • Quest-on-PC Beta is now available for EVERYONE on the main Steam branch!
  • Performance update for webcam users with weaker CPUs
  • Games with LIV's SDK are kept updated automatically, so you get the best possible performance while playing


Fixed:
  • Quest-on-PC: Build-ups of latency resulting in HMD lag and latency drift should no longer happen
  • Quest-on-PC: You can now open the calibration app to skip directly to calibration
  • Quest-on-PC: Various crashes and weird behaviours


More info:


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