Virtual Home Theater News

[h3]Added a new default bindings for Valve Index Knuckles EV3 Controllers.[/h3]

Make sure that in
SteamVR settings > Controllers > MANAGE CONTROLLER BINDINGS > for Virtual Home Theater > Active Controller Binding
the Default option is sellected, otherwise A button or Thumb Stick will not work.

[h3]1. Added support to control the playback with just one VR controller.[/h3]

With today update the main controller will have two modes: dual hands and one hand.
Switching between modes is done by pressing/clicking on button from main controller.



Based on the users requests for a ‘one hand’ (one VR controller use) playback control especially for VR videos (180, 360 or fisheye), the requested mandatory playback features control and mapping on only one controller converge as following:

• volume +/-
  
• play/pause
  
• seek forward/backward 15 sec
  
• next/previous media file
  
• tilt flat screen
  
• rotate up/down a VR video view
  
• ¼ fps playback slow motion and reset to 1x
  
• zoom in/out for VR videos
  
• screen size for flat videos
  
• repose video screen (used when laying on bed)
  
• reset video screen position
  

Features control required by design (can't be removed or changed) on main controller:

• recenter HMD (to be available when VHT start)
  
• repose GUI
  
• mouse click simulation
  
• controller mode switch (added with v1.14.1 update)
  

VHT will start in dual hands mode.

A standard layout VR controller is limited to 4 control inputs: up/down, left/right, and .

Like before this update, the following VR controller buttons are reserved/used for:

• used for: mouse click simulation, changing the controllers role (left or right handed), cinema mode on/off
  
• used to extend the possible controls inputs from 4 to 8
  
• press/click (added with v1.14.1 update) to change the main controller mode (to extend even further the possible controls inputs for one VR controller from 8 to 16)
  

Main controller inputs matrix:


For mapping please read the VR controllers help PDFs.



[h3]2. Updated the VR controllers mapping help PDFs.[/h3]



[h3]3. Added support for Varjo Aero HMD[/h3]

2880 x 2720 px per eye
Refresh rate: 90 Hz
Horizontal FoV: 115°
Angular resolution: 35 PPD (max)
Colors coverage: 99% sRGB, 95% DCI-P3

Default video/image gamut mapping for Varjo Aero, XR-3 and VR-3 is set to DCI-P3.
Default output audio device for Varjo HMD is set to: Headphones (Varjo Headset Audio).


[h3]4. Fixed 16ch ambisonic audio not playing.[/h3]

[h2]Update Highlights[/h2]

1 - Added folder sorting
2 - Updated files and folders managemen
3 - Updated VR English keyboard
4 - Added VR German keyboard



[h2]Full Update Note[/h2]

[h3]#1 Added folder sorting[/h3]

Folders can be sorted by name, date, size, files and folders content.



[h3]#2 Updated files and folders managemen[/h3]

Chose what files and folders are listed: filtered, unfiltered or all.


Current directory properties


Folder properties


File properties


Selected files properties



[h3]#3 Updated VR English keyboard[/h3]



Shift


AltGr


Fn



[h3]#4 Added VR German keyboard (danke)[/h3]

Das deutsche Tastaturlayout wird automatisch erkannt, wenn VHT basierend auf den Windows-Tastatureinstellungen gestartet wird.


Sie können das Tastaturlayout auch manuell auswählen.


Umsch


AltGr


Fnkt

Updated cps indicator (from 10 to 60 samples average).

Spelling errors corrections.

Audio and video patch for Windows 7 (DirectX 11.0).

Fixed the high bandwidth streaming when start a video file (with audio track) from a NAS.